Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, is a Ugandan music star and political leader currently in exile.

Kampala, Uganda — Bashir Lukonge, professionally known as Bash Luks, is steadily emerging as one of the most multidimensional voices in Uganda's contemporary entertainment industry. Born in 1993 and ...

Michael Benjamin Owor commonly known as DJ Bush Baby was found dead in his studio on the morning of June 5, 2025. For many public figures with famous monikers, there is often a witty or emotional ...

Singer-guitarist Jon Muq got hooked on music after playing his cousin’s "We Are The World" CD so many times it broke. Jim Herrington Of the thousands of musicians who’ve moved to Austin, few have a ...

In Uganda’s music industry, ambitious regional projects are often associated with mainstream Afrobeats stars backed by record ...

Despite being called “immoral” by some politicians, this year’s Nyege Nyege festival celebrated diversity and innovation in contemporary African music. By Tom Faber KAMPALA, Uganda — Visitors ...

In a post on X (formerly Twitter), artiste Joshua Baraka, in a post, celebrated a milestone. The artiste announced that his song Wrong Places had amassed more than five million streams in three weeks ...

Although his journey into music wasn’t planned, it grew naturally. Beat by beat. Elijah first sat behind a drum kit in a Ugandan church as a child, long before he realised those rhythms would shape ...

In much of Africa, it's an elementary fact that dance and music are the "breath of life" -- and the "deeper we breathe, the longer we live, and the more diverse and culturally rich we become." This is ...

The proposed legislation seeks to modernize Uganda's copyright framework, align it with international standards, and ensure creators benefit more fairly from their intellectual work. Mao described the ...

Studies dealing with displacement have shown that music is among the vehicles the displaced adopt to communicate their grievances. For the Ugandan survivors of a landslide who are relocated to a ...