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1   The Beach Boys - The Smile Sessions:Release date: 31st Oct 2011. Between the summer of 1966 and early 1967, The Beach Boys recorded a bounty of songs and drafts for an album, SMiLE, that was intended to follow the band’s 1966 masterpiece, Pet Sounds. The sessions were ultimately shelved, and The Beach Boys’ SMiLE has never been released. With the full participation of original Beach Boys Al Jardine, Mike Love, and Brian Wilson, Capitol/EMI has collected and compiled the definitive collection, ‘The SMiLE Sessions’This album is a box set containing 5 Cds and will be a massive album     Beyonce – 4:                                          Release Date: 19th Sep 2011Amazing lyrics, awesome vocals, sick beats, soulful, fun, all in one album. And especially since target did an exclusive with 3 extra songs (which are great) and 3 remixes (which are sick) made me even love the album even more! Its defiantly worth your time and money, and being her 4th studio album, this will be an absolute smasher. Making things better she turns 30th she all grown and matured in her vocals.  3   Gavin DeGraw – Sweeter:             Release Date: 19th Sep 2011Proving to be at the top of his game, Gavin DeGraw returns this week with his fourth studio album, Sweeter. The singer-songwriter sought to expand and experiment with his sound this time around. He decided to change it up by working with co-writers for the first time. The album's underlying theme really just boils down to honesty, which is simply compelling. This is a very revealing, yet vulnerable side that we haven't experienced from DeGraw on his previous albums. This album will touch you due to its  wide range of variance 4   Kasabian – velociraptor:            Release date: 19th Sep 2011                  Tom Meighan has admitted he gets emotional singing songs from the new Kasabian album 'Velociraptor!' because the record is so personal. Tome believes one of the reasons this album is more personal is because the band are finally growing up since the other members - Serge, Chris Edwards, Ian Matthews and Jay Mehler - all have kids. "It's just we're at that age and reflecting on what's happened since we were young. We're going through all the memories and we're looking back. Maybe it's because we've got families.  5   Kate Bush – 50 Words For now:Release date: 21st Nov 2011Kate Bush's new album "50 Words For Snow" will be one of the landmark releases of 2011. Not only is it an album of brand new material by this extraordinary artist, but it's her second album of the year – following on from the acclaimed "Director's Cut" in May. "50 Words For Snow" features seven brand new tracks with a running time of 65 minutes and is described as being set against a background of falling snow. Having been named as a huge influence on many of the new generation of artists to have emerged in recent years, Kate Bush continues to astonish, beguile and surprise with everything she releases.  6   Lira - Return of love:                             Release date: 19th Sept 2011Songstress, LIRA is back with her fourth studio album, titled Return To Love. She explained the reason for the title as “My first album was titled ALL MY LOVE and it was an album that initially caused some heartache for me. It was released at a time when I hadn’t yet found even the real beginnings of the sound and presence that I wanted to convey and was fumbling a little in the dark. But yet that album forms part of my history and so this new record is something of a statement about an acceptance of who I am – a return to me.” 7   Stacey Kent – Dreamer in Concert:  Release Date: 24th Oct 2011For the first time in concert , the greatest songs of the Grammy-nominated, cosmopolitan jazz singer STACEY KENT. Includes 4 new songs (Postcard Lovers (original composition), Waters Of March, O Comboio (original composition), Dreamer)• On the heels of the Grammy-nominated “Breakfast on the Morning Tram”(2007 – 330 000+ units sold worldwide), an intimate journey through the Great American Songbook (The best is yet to come, They can’t take that away from me…) along with a couple of French classics and a brilliant first song in Portuguese. World Tour 2011/2012 announced all over UK, Europe and the US.  8   The Proclaimers – Sunshine on Leith:   Release Date: 17th Oct 2011The Proclaimers second & best known album first released September 1988 reached no. 6 in the UK. Includes hit singles: "I'm On My Way," and "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" which was a hit in the US five years later when it was included in the soundtrack of Benny & Joon. Special Edition contains: Newly remastered album. Plus remastered bonus disc containing: ‘I'm Gonna Be’, ‘Sunshine On Leith’, ‘King Of The Road’ Previously unreleased radio sessions Nicky Campbell BBC Radio Session, 6 January 1989, BBC Going Live On Radio 1 Christmas Extravaganza, 23 December 1990, & BBC Live at Glastonbury, June 1989  9   Michael Bolton – Gems the duet: collection        Release Date  21st Jun 2011.This is Michael’s 21st studio album. The new album, to be released on Sony Music/Legacy Recordings, will feature productions by acclaimed songwriters, producers and musicians including David Foster, Dann Huff, Rudy Perez and A.R. Rahman. Gems – The Duets Collection includes exciting musical collaborations with Grammy Award®-Winning Country Super Group Rascal Flatts, Oscar Award®-Winning Composer Producer, A.R. Rahman, International Pop Superstar, Seal, Australian singing sensation, Delta Goodrem and the famed late vocalist Eva Cassidy.With more than two decades in music, his latest release is an absolute smash.  10   Darren Hayes -  Secret Codes & Battleships:Release date 17th Oct 2011Darren Hayes as had an incredible career and has a very distinguishable voice.  Secret Codes & Battleships was recorded around the world from Stockholm, to Los Angeles and Sydney, it sees Darren collaborate with the likes of Robert Orton (Lady Gaga), Carl Falk (The Wanted, Nicole Sherzinger, One direction), Phil Thornalley (Pixie Lott, Natalie Imbrugila), Steve Robson (Taylor Swift, Take That) and Walter Afanasieff (Savage Garden’s Affirmation album and Darren’s Spin). Africa Media Stores

