::Kenya Christian::

   Every time I feel I’m about to lose hope in the R&B/soul genre there appears an artist that helps restore my faith and keeps me wanting to return to a music genre that was once so great. An artist who has paid his dues from the church to the stage, Eric Roberson has definitely put in work; the results are evidence of this. I had never heard of Eric Roberson until I saw his name pop up here and there late last year on music blogs. He released his album “ Mister.Nice Guy ” in late 2011 to a lot of acclaim and I decided to check him out. I was impressed by what I heard and so decided to review his albums just to put you folks out there on this cat. So, enough talk lets delve into the album. Eric Roberson’s album opens up with the title song “ Mr.Nice Guy ,” a lovely and honest song about how hard it is to be a gentleman in this day and age. With media and entertainment giving young men the impression that being a player, womanizer and overall bad boy is the way to...

Coming just over a year after their groundbreaking debut album "Scratch to Reveal" Just A Band have returned with their highly anticipated sophomore album 82 . By now it is quite obvious that Just A Band are one of the more exciting and innovative artists on the Kenyan urban music scene, they just have this undeniable "cool" factor that attracts the young hip crowd toward them. Such a loyal fan base have they gathered that even their album launch is the talk of streets. So by now everyone is wondering just what they have in store for us with their latest release. What will they do this time, what will their new videos look like, what ground will they break in the Kenyan music scene? I must say I was one of those who was excited to hear their latest album, and so I picked up a copy at the pre-album release party. Immediately I got home I popped the CD it into my laptop and let it play, with one question in my mind; can the new album live up to expectations? An...

I don’t know what’s happened in the past few years in the Nigerian music scene, or what has sparked this sudden wave of great music & artists, but one thing is sure, I am enjoying it! I already introduced many of you to a brilliant artist called Nneka (the who recently moved back to Nigeria from Germany) on this blog, and now I want to talk about another equally great singer. Many of you may have already heard of this Paris-born Nigerian artist called Asa (pronounced Asha ), and if you’ve followed this blog I’ve previously posted some of her videos. (see here and here ). Well, now I am here to review her eponymous debut album which was released in 2007. I really need to get better at doing reviews because I take too much time to do them, and considering I’ve had this album since mid 2008 it’s been a long time coming for this review. Coincidentally Asa (like Nneka) was another artist I discovered on a blog which just goes to show you how ubiquitous the internet is th...