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Ckay
530,747 listeners
Chukwuka Ekweani (born 16 July 1995), better known by his stage name Ckay (SEE-kay), is a Nigerian singer-songwriter and record producer signed…
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Fela Kuti
419,086 listeners
Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti (15 October 1938 – 2 August 1997 ), known professionally as Fela Kuti, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, or simply Fela,…
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Davido
181,020 listeners
Davido (born David Adeleke) is a performing and recording artiste and also a music producer. Davido was born in Atlanta GA, USA on November 21st…
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Kokoroko
193,453 listeners
KOKOROKO are a young, London based Afrobeat 8-Piece band led by trumpeter Sheila Maurice-Grey, playing a fusion of Jazz and Afrobeat.
Members:…
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Tony Allen
263,394 listeners
Tony Allen (born Tony Oladipo Allen in Lagos, Nigeria on 12 August 1940; died 30 April 2020 in Paris) was a Nigerian drummer, composer, and…
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William Onyeabor
185,566 listeners
William Onyeabor (Enugu, Nigeria, 29 March 1946 – 16 January 2017) was a Nigerian afro-funk, musician, singer and songwriter.
Onyeabor's songs are…
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Ebo Taylor
157,632 listeners
Ebo Taylor (Cape Coast, Ghana, January 7, 1936) is a highlife guitarist, composer, arranger, bandleader, and producer.
Ebo Taylor has been a vital…
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Olamide
90,247 listeners
Olamide Adedeji (born March 15, 1989), popularly known by his stage name Olamide, is a Nigerian Hip hop recording artist from Bariga, Lagos State. He…
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Manu Dibango
207,073 listeners
Manu Dibango (Emmanuel N'Djoké Dibango, December 12, 1933 in Douala, Cameroon-March 24, 2020 in Paris, France) was a Cameroonian saxophonist and…
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The Souljazz Orchestra
124,258 listeners
When a band is called The Souljazz Orchestra, there is a certain expectation to uphold that name and to provide a sound that accompanies such a…
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Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra
137,547 listeners
Antibalas is a Bushwick, Brooklyn based afrobeat band that is modelled after Fela Kuti's Africa 70 band and Eddie Palmieri's Harlem River Drive…
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Ikebe Shakedown
83,744 listeners
Ikebe Shakedown, the self-titled album from the Brooklyn-based band, plays with elements of cinematic soul, Afro-funk, deep disco, and boogaloo in…
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Femi Kuti
136,463 listeners
Femi Kuti is an award winning Nigerian musician, and the oldest son of legendary Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti.
Femi was born in London on 16 June 1962…
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Bixiga 70
54,800 listeners
Central São Paulo’s neighborhood called Bixiga is a melting pot of culture. Its Italian, African and North-Eastern population make it one of the…
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Rob
84,105 listeners
There are several artists with the name of Rob.
1) Rob "Roy" Raindorf (psych-funk/afrobeat)
Rob "Roy" Raindorf is one of the most enigmatic…
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Lijadu Sisters
74,847 listeners
The Lijadu Sisters, Taiwo and Kehinde Lijadu, are identical twin sisters from Nigeria who were an Nigerian music duet from the mid-1960s to the…
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Queendom
23,561 listeners
There are at least 2 artists under same name: 1) a Norway group formed in 1999, 2) a Japanese music unit formed in 2022.
1) Queendom offers…
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The Funkees
78,328 listeners
The Funkees were a rock band from the east of Nigeria. All members were veterans of the Biafran War.
They recorded a number of singles in the… -
Africa Express
57,180 listeners
Africa Express was set up to promote artistic collaboration between African and western musicians and to widen the appreciation of African music…
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Ofege
68,683 listeners
The Ofege Phenomenon
The 1970s school boy musical band from St. Gregory's College, Obalende, Ikoyi, Lagos. Nigeria's most outstanding school boy… -
The Shaolin Afronauts
40,169 listeners
The Shaolin Afronauts are an Adelaide-based afrobeat band that is styled after Fela Kuti's Africa 70 band and Sun Ra. Their music incorporates…