Why future of our music lies in golden oldies 6 years ago
Ohangla sensation Osogo winyo(left) flanked with Tony Nyadundo before perfomance atthe Carnivore restaurant in Nairobi. Photo by WILLIS AWANDU/STANDARD
A local television station continues to expose exactly what goes on in the minds of most Kenyan musicians.
The channel has helped us know that, however much we write about and support our music, nothing will happen till the day Kenyan singers decide to make very good use of their heads.
In choosing to do so, perhaps our singers will have discovered that all world music as we know it, relies on twisting and re-doing the melodies of every culture’s ‘old’ songs.
X-mas Songs by Kenyan Musicians
Thursday December 24 2020
Singer Atemi Oyungu (in red) and veteran artist Eric Wainaina (far right) with band members performing the eighth edition of the “Tis the Season” at The Hub Karen, Nairobi. PHOTO | NMG
By BILL ODIDI
Summary
Individuals and families wherever they may be in the world hold on to the best memories of the festivities through the music that they have grown up hearing every Christmas.
There has emerged a deliberate effort by Kenyan musicians to add their interpretations of traditional Christmas songs to the traditional repertoire of popular names like Boney M, Jim Reeves or Kenny Rogers.