The members of Zapp Band have been playing boisterous, bass-soaked funk together for over four decades, rising to prominence after they were discovered by the legendary George Clinton in the late ...

Celebrate Brooklyn!‘s annual all-day festival of music, food and crafts features a lineup of music selected to keep dancers moving into the night. This year’s headliner is the great King Sunny Adé of ...

With a stage act characterised by dexterous dancing steps and mastery of the guitar, Ade introduced the pedal steel guitar to Nigerian music along with the use of synthesizers, clavinet, vibraphone, ...

The Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria and the Actors Guild of Nigeria have paid glowing tributes to legendary Nigerian musician, Sunday Adegeye, professionally known as King Sunny Adé, as he ...

King Sunny Ade brought his band, the African Beats, to the Music Haven Stage in Schenectady’s Central Park on Sunday, July 12. Read Michael Eck’s review in the Times Union and Michael Hochanadel’s ...

Nigerian Afropop singer Sunday Adeniyi popularly known as Sunny Ade, says his family didn’t support his decision to be a musician, because only unserious people at the time chose music as a career.

Apala singer Musiliu “Haruna” Ishola has revealed how legendary Juju singer and multi-instrumentalist King Sunny Ade played a pivotal role in reviving his career. Musiliu, one of the leading artistes ...

& His African Beats have cancelled their entire North American tour, including an April 22 show at the New Orleans House of Blues, an April 23 date at Festival International in Lafayette, and an April ...

The unwitting progenitor of what we now call world music, Nigerian juju legend King Sunny Ade was signed by Island Records founder Chris Blackwell after the 1981 death of Bob Marley–the label wanted a ...