Tenin Baba Ndanani
Her soulful voice, thoughtful lyrics and irrepressible confidence have generated a solid fan base for Tenin Baba Ndanani in her home state of New Jersey over the years.
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Kemet Music Radio
ABOUT US
We here at KMR are dedicated to showcasing the very best of traditional and urban music from across the Afro Diaspora. We stream music online 24/7 to our audiences worldwide. Click here for Schedule Showtimes
We also started our new record label Digital Orishas. When you purchase online music from us, we split the revenue directly with the artists themselves; so in turn, you would be supporting independent artists as well.
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INTERNSHIP
Interested in online radio? Eager to get experience in online media? We're always looking for people willing to pitch in and learn here at KMR Radio. If you'd like to intern for us, send your resumé to info@kemetmusicradio.com
Eva Aine
Born in the city of Seattle and raised in Yokohama, Japan, Eva Aine draws on her blended cultural identity to reach people the world over through music.
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Thavius Beck
LA-based Thavius Beck’s multifaceted skill set has garnered him a reputation as an electronic musician, hip-hop artist, MC and live performer.
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Chris Miller
Animator Chris Miller has been creating his own super heroes and exploring mythology since he was a child. He has now published the first of a three-part action-fantasy comic book series, Nukkullheadz.
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Kai Mwaafrika
One could say that Indianapolis native Kai Mwaafika was born to perform. After all, her first staged production "Jim Flyin' High" by national award winning playwright Mari Evans took place when she was the tender age of 6.
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Iron Sheik
Iron Sheik, a.k.a. Prhyme, has always seen himself as a leader and most definitely and emphatically not as a follower. He is a proud expounder of what he calls "conscious hip-hop" which he deems to be the "foundation" of the hip-hop genre.
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Allison Hinds
With a stage presence as strong as her formidable pipes, Alison Hinds is deservedly called the Queen of Soca music. Born in the UK in 1970, she migrated to Barbados at the age of 11 with her mother, and still makes the Caribbean nation her home base.
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Amobi
AmobiCapture if you will the architecture of design as it pertains to the inner character of soul. The ambiance of the true sense of intense lyrics combined with intellectual rhythms, entangled in a personality that embraces and crosses genres.
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Aster Aweke
One of Ethiopia's most beloved singers, Aster Aweke is often called "Africa's Aretha Franklin" for her compelling combination of driving grooves and soulful vocals that sing of love and loss and life.
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Ballaké Sissoko
Born into the griot (musician's) caste in Mali in 1968, Ballaké Sissoko's father was the noted griot Djelimady Sissoko, who actually didn't wish his first born son to become a musician despite the strong the family tradition.
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Hugh Masekela
An Interview with Hugh Masekela in the middle of the Fall 2010 tour that took him from Carnegie Hall to Toronto's Koerner Hall, Vancouver and Banff.
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Jaja Matsimela
"Musical performance, whether live or recorded, should cut into the consciousness and heart of a listener with the same care and precision that a diamond cutter cuts into a stone," says Kwasi, leader and percussionist of JaJa Matsimela.
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Jalam
Generally depicted on his album covers wearing an ordinary shirt and pants combo, Jalam doesn't seem to match the sense of style found in many other reggae artists.
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kora
The kora is a stringed instrument that plays a key part in the music traditions of several West African countries including Guinea, Senegal, Gambia and Mali.
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Queen Ifrica
A voice with belief, coated in culture, streams from the skies of Montego Bay into the clouds globally to enhance the philosophies of a style, spirituality, and way of existence of reggae vocalist Queen Ifrica.
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Chiwoniso Maraire
Chiwoniso Maraire, known by just Chiwoniso, was born in the United States to a musical family. "Both my parents were musicians," she says. "My father was an amazing mbira player...
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Truth Universal
As part of his commitment to preserving the best part of hip hop, Truth Universal’s self-described “righteous rap” belongs to New Orleans’ lesser known underground scene...
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Dele Sosimi
To say that Dele Sosimi knows the Afrobeat groove inside out is a gross understatement - it's truer to say that he was an integral part of establishing it as a musical force in the world....
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Two For One: Unifyed Sol Poets
Some might call what Unifyed Sol Poets do, “soul work.” There is something about their art that reconnects listeners to spirit and heals hearts with the right words in rhythm...
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Battle Rap: Emcee Mic Crenshaw Tackles Social Justice
While the current generation of hip hop heads may be more familiar with Drake and Lil’ Wayne, Mic Crenshaw is a hip hop veteran with 15 years of rhyming under his belt...
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History of the Palmwine Guitar
This is going to be a hard one, being a scarcely researched and totally subjective topic- depending on whether you're Nigerian, Ghanaian, Liberian or Sierra Leonian....
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Ali Ibrahim "Farka" Touré
Ali Ibrahim "Farka" Touré (October 31, 1939 - March 6, 2006) was a Malian singer and guitarist, and one of the African continent's most internationally renowned musicians...
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Asnaqetch Werqu
Asnaqetch Werqu was born an orphan who went on to become the first actress to appear on the Ethiopian stage. However, her musical talent garnered her attention...
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Hamza El Din
Hamza El Din , known as the "Father of Nubian Music," died May 15th from complications following brain surgery in Berkeley, California...
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Mahmoud Fadl: Renowned Nubian Musician
Mahmoud Fadl, the celebrated Nubian Master Drummer was born in 1955. He was raised in the cities of Assuan and Cairo in Egypt, and his Nubian background is rooted in the Griot culture of the "Battikol" people....
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Nahawa Doumbia
Nahawa Doumbia was born in Mafélé, near the border with the Ivory Coast. She was raised by her grandmother, her mother having died shortly having given birth to her...
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Stella Rambisai Chiweshe
Stella Rambisai Chiweshe was born in Mujumi Village in Mhondoro, Zimbabwe in 1946 and is the great grand daughter of Munaka, a resistance fighter who was eventually hung by the British...
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