Best Kenyan Music Videos of 2015

December 23, 2015 | Bottomline Kenya 2

Music videos are being taken much more seriously around here, both as an art form in themselves and as a medium that adds some extra personality and flavour to music releases. Even Pulse Magazine saw the need to come up with some sort of (ghastly, badly thought through) awards event for local music videos. Our […]Read More

Best Of 2013: Music

January 6, 2014 | Bottomline Kenya

2013 was a very eventful year for all stakeholders in the local music industry. The most positive trend that emerged over the past 12 months saw artists exploiting less common means of getting their products to the masses such as digital and mobile-based downloads. Investing in creating a strong social media and web presence also […]Read More

Best Of: South African House #2

October 11, 2013 | Bottomline Kenya

Yes, it’s about that time we shared what was on our playlist as regards house and kwaito music from the Southern part of the Motherland. There have been quite a number of new msanzi tunes from the usual suspects casing a bit of a buzz. We also have a few interesting remixes to showcase and […]Read More

Best of: South African House (Not!) #1

July 26, 2013 | Bottomline Kenya

Well, this is yet another compilation of some of the cool South African music we have bumped into of late. This time, the list has nothing to do with our first kwaito/house compilation (the second installment of that is coming in a few weeks time). The scope of SA talent is just amazingly huge and […]Read More

Best Of: annieSoul’s Acapella Cover Series

May 28, 2013 | Bottomline Kenya 7

Boston based afro-soul sensation Annette “annieSoul” Oduor has concluded an impressive nine month long series of covers in which she pays tribute to 15 Kenyan songs (mostly classics) with her own acapella versions on her SoundCloud page. Even better news – before she embarks on a new project, she has made all the covers available […]Read More