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22 January 2012
Nick Nola recently released this Music Video, with a unique under water scene, which in itself was a first in Ugandan Music Video production. The Music video hit the Ugandan Market at the First Ugandan Diaspora Social Networking event, which took place at Serena Hotel on December 29th of 2011. The Music video was well [...]
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01 December 2011
Jazzy singer-songwriter Somi will win you over with her warm smile and quiet, soulful voice that’s infused with the African spirit. The daughter of Rwandese and Ugandan parents, this Illinois-born chanteuse writes poetic lyrics shrouded in intimacy, and laced with Swahili, Kinyarwanda, and Rutoro. Her deep, honeyed voice intones what she calls “holistic new African [...]
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14 September 2011
UNAA Denver attracted many big names in the Ugandan music industry. And one such name was Bobi Wine, real name Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi omubanda wa kabaka. Bobi Wine was in Boston on Saturday September 10th to entertain his Ugandan fan base. UNAA Times attended the sold out concert and now brings you some highlights. He [...]
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05 July 2011
It was a musical night of live entertainment when Robert Ssimbwa a talented keyboard player who has worked with many of Uganda’s legendary musicians including Afrigo Band launched his album in Boston. Backed up by fellow group members Julius Juuko, Spurgion Wamala [son of the late Elly Wamala], Dutch Zziwa [Drummer], Roar Bob [An American [...]
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04 July 2011
By Ronnie Mayanja ~ Iryn Namubiru made the long awaited stop over in Boston to launch her new ‘Begombeko’ album. The event held at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel in Cambridge was sponsored by Keenote Entertainment and drew revellers from Boston and beyond. Iryn first rose to fame in 1999 together with Juliana Kanyomozi her former [...]
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19 June 2011
Singing diva Juliana Kanyomozi is lined to scoop Pan African Artiste/Group of the year awards at the Nigeria Entertainment awards 2011. Nigeria Entertainment Awards (NEA) will be running for the sixth year and this year’s grand ceremony will be held on 4th September at Sharp Theatre in New York, USA. The ‘Nabikoowa’ star’s nomination was [...]
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16 June 2011
Since the split up of the Limit X, fans have been eager to know what is happening to Paul Mutebi, one of the three members of the former US-based Gospel group. Mutebi is the only member of the group, who continued with music. He has since released several singles in collaboration with a number of [...]
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12 June 2011
Julian Kanyomozi performed Live in Boston at the American Legion Hall in Newton, after an absence of 3 years. The event was partly sponsored by DJ Tonny, Base Entertainment, MPC Multi Professional Consults and Faith Tech Sounds. Juliana took to the stage at about 11:30pm and performed all the crowd favorites like Nabikoowa, Diana, Taata [...]
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16 May 2011
CNN ~ Inside Africa Meet: Meet Musician Maurice Kirya as he brings some Ugandan soul to the Big Apple. Maurice Kirya is Radio France International’s “Best New African Artist” award winner. www.mauricekirya.com
09 May 2011
By Ronnie Mayanja | Kampala | A totem in Uganda’s context is a symbol that represents a group of people with common ancestral origin called the clan, this can either be an animal, bird, plant or fish. The idea behind a totem was that you can not hunt, kill or eat your totem. You then [...]
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05 May 2011
By Susan L. Peé?a | Reading Eagle Correspondent | For the final presentation of Reading Area Community College’s 2010-2011 Downtown Performing Arts Series, Ugandan-American musician Samite Mulondo (who goes by the name Samite) and local guitarist David Cullen will perform as a duo on Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the Miller Center for the Arts. [...]
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05 April 2011
MIM Press Release, Phoenix, AZ, | Arizona’s own global superstar, platinum-recording artist Jordin Sparks will perform a benefit concert on Friday, April 29, to kick off the Musical Instrument Museum’s (MIM) monumental one-year anniversary celebration weekend. Since opening on April 24, 2010, the museum already has been acclaimed as a world-class cultural institution and welcomed [...]
03 March 2011
By Ronnie Mayanja, KAMPALA | On Saturday, 26th of February, I headed off to church after an invitation by a friend to attend a ‘Night 2 Remember’ worship experience at the Rubaga Miracle Center Cathedral. The event saw the unveiling of some of our best gospel talents in the recent times. As group after group [...]
14 February 2011
By Solomon W. Jagwe | The 2011 eWorld Music Awards show aired live and direct from the legendary SIR Studios in the heart of Hollywood on Saturday, February 12th. It was an amazing evening full with an incredible array of high-calibre talented independent artists. Our respect and admiration goes out to all of the finalists [...]
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04 February 2011
During Maurice Kirya’s African tour, the band visited a less privileged school to sing for the children at Sagrada Familia school. We were very inspired and touched by their voices. Maurice is on tour sponsored by the RFI Award he won last year. | More at at Kirya’s Music Website – http://www.mauricekirya.com
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31 January 2011
By Ronnie Mayanja | Dispatch from Kampala | Uganda’s Number One hip-hop artist Daniel Kigozi a.k.a Navio returned for an explosive show dubbed ‘The Nawuliranga Concert’ at the Lugogo UMA Show grounds on 29th January 2011. The show that was off to a late start, picked up momentum as artist after artist pumped energy into [...]