CHART TOP-ERS IN KENYA (by sales) 1 Rihanna - LoudLoud is the fifth studio album by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna, released November 12, 2010 on Def Jam Recordings. Loud also marks Rihanna's first return to a dancehall- influenced sound since 2006's A Girl Like Me. It also earned Rihanna a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording. With hit songs like What's My Name? ft. Drake, Love the Way You Lie (Part II) ft. Eminem and Only girl, this is one must have album. 2 Kenny Rogers – 21 Numbers Ones Realised on Jan 2006, this albums is basically a collection of Number one hits singles from the best country song artist of all times. Kicking off the with The Gambler, 21 NUMBER ONES hits all the usual suspects, Coward of the County, to the epically romantic She Believes in Me, Lucille There are also plenty of the duets Rogers is famous for, including ones with Sheena Easton, Dolly Parton, Dottie West, and Kim Carnes. 3 Demis Roussos – Greatest Hits This import compilation collects 16 tracks from Greek singer Demis Roussos, spanning the 1970's. Australian pressing. Special Anthology of recordings made by the popular Greek singer from his most fruitful decade when he rose to prominence fronting the group Aphrodite's Child (which also included Vangelis) and later struck out on his own. 14 total tracks. Universal. 2004. With tracks like My only fascination, Goodbye my love goodbye, Velvet morning .This album is a classic   4 Kenny G – The Duets Album At Last...The Duets Album is the second cover album by saxophonist Kenny G, It was released by Arista Records in 2004, and reached number 1 on the Contemporary Jazz chart, number 21 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and number 40 on the Billboard 200. Every single track is a duet featuring another great artist, some of the tracks include Everything I do Ft. Leann rimes, At last Ft. Arturo Sandoval, I believe I can fly Ft Yolanda Adam, Careless whispers ft. Brian McKnight & Earl Klugh 5 Abba Gold – Greatest Hits CD/DVD The 19 track collection of hits was first released in 1992, and later in 1998 by Universal Music. With sales in excess of 28 million copies, it is the highest-selling ABBA album as well as one of the 30 best-selling albums of all time. With hits like knowing me, knowing you, Fernando, I have a dream, Mama mia, Chiquitita this album sure brings back the old times. It also comes with a DVD for most of the songs in the album 6 Koffi Olomide - Noblesse Oblige He is the biggest African artist, Evergreen Congolese music star Koffi Olomide is having the time of his life. The versatile 54-year-old crooner, band leader, choreographer and composer is the biggest seller in Africa and Noblesse Oblige is one of his biggest albums if not the biggest. The album is a host of hits like Papa Plus, Classe Tendresse, Miss des Miss, Noblesse oblige, Kramogo and many more, it's clear to see why he is the best in Africa. 7 Dolly Parton – Love Songs She is unarguably the biggest country female legend of all times, the love songs album focuses on the romantic side of Dolly Parton's work, drawing on studio tracks recorded between 1974 and 1985. With hit tracks like Jolene, Do I ever cross your mind, Bobby's arm and Don't call it love and a host of other great hits. Dolly Parton stands out as the best female country song writer of all times. The Love songs album was released in 2006. 8 Don Williams – Solid Gold Don Williams was born May 27, 1939 in Floydada, Texas. He is an American country singer, songwriter and a 2010 inductee to the Country Music Hall of Fame. His Solid Gold album, is basically about how he has matured to reach the status of gold from silver and has very beautiful country songs including, Some broken hearts never mend, Turn out the light and love me tonight, Till the rivers all run dry and Especially for you 9 Michael W. Smith – Best of Platinum Series From the Provident Platinum series comes this ten track collection of hits by Michael W. Smith, (born October 7, 1957) is a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in Contemporary Christian music. This album features some great and uplifting tracks such as Above all, Cry for love, Cross of gold and Give it away 10 Don Moen – I Will Sing "This time, I've followed my heart and not my head" This was the simple quote this great man uses. It's a simple statement that carries with it a powerful meaning in the life of worship artist Don Moen. One of the best-known and respected recording artists in the Christian music industry, Moen has earned a worldwide reputation for his work as a songwriter and worship leader who has helped shape today's modern worship landscape, with tracks like Lift up your heads, As we worship you, I will sing and Lord we've come to worship, this albums brings out the best in Don Moen

