Located around the tri-border meeting point of Mali, Ivory Coast, and Guinea, the Wasulu region is home to one of the most unique confluences of culture and identity in West Africa. Renowned for traditionally being hunters, the inhabitants of this region are “of Fula lineage; their cultural framework falls within the Maninka-Bamana matrix; and these…
If you’ve ever seen a life-changing concert of music from a far-flung place around the globe in New York City, there’s a good chance it was produced by the World Music Institute. On Thursday, October 16, WMI celebrated 40 years of tireless work to bring the very best of global music to New Yorkers. Through…
The music industry took years to recover financially from the impact of the disruptive technology of peer-to-peer file sharing driven by Napster. It again finds itself at a critical junction – this time over how it navigates the terrain presented by generative artificial intelligence. A new paper by music industry veteran Charles Goldstuck argues that…
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The concept of “Africa rising” has long lacked significance, and the idea of an African renaissance often appears as a lofty slogan without practical manifestation. However, recent political events in West Africa–specifically Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali–have begun to lend substance to these mottos. Burkina Faso is at the forefront of a new wave of…
Spotify will raise prices as it invests in new features and targets a billion users, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, citing the music streaming provider’s co-president and chief business officer, Alex Norstrom. The increases would be accompanied by planned new services and features, the FT cited Norstrom as saying in an interview. Earlier in…
Google’s YouTube Music is the most affordable individual subscription service in South Africa for streaming music, despite a price increase from R59.99 to R64.99 since the last comparison TechCentral published two years ago. The cost of accessing unlimited music streaming services in South Africa has remained relatively stable over time, with the largest increase over…
Thousands of fans chanted ‘free Palestine’ and waved Palestinian flags as the Irish trio performed in the UK. Irish-language rap group Kneecap has performed at the Glastonbury Festival in front of tens of thousands of fans chanting “Free Palestine”, defying United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer who said he did not think it was “appropriate”…
London — Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown pleaded not guilty Friday to a charge related to the serious beating of a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub in 2023. Brown, 36, wearing a blue suit, white shirt and black-rimmed glasses, pleaded not guilty in Southwark Crown Court to one count of attempting to…
Akinyemi Ayinoluwa is a Nigerian entertainment lawyer, recently named to Billboard’s 2025 Top Music Lawyers list. This honor recognizes him as one of the most influential legal figures shaping today’s music industry. Ayinoluwa’s firm, Lagos-based Hightower Solicitors, is widely regarded as Africa’s premier music law firm, with a client roster that includes some of Afrobeats’…
