Why Iyanya shunned Star Trek

Why Iyanya shunned Star Trek

 

It was shocking and unbelievable to music fans when of their favourite music star Iyanya was missing from the annual Star Trek music concert powered by Nigerian Brewery.

X Project back with new single...Olamide, Waje, Omawumi, Mr Raw to feature in new album

 

Sensational music group, XProject is back and currently rocking the scene with a new and very hot video-Azuka.

The explosive and big budget video was directed by revered cinematographer Clarence Peters.

9ice back with ex wife Toni Payne

 
Though not yet officially as husband and wife, Nigerian singer 9ice has called upon the services of his former spouse in a bid rejuvenate his career. As part of a rebranding process, the singer has put together a team of management around him which includes his ex-wife, Toni Payne. Though the Toni Payne’s role in the newly assembled management team is yet to be officially revealed, Entertainment Express gathered that the she will be handling the publicity and media duties of the singer.

DJ Spin’all joins Beat FM

After a four year sabbatical from radio, high-flying Nigerian Disc Jockey Sodamola Oluseye Desmond popularly known as DJ Spin’all has joined urban radio station, The Beat FM. Accordingly, he will be on air every Friday night on the Ibadan station of Beat FM with an all-round slam musical programme, ‘The Cap Show’ from 9 pm to 1am.

Tiwa Savage set for November wedding

Kele Kele crooner Tiwa Savage is set to finally quit spinsterhood as she has picked the month of November for her much anticipated wedding to her manager and fiancé, Tunji Balogun famously known as Tee Billz.

Music Marriages-Old and new generation

 

What more can be soothing to the ears than a blend of an old tune and a new tune? What more can trigger nostalgic goose bumps in a music enthusiast than listening to a duet by a legend and the rave of the moment? In this generation of collaborations between veterans and youngsters, music has indeed, played god, reconnecting our past with the present.    

A glance behind the glitter of music collaborations usually reveals something more than a colourful paradise. It validates the innovation, and the creativity that seeps out of duets. It is akin to what the Portuguese writer, Paulo Coelho likened to combining the knowledge of a youngster sheep rarer and blending it with the gift of a veteran clothing merchant in a state of productive shearing, in his novel, The Alchemist.

Many who grasped these productive lanes have kissed fame in acclaim and successfully written their names in gold in the history of Nigeria music. OMOTOLA OLAIFA of Entertainment Express, in this expose, examines the influence, significance and the ‘real deal’ behind music collaborations between our legends and the hardworking youngsters.