17 November 2010
Boston was the second last leg of Bebe Cool’s ‘US Kasepiki Tour’ that had him perform in several US States that included California, Minnesota, Maryland, Washington, Chicago and Massachusetts. He was still undergoing treament in the US before returning to Uganda for a series of concerts. UNAA Times News Team attended the Boston Kasepiki Concert and now brings [...]
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17 November 2010
All roads led to the Waltham French Club on October 30th 2010 as Bebe Cool ‘munene’ a.k.a Moses Ssali’s long awaited Boston concert kicked of in what has perhaps been the best show Ugandans in the north east have experienced in the recent past. Bebe Cool started off his performance with a new boston based Live Band ‘Touch [...]
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27 September 2010
The long awaited Jose Chameleon ‘Basiima ogenze’ concert was held Friday September 24th 2010 in Watertown, a Boston suburb to a fully parked auditorium. The event sponsored by Bantu Productions, Radio Uganda USA and UNAA Times saw the return of the artist that many have come to regard as East Africa’s favorite crooner. Although the [...]
29 June 2010
By Dennis Matanda | I am a most critical person. I cannot, for the life of me, stand tardiness! And anyone who knows me knows that I like music. I love music and use my instinct to judge songs I listen to. Which is why I was pretty pleased that my editor asked me [...]
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09 June 2010
Batabazi is a music group based in Boston,MA originally from Uganda the pearl of Africa. They have toured different cities and states performing at Colleges, Clubs & Conventions doing hits like “Uganda Nka,” “Turn It Up,” “Kino Kika” etc. BATABAZI started making music in 2007. They are based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The name was [...]
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12 March 2010
Labelled as musical geniuses, Radio & Weasel took Uganda and the whole East African region by storm in 2008 they released hit after hit, the “boys”, as they are commonly referred to, have cemented their name as the best collaborating duo in Ugandan and East African musical history, a definite great force reckon with. Radio [...]
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05 March 2010
A sample of DJ Kuuz’s video mix | http://www.youtube.com/user/djkuuz Here is an insight into the life of one of the Best Ugandan Up and Coming Video Deejays | Born in kampala Uganda (Africa), but raised in Nakulabye, AM the so called spin master Dj kuuz (real name Kuzaifa Bossa) – In His own Words – [...]
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04 November 2009
Ugandan artist Fred Mutebi has organized a large art exhibition for the students of Let Art Talk in the northern Uganda town of Gulu. The exhibition will take place November 2 thru December 5, 2009. Let Art Talk is an innovative and unique organization that uses art as an educational tool to empower people and communities at the [...]
24 October 2009
As part of our Inspirational Interview Series, we tracked down the talented Ugandan Guitarist and recording artist Maurice Kirya for a one on one Interview and some insight into the production of his new Song “If I Ever”. We came across Maurice’s video via a recommendation by a fellow Ugandan living in the diaspora who [...]
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13 August 2009
When Mpagi Kironde a.k.a. “PG” met Jerome Kiwanuka Jjooga a.k.a. “Jerome Black” in 2005, the pair started featuring on tracks together. They later linked with Salim Ssesanga a.k.a. “Phase” in 2007 to just hang out and freestyle in the basement. This was the subtle beginning to a group that is now known to many as [...]
09 February 2009
On saturday, February 7th, Omega attended the 40th NAACP Image Award nominee luncheon. This was an event attended by many notable hollywood stars. We spoke to Omega after the event and asked her what her overall assessment was of the star studded occassion. Amazing and humbling is how she described the evening.
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13 January 2009
Academy Award-winner Halle Berry and acclaimed screenwriter/actor Tyler Perry, both recipients of an NAACP Image Award, will host the 40TH NAACP IMAGE AWARDS, broadcast live from Los Angeles’ historic Shrine Auditorium. This star-studded event, which coincides with the NAACP’s 100th anniversary, will kick off the organization’s year-long centennial celebration. Previously announced honorees include Former Vice President Al Gore and Dr. Wangari Maathai, who will both receive the Chairman’s Award.
21 December 2008
NUWA Nnyanzi, probably Uganda’s finest batik painter, is in Europe and the US to promote the country’s art. Nnyanzi has visited different places and held exhibitions, workshops and lectures. In St Lucien, Normandie, northern France, Nnyanzi presented 30 original batik paintings, 20 lithographs, 11 serigraphs, 20 batiks by Dick Muliika and 10 oils and lithographs [...]
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21 December 2008
Art saved my life, says Ugandan trophy designer for BBC entrepreneur competition The award-winning Ugandan designer, Peter Oloya, has been chosen by BBC Swahili to design and cast the 23 May 2008 winning trophies for its young entrepreneur competition. Faidika na BBC (Prosper with the BBC) is looking for a 16 [...]
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