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GOING OUT: Wow: A unique experience

The music booms from the speakers. The drums beat in tune with your thumping heart. All around you are gyrating bodies, undulating to the rhythm. The latest steps, the latest dance styles. This is Wow. The most popular nightclub in The Gambia. Located in the Senegambia Area in Kololi, Wow is the only club in The Gambia to have stood the test of time and passed with flying colours. It is undeniably one of the most popular places to chill out. There is no weekend or weekday at Wow. Every night...

WHAT’S ON: Singateh shines in US

The Gambia’s international reggae dancehall hearthrob, Singateh aka Freaky Joe has said that his ongoing US  tour is marked with cloudburst stage performances as his ongoing annual US tour continues to intensify. He added that since he arrived in the US, he had been working day-in-day-out to develop his music to another level. In a recent chat with What’s On achorman from his base in the US, the young star disclosed that since he arrived he has been working relentlessly in studios to record...

Baba Maal warms up for Easter concerts

Reports reaching What’s On ,has revealed that the Senegalese born Mbalax star Baba Maal and his group are currently warming up to storm the smiling coast of The Gambia sometime this coming easter Organised by Champions Sounds Promotion, this will be Baba Maal’s first concerts live in The Gambia this year and will witness the release of Maals new album. In an interview with What’s On, The President Award winning DJ Lamin Cham of Champion Sounds said this upcoming event will be historic as ...

2007 Tourist Season: First Scandinavian flight arrives

As the tourist season kicks-off, tourists from different parts of Europe continue to storm the “ Smiling Coast ” of West Africa , The Gambia. Two hundred and eleven tourists (211) from Finland arrived recently via the Banjul International Airport in Yundum. Speaking to newsmen Lamin Satio, Marketing Director at the Gambia Tourism Authority (GTA),   said they   are looking forward to a wonderful and successful tourist season. According to him, optimistic prospects indicate that they are...

The Smiling Coast in for A Treat

Of all acclaimed music impresarios in Senegambia, DJ Lamin Cham must be one of the highest rated. With a career spanning more than 17 years, DJ Lamin Cham has successfully organised series of concerts in the UK, The Gambia, and other parts of Africa. This has no doubt earned him both local and international recognition.  In fact on account of his sterling contribution to the promotion of music in the country, he was given two awards – one during the Kanilai International Cultural Festival, and...