Becoming a reggae star was his dream since childhood and he often sneaked out to shows to watch great Reggae icons like Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Burning Spear...

If you have had a chance to listen to Dela’s debut album Paukwa then you know this is a musician with a present personality.

1 Rihanna - LoudLoud is the fifth studio album by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna, released November 12, 2010 on Def Jam Recordings. Loud also marks Rihanna's first return to a dancehall-influenced sound since 2006's A Girl Like Me. . It also earned Rihanna a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording. With hit songs like What's My Name? ft. Drake, Love the Way You Lie (Part II) ft. Eminem and Only girl, this is one must have album. 2 Dave Koz – Hello TomorrowIn a career spanning two decades, Dave Koz has established himself as a platinum-selling artist, humanitarian, entrepreneur, radio host, and instrumental music advocate. A six-time GRAMMY nominee, Hello Tomorrow may be all at once his most musical, as well as his most meaningful project to date, as it is about embracing life, the changes it brings and the promise of a new day ahead. With hits like, When Will I Know For Sure, Anything's Possible, There’s A Better Way and Think Big, this is one great album. 3 Demis Roussos – Greatest HitsThis import compilation collects 16 tracks from Greek singer Demis Roussos, spanning the 1970's.Australian pressing. Special Anthology of recordings made by the popular Greek singer from his most fruitful decade when he rose to prominence fronting the group Aphrodite's Child (which also included Vangelis) and later struck out on his own. 14 total tracks. Universal. 2004. With tracks like My only fascination, Goodbye my love goodbye, Velvet morning .This album is a classic 4 Beyonce - I Am… Sasha Fierce This is the third studio album by American R&B recording artist Beyoncé. It was released on November 18, 2008, by Columbia Records. The album was released in dual disc format, The first disc, I Am..., incorporates slow and mid-tempo R&B and pop ballads, while the second disc, Sasha Fierce, named after Knowles' on-stage alter ego contains more up tempo danceable songs which blend Euro and electro pop genres 5 The Ultimate Collection is a Whitney Houston greatest hits collection, released on October 29, 2007.  For the first time, a single CD of Houston's hit singles is released. As one of the leading female vocalist of all times this album, reaches back to all the great works of this talented singer, who has endured so much in a bid to get her singing career back some of tracks in this album are I Will Always Love You,  Saving All My Love For You,  Greatest Love of All  and the duet with Mariah Carey When You Believe 6 Luther Vandross – The UltimateWith more than 25million sold albums and a total of 8 Grammy awards, Luther Vandross is undoubtedly one of the best r&b and soul song writers of all time. The set includes the singer's biggest hits, including Here and Now, The Power of Love/Love Power and Don't Want to Be a Fool and also songs from his last album Dance with my father which include The Closer I Get to You, So Amazing, Give Me The Reason and many others. 7 James Ingram – Forever More7Perhaps one of the most underrated vocalists of all time, the music of James Ingram may be familiar to mainstream audiences, but his name most likely does not prompt recognition among listeners. After more than 20 years in the pop music industry, Ingram's voice has been heard on radio and in films, his songs and performances have been nominated for many Grammy awards, his Forever more album, features all his great work and you will only have to listen to know his voice is unique and very familiar. 8 Kenny G – Heart and Soul In a recording career that spans almost three decades and 23 albums, Grammy Award-winning saxophonist Kenny G has grafted elements of R&B, pop and Latin to a jazz foundation solidifying his reputation the premiere artist in contemporary jazz, the Multi-platinum selling, Grammy-winning recording artist Kenny G, and returns with his 13th studio album entitled Heart and Soul. Heart and Soul returns Kenny to his R&B roots including tracks with guest artists Robin Thicke and Babyface. 9 Andrea Bocelli – The Best Of Vivere Andrea Bocelli celebrates a decade of best-selling recordings with his first-ever greatest hits collection, The Best Of Andrea Bocelli – Vivere. It features Bocelli's wildly popular recordings including Romanza, certified 4 times platinum, Sogno certified 2 times platinum, and his most recent platinum disc, Amore. Highlights include Time To Say Goodbye his breakthrough smash with Sarah Brightman, The Prayer, another duet made famous with Celine Dion, among a host of other great trucks. 10 Kenny Rogers – 21 Numbers OnesRealised on Jan 2006, this albums is basically a collection of Number one hits singles from the best country song artist of all times. Kicking off the with The Gambler, 21 NUMBER ONES hits all the usual suspects, Coward of the County, to the epically romantic She Believes in Me, Lucille There are also plenty of the duets Rogers is famous for, including ones with Sheena Easton, Dolly Parton, Dottie West, and Kim Carnes.  

