Commercialized music about trivial subjects receives the most attention these days so when uplifting music appears, it deserves to be celebrated. Kenyan singing group Sauti Sol likes to spread positivity with their music and unlike many music groups, they weren’t manufactured. The quartet met in high school as members of a gospel music group in [...]
Sauti Sol Reflects Kenya’s New Musical, Political Openess
September 9, 2012 | Posted by
NAIROBI, Kenya — The members of Sauti Sol rehearse in a cramped recording studio above a chapati restaurant off a noisy highway in Nairobi. Bien-Aime Baraza, Delvin Mudigi and Willis Chimano — the founding members, all 25 — have been friends since they sang together as part of a gospel ensemble in high school. When [...]
