THE VILLAGERS BAND LAUNCH NEW ALBUM

The Villagers Band headed by singer/songwriter/producer Chris Adwar released their brand new album titled Nofork Hotel on Sunday night at Club Galileos.
Produced by the very gifted Chris, it also features Qqu from the group NIX. The album has soulful songs like Someday and songs we can all relate to including Mercedes Benz, Kenchic, Liar ‘2012’ and Obama (is my relative!).
The title track of the album tells of a story about a man lying to his wife about going to work every morning yet he goes to Nofork Hotel to hang out with friends.
The album is sure to be a hit with lovers of pop, benga, genge, lingala and zouk. It is already retailing in major musical outlets for Sh500.

Meanwhile, peep at their latest video Kenchic

NYAMBANE TO PAY FEES FOR TOP STUDENT

The top KCPE boy in Nyanza who was reportedly going to miss out on joining secondary school due to lack of fees will not. Brian Osoro, an orphan and a former pupil of St Peters Kisii Academy who scored 429 marks should be thanking his lucky stars because comedian Nyambane has offered to pay his fee for the whole of his first year in school.
This comes after his Brian’s Aunt Mary Nyanchama expressed concern on The Star that he may not join secondary school because she is not able to pay his fees.

“I have committed to pay for the first one year once admissions have been done. I committed and pledged on radio. This is in line with what I have always done, supporting community and giving back. Besides Osoro, I have ten other children I support across the country,” he said.

However the comedian who is on his way out of QFM as the programmes controller is serving his last week on the station.

THE ERIC AND VALERIE SAGA

The very successful run of Mo Faya musical ended on a high but that cannot be said of the marriage between show’s author and creative director Eric Wainania and his wife Sheba Hirst.
Eric and Sheba who have for the long time presented the face of a happily married couple are reported to have gone their separate ways. And now their families are attempting to resolve the differences between the couple in the hopes that they will re-unite. Sheba is said to have moved out of their matrimonial home near State House to live with her parents on Thika Road.
Simon Wainaina, Eric’s only sibling, best man and manager said, “There has been serious family interventions on both sides to try and salvage this union and also safeguard the interest of the children already born.” Eric and Sheba have two daughters — a four year old and the last one who was born just two months ago.
It seems that the successful rehearsals of the musical as well as its very successful run as an off-Broadway production in New York gave rise to reports that the show’s leading actors Eric and Valerie Kimani became romantically linked. Sheba was the executive producer of Mo Faya, a venture that was sponsored by Safaricom to the tune of Sh11.6 million.
This week, Valerie confirmed she is two months pregnant and said she was “looking forward to being a happy mum. I’m not hiding that I’m pregnant. I’m in my first trimester.”
As for her baby’s daddy, Valerie said “I’m not interested in discussing my bedroom issues in public.”
She has no plans to slow down yet as her baby bump is yet to show. “The pregnancy fits in perfectly with my plan to hit the studio to record my second album to be released by Gallo Records.”
The singer who has yet to gain acceptance in the popular music scene since she won the Tusker Project Fame prize three years ago had the parting shot: “I don’t mind that people will be looking at me funny. They have been ever since l won the TPF.”
So there you have it.

EXCLUSIVE: ABBAS kUBAFF'S LATEST MUSIC VIDEO

Check out Abbas's video Get Down shot and produced by filmmaker BIG MIC. the single is off his latest music video titled Get Down off his new Album Mista Abbas. The video shot on location in Lavington.

RADIO AND WEASEL'S KUKU

This song is a strong indication that the two stars, Radio and Weasel are recognizing the East African market needs them.
Will some promoter bring this two to Kenya already!

ALI KIBA'S USINISEME

I love me some Ali Kiba. In light of that enjoy his latest hit song Usiniseme.

BIG BROTHER UK CELEBS TO CLIMB MT KILIMANJARO

Anthony Hutton
Liam Gough

UK Big Brother stars will climb Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in African.
Former BB housemates Liam McGough and Anthony Hutton, both from County Durham, journeyed to Kenya last year as part of an amazing adventure which saw them help to build a school, teach children how to play football, DJ in Nairobi and join a Maasai village.
The pair spent a week in Kenya for Newcastle-based MAD – Make a Difference Foundation – and since returning from the trip they have both become patrons of the charity.
And in June they’ll travell to Tanzania with fellow BB friends Zach “Ziggy” Lichman and twins Sam and Amanda Marchant, to help local communities and climb the 16,896ft of Tanzanian mountain Kilimanjaro.
The whole trip, due to take place over a week from June 18, is being organised by MAD founder John Lawler, of Corbridge, Northumberland, who runs the foundation alongside Madventure, his company which offers students gap year-style trips across Africa.
John said: “The trip is in the early stages but everyone is dead keen to take part.
“It’s certainly not going to be a “celebrity jolly” either because they’ll all have to raise £2,200 before we go and the climb will be tough. I’ve climbed Mount Kenya but not Kilimanjaro, so it will be a personal first for me too.
“However our mad Tanzanian guide, Jonas, has climbed it more than 250 times and refers to the mountain as his office!”
Anthony and Liam were due to be joined by their good pal Zach Lichman on last July’s trip.
But he was turned away by airline staff at Heathrow Airport because they he looked too ill to board.
John said: “In his words, Zach was ‘gutted’ he couldn’t go last year.
“He was due to get a plane from Heathrow but he had flu and staff at the boarding gate wouldn’t let him on because he was sweating so much. He came so close to joining us but he just missed out.
“A model called Rhian Sugden is also joining us, so in all we’ve got a lively bunch of people who are all keen to take part.”