After showing Hannes Stöhr’s movie Berlin Calling at this year’s European Film Festival, we bring the movie in to our Auditorium for the launch of the “TEN CITIES Screening Series”.

Suzanna Owiyo’s third album is a triumphant tribute to the Luo singer’s vocal range, skills as a nyatiti player and mastery of soulful lyrics. The 13-track album opens with Gonya, a hypnotic diatribe against handouts that showcases Owiyo’s ability to wring emotion out of the nyatiti, an eight-stringed plucked lyre from western Kenya. The renowned singer’s mesmerizing voice meshes perfectly with the harp-like sounds of the nyatiti.

The sounds of Jazz fusion fills the air at Gallileo Lounge every Thursday night.

Detroit-born Andwele Gardner (aka Dwele) performed at Blankets & Wine XXXIX on Sunday November 4th, 2012. He had cancelled once before (he was supposed to perform 2 editions before, citing scheduling conflicts) so to have him there finally was really something special for his fans.

Name: Murfys fLawWebsite: http://www.murfysflaw.com/ Location: KenyaGenre: Alternative RockAge: 5 yearsDiscography: Makosa 2008, Hello Light 2011Singles: Silence, Rumors, Hello Light. Find Albums: iTunes, Amazon MP3, and eMusic.

“Wow wow *tearing*”, tweeted South African award-winning songbird Zahara to an RT of a link to a cover of her song Ndiza sang by Kenyan singer Pauline of Sauti Academy posted on YouTube on Monday.

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Pack your picnic baskets, wine, blankets and join us for the 44th edition of Blankets & Wine featuring Prisca Ajwang, Alsarah, Dela and Zahara.

Erykah Badu, popularly known as the Queen of Neo-Soul, fell in love with music at the tender age of four. Her mother introduced her to various genres of music and she started dancing and singing in local productions where she realized she was a natural performer.

The last time I bought a jewel cased CD with a guarantee that the artist got a piece of his hard work was in 1993 when Snoop Doggy Dogg’s Doggy Style was released.

Kenya’s favorite urban afro pop boy band, Sauti Sol, have just unleashed a new track, Still the One, to follow up Money Lover. The song is expected to feature on the lads’ next album.

"Ma3's Afro-Pop sound is that of young contemporary, urban, Africa; mixing soulful English and Swahili lyrics with spell binding guitar riffs."

Stan M. Nganga, more popularly known by the stage name “Stan”, is a Kenyan Afro Pop, “Experimental Neo Soul” musician. He is attempting to “rebrand” his music and go back to his original style after too much interference from third parties.

For three consecutive years the South Africa Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has been honoring the most talented musicians in the African gospel scene with a Crown Music Award. The award is described as a royal award to the best of African Music and this year our very own crown jewels The Moipei Quartet scooped The Best in Africa Award.