Episode 027 | Closer To Whelmed

In todays episode, Sam and Afam get into their previous week. They both attended the Fireside Chat with Fena Gitu and Jessica Colaco, which was a successful outing. Afam was also in attendance at Groovy Jo's album listening party and he gives a brief review of the event. Onto the news! A win for African music? The Recording Academy (Grammys) Introduce a new category that will highlight and award different African music genres, the question of whether this is ultimately a good thing for Africa comes up as the boys discuss the topic. Streaming and distribution giants form the Music Fights Fraud alliance to fight music fraud, and while this might seem like a good thing on the surface Sam and Afam have a deeper conversation about it. On to Local news, Radio Africa Apologize for the disaster of a show that was the recent Boys II Men concert after getting numerous complaints from fans and attendees. Also, A Legend in the Kenyan music industry, Eric Wainaina, reveals plans to launch a music label and discloses who his frist signee will be. Somewhere in that conversation, Sam talks about a dream he had of Sol Generation's Nviiri the Storyteller and his future in music. Listen in to find out what thats about. The boys also review new music that dropped last week! To bring more awareness to the different genres of music within the industry we hope to see the artists & songs discussed in the podcast receive the recognition they deserve. Join us for weekly episodes! Song Pick:Sofiya Nzau, Romuald - "Dokoge (Radio Edit)"