Month: January 2017 Posts

Three major setbacks in Malawi urban music

Jan 29, 2017 Lyonike Mughogho 3 &

Malawi music is progressing at a convincing pace however there is work to be done if high standards are to be reached. A number of issues which keep drawing back the industry have to be… ...

Malawi music videos to start earning money

May 09, 2016 Mwayi Mkandawire 6 &

The exploitation in the Malawi music industry is nearing its end with the announcement from Malawi24 that it will start paying local artists for their music videos when they are featured on the publication's YouTube… ...

Tay Grin needs a Ghostwriter

Apr 13, 2016 Wonderful Mkhutche 54 &

This suggestion will be strange. Even before the existence of the music in Malawi, when the Balaka sound was dominating, a person writing a song for someone was never a practice. Everything was done by… ...

Malawi hip-hop kings called Trap Squad

Apr 13, 2016 Wonderful Mkhutche 90 &

One of the prominent rap pioneers in Malawi was a group, the Real Elements. From the late 1990s to the early 2000s, they launched and defined rap music in Malawi. They defied the odds and… ...

Gwamba warned against teasing Malawians

Mar 16, 2016 Wonderful Mkhutche 84 &

Maybe I am the kind of person who has too much guard. But the tendency of some urban music artists, spreading the news of their project before it is ripe, is killing the music artistry.… ...

Mafunyeta’s Mabilinganya empire members ‘murdered’

Mar 10, 2016 Lyonike Mughogho 206 &

Surviving members of Malawi's Mabilinganya Empire a dancehall group that Mafunyeta founded have been dealt a huge brawl, their house producer, Warge has announced. The Empire, according to Warge Wanangwa Phiri of Warge Records, is… ...

Revealed: Tay Grin dating Chanco students

Mar 02, 2016 Lyonike Mughogho 396 &

One of Malawi’s hip pop greats, Tay Grin, has confirmed that he is dating students at University of Malawi’s Chancellor College. The Nyau King who is currently in South Africa for music video shoot for… ...