Angolan singer Kide NC will on Sunday here release his latest album entitled "Caminhos (routes)", ANGOP has learnt.

WHO said winter was a dull season, bereft of entertainment?

ZIMBABWE'S Mkhululi Bhebhe was voted out of Mnet's Reality Show, leaving five participants, three of them Zimbabweans, vying for the U.S.$80 000 top prize.

GOSPEL artiste Tikietah is promising another album. The album features Crystofabulous, a rough voiced Ugandan gospel rapper, Pastor Wilson Bugembe and Kenya's Mr Iggi.

SHALL we all hear it for Nicolette Kiige, the best singer remaining in Idols East Africa? But unfortunately, the winning votes may not be based on one's ability to sing. How else can one explain the phenomenon that was Cynthia? And Africa's fascination with 'stone-in-the-mouth' Eric?

AT first, gospel music was a preserve of churches, crusades and born-again people's radio sets. But when producer Jason Kiwa came onto the scene, gospel music became the in-thing all of a sudden.

SILVER Kyagulanyi, Fr. Anthony Musaala, Wasswa Kiyingi and Carol Budhwike will be vying for the honours of the hottest gospel artiste in the land at the second Victoria Gospel Music Awards (VIGA) tomorrow at the Kampala Serena Hotel.

IT was the first time the Bell Pearl of Africa Music (PAM) Awards launched in West Nile since their inception in 2003. Of course there were a lot of expectations.

Botswana Defence Force (BDF) Band muso Philip Mhlanga has released an eight-track album entitled Tau tsa Nhabe.

Organisers Zamani couldn't have chosen better than Emin Pasha Hotel on Akii-Bua road, Nakasero for Kenyan musician, Eric Wainaina to showcase his skills. It was worth the while.

What people in the Diaspora did to singer Jose Chameleone, only God knows! The Afro-beat singer once again failed to show up for a concert in Amsterdam. He was expected to land at Schiphol Airport on Tuesday but fans waited in vain.

Sierra Leone's top musicians will tomorrow join together to embark on a non-violent election rally throughout Freetown ahead of the local council elections scheduled for July 5.

Global leaders will travel to the G8 summit in Japan next week knowing that the promises they have made to help end global poverty are

Rising Nigerian music stars will take the centre stage at the 2008 edition of THISDAY Music and Fashion Festival in Abuja on July 11 and Lagos on July 13.

SUNGURA music supremo Alick Macheso continues to raise the Zimbabwean flag high abroad when he leaves for Ireland early next month.

Angolan singer Erica Nelumba is close to fulfil her dream of publishing a second solo album, produced and edited by Home Family Records, expected in the stores on July 26.

Emmanuel Chibi popularly known as Uncle Jaunda who has been in "hibernation" since his last album - Kule Kule - will soon break the silence with his latest offering titled Uncle Says.

ESTHER Mugizi Nabaasa, the Ugandan Tusker Project Fame winner, returned home yesterday to a hero's welcome. She landed at Entebbe International Airport at 9:45am aboard Kenya Airways and was immediately taken to the VIP lounge, where she hugged family members, friends and journalists.

GOSPEL musician John "Mr Fantastic" Mutoko, like the Biblical John the Baptist, is a man on a mission since storming the music industry some years back. His much-awaited album -- The Valley of Dry Bones -- is finally on the market.

SILKY-voiced gospel music debutante, Olinda Marowa's exhilarating album - Nyasha - is having a fine run in music circles since its release a couple of months ago.