Tag: MUSICIAN
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Musician dies in hospital two days after end of one-year hunger strike
A member of a Turkish left-wing music band died on Thursday in an Istanbul hospital, just two days after he ended a nearly one-year hunger strike protesting government persecution, his lawyer told dpa. Bassist Ibrahim Gokcek died on Thursday at a hospital in Istanbul’s Beylikduzu district, lawyer Gorgun Danaci said. He said lawyers found out…
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You’re no musician if you can’t play musical instruments, says Uwaifo
Veteran musician Prof. Victor Uwaifo says that “good and real musicians’’ must be able to play at least three musical instruments to be classified as musicians. Uwaifo, a professor of arts, made the assertion when a delegation of the National Council of Arts and Culture visited his Revelation Tourists Palazzo Museum on Saturday in Benin.…
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Kano musician arrested for cricitising Ganduje gets N500,000 bail
A local Singer in Kano, Nazir Ahmad, popularly called Sarkin Wakan Kano, who was arrested for allegedly releasing two uncensored musical albums, has been granted bail. A magistrate court sitting at Rijiyar-Zaki area of Kano State granted him N500,000 bail. The Kano singer was said to have operated an illegal studio,which he allegedly used to…
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Remembering Segun Bucknor:7 facts you should know about the revered soul legend
You cannot travel down the history of Nigerian music without referencing Segun Bucknor who recently passed on at the age of 71. Bucknor was a versatile artiste influenced by music greats like Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, and Wilson Pickett. Anyone who witnessed Segun Bucknor’s performance will not forget it in a hurry. During his stint…
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N50 was my first salary when I started performing- Salawa Abeni
For those in tune with Fuji music in the 1980s, the name Salawa Abeni would be remembered amongst the names that dominated the scene then. Abeni was the Tiwa Savage of her time. The self -proclaimed Waka queen said she earned N50 when she started out as a musician. Salawa began her professional career in…