So as a 7-year-old, I was always in rooms where music was a big, big part of the atmosphere. Everything from Yusuf Olatunji, who’s a major sakara performer, to Haruna Ishola, who is a legendary apala ...

In an ambitious effort to chart the lineage of Yoruba and Afrobeats music over the past century and its global influence, Nigerian superstar Adekunle Gold has co-produced a forthcoming documentary ...

From the primeval age of Ayànàgalú (the Yorùbá pioneer-drummer-turned-deity-of-drumming) to the modern era, Yorùbá musical traditions have been shaped by individual performers: drummers, dancers, ...

The documentary, titled “The Odyssey”, will trace the history and evolution of different subcultures within the music, including Were, Sakara, Apala, Juju, AfroJuju, and Fuji, among many others.

Almost two decades later, artists like Brymo, Asake, Kizz Daniel, and others continue to borrow from Yoruba indigenous music whose modern utility was greatly popularised by the exploits of Jesse King ...