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We have more ways to access music than at any time in history and a whole world of unfamiliar styles to explore. Some of these include; Rock, Electronic, Hip-hop/Rap, Country, Funk, Reggae, Latin, Blues, Polka and of course our very own Afro-Beats. As overwhelming as it sounds, it can be so very exhausting to digest hundreds of these genres and be fond of. But if you're a music enthusiast, here are quick tips to widen your music horizon in this one global village. 🎵 Make listening habitual  🎵 Cultivate your music taste through these 3 different modes of listening; Formal (Concerts or Shows), Focused (Solitary) and Casual (As an accompaniment to other activities) 🎵 Keep listening to the music you love, but be willing revisit long held beliefs, particularly if you describe your musical taste negatively towards a certain genre (such as "I hate Jazz") it is likely these attitudes will stifle your joy. 🎵 Consider recommendations from friends. There is a good chance you wil...

From street wear to street fragrance, Engolas prowess as an entrepreneur is no longer a secret. After making it on FORBES AFRICAs 7th Annual 30 UNDER 30 list this year with the likes of Kabza Da Small & Master KG just to mention a few, the KNQR Investments Founder & CEO has launched a new brand of body deodorants called MAFIOSO.  Once again, just like KNQR Cloth Brand, MAFIOSO has already created a buzz on the market soon after its launch last night. Looking at KNQR Wear Brand and the hard-working-man Hayze is, we strongly hope and believe MAFIOSO is not going to be another flop like; Chipapa Fruit Juice by Tay Grin and Better Energy Drink by Gwamba.

Before Made on Monday existed, Born & Bred was the top trending music program, not only on MBC Radio 2 but the whole nation. And then came Made on Monday, every BnB listener flocked to it. You can imagine how that made James feel. And when Joy was starting MoM, if there was any competitor he feared was BnB, so you would imagine how Joy felt when he heated his competitor bigger than he thought. Anyway, its just my imagination of these guys feeling. But still, nobody can deny the secret hate between these two shows. According to some artist, when the so called Made on monday team rejects your song submission for the program, their email comes with a statement that advice you to try your luck at another radio show. "🤔 sounds creepy right?"  Did you know that almost 70 percent of songs that are played on born and bred are those that were denied on Made on Monday. This ends up making Born and Bred a place for all the guys who got bad blood with Made on Monday. Not ...

The 2018  Urban Music People awards nominations received a more positive feedback from the social media community comparing to the last year’s complicated listing.  2017 UMP Faces extreme critique This year’s nomination list seems more fair with the presence of a lot of new names and the appearance of many nominees whom the music fans anticipated. Zani Challe performing at 2017 UMP Awards According to tweets and Facebook posts, fans are much impressed with the category of Best new artist, Best Album of the year and Best video of the year . After all, most categories are applauded for their fabulous listing. Even though it is so, critiques have enlightened the categories which have poor lists of nominees that people did not expect, regard unfit and consider very much unrealistic for such nominations. Such categories are the likes of Best producer of the year . The category has BFB, DJ Sley, Henwood, Gaffar and Janta . According to MDubz fan...

Psalm 147:7 " Sing out your thanks to the Lord, sing praises to our God with a harp." Through music, Blantyre based record label “ Uthenga music ” is spreading out the gospel to world. Led by an entrepreneur and Malawi College of Acountancy student; Prince B. Mbaika better known  by his stage name self-starter, the label has four artists from different colleges namely; Micheal Phiri (Mycall) from Polytechnic, Emmanuel Chipala (Manzy Dare) from NRC, Alfred Malani (Vigorous) from PACT and the founder himself, Self-starter from MCA. Uthenga music artists posing with other two ladies Martin Luther once said “Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.” Unlike other labels, Uthenga music aims not only at spreading the word of God but also taking part in charity works. “Uthenga is strongly committed to both work with and reach less privileged people in many aspect ways either with spiritual, psychological or helping them...

By Wongani Rudoh Nzima Music has been a powerful tool in politics since the 80's. Activists such as Bob Marley have been using their music inorder to influence change. As the 2019 Malawi tripartite elections are pending, the warm heart of Africa has witnessed the activeness of local urban artists in local politics and this has been greatly appreciated by local  citizens. 2014 tripartite elections marked the beginning of urban music intervention into Malawis politics when one of the presidential candidates Joyce Banda of Peoples Party (PP) included an urban song titled " Odi uko!"  which comprised of rap and dancehall artists. This influenced youths to participate since they were inspired by their own idols.  "I was greatly inspired seeing the likes of Fredokiss, Daredevils, Blak Jak and Young K doing a song for a political party. They influenced most of us as youths since it was a thing that has been never done before." Confessed Christopher Mbuli...