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What’s on: Nancy Nanz: Busy working on new album

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:59:07 GMT

Friday, September 26, 2008

After the successful release of her debut CD album – Xalel - The Gambia’s young female Mbalax star, Nancy Nanz is now set for real business.

She is currently busy writing songs for her second album. Her sensational career in music dates back to her childhood.

Recorded at the 1000 Melodies Studio in Dakar, Xalel is an 8-track CD.
With the little experience she earned in the production of her debut album, Nancy now stands a good chance to excel in the international music market.

In an exclusive interview with What’s On, yesterday, Nancy Nanz said that her last album portrayed a positive message useful to the youths of today.

“The success of this album is just great and I still receive phone calls from my fans abroad talking about the well composed nature of the album. It sold a lot of copies and did extremely well in the market. However, piracy is one of the factors affecting us as young artists,” she said.

The sprouting star further told What’s On, that she is also doing a lot of selections for DVD shootings.
“I hope to release my DVD any time soon and I think this will be a big plus for me as a young artist. Music is expensive and has a lot of expenses, so you need to be prepared for it,” she added.

Asked about the state of preparedness of her next album, Nancy said “I am fully prepared because I want to make this coming album one of the best ever. It will also help me a lot as I have already covered some of the loopholes or lapses I had during the making of my debut album. In other words, I know the market now and my second album will be something I will be well prepared for,” she maintained.

She emphasised the need for her to introduce live band performances and do away with the playback system.

“Though many people believe Gambian artists are not creative, we can do it as we have a lot of stars who are excelling in the sector,” she said.

And guess what? A high quality club situated at Denton Bridge and awaiting official launching was named after the and is called Nancy Images.
“This new entertainment spot will be the venue where I will hold my future shows and concerts,” she said.

Watch out for her shows after Koriteh. Meanwhile, the What’s On anchorman will like to extend his regards and wish Nancy Nanz a happy birthday in advance. She will celebrate her birthday on October 2nd 2008.

Author: by Sheriff Janko

WHAT’S ON-Maslaa-bi bounces back

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 06:30:20 GMT

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Friday, February 22, 2008

Maslaa –bi a four mbalax group currently living in Europe are now back into the music scene after five years of silence. Currently they are busy working on their third CD album which is expected to be soon. However the group have released one of the tracks to be part of their much awaited album entiled “Alel” meaning “Wealth’ is already out and can be found at www.myspace.com/maslaabigambia.

The young Gambian mbalax singers who hailed from the city of Banjul left home soil some years ago and are working tirelessly to reach international stardom.

Maslaa bi was one time a household name in The Gambia with the released of a popular album called “Bu Nui Merro” which stormed the music market.

Maslaa bi strong captivating stage performances and common uniform oufits appearance admired music lovers that earned them to gain more music fans among the youth folks.They comprises stars like Nas, Tonton Bala El Pacco, among others.

Basically, this new album will be their first art work while in Europe.

“We know it has took a bit longer than the fans expected but the we are working to be more professionals in the music scene .This tie round we are coming in a more maturer way,” Said Touray one of the newest member of the group.

Nevertheless, this upcoming album is going to be a mixed flavour as it was superbly crafted and tailored by renowned professionals in the music industry namely Mustapha Faye, a member of the Super Etoile .Mr Faye has been contributing to our works technically during our first two albums and also this coming third album .However, in these newly recorded album arrangement was done few other individuals like like ,EL Pacco and DJ Gunman , Korist Jali-Kebba Suso and percussionist Karim Mbaye (Cho Mbaye's brother). As of now, the group is still with same members that shows that the members are highly committed to their music owed to their fans .

“The final message we got for our fans and the entire music industry is great.We assured them that we are out here for them ,trying to give them the very best of our musici.Let them et ready for this upcoming album..We hope our stuffs will be better this time as usual ,” said Gadaffi Touray.

Watch out for Maslaa Bi newest album soon.

Author: by Sheriff Janko

Gambian artist solicits help

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:30:05 GMT

Friday, January 18, 2008

Melody M. aka Aruna Jah, an emerging Gambian dancehall, hip hop, mbalax and a mix cultural artist is soliciting for assistance from music lovers and well wishers of arts and culture to duplicate his latest CD album.

Mr Jah, speaking to Arts and Culture recently said that he has produced 13 track songs due to be release but lack of sponsorship according to him is the main problem hindering the release. He noted that all the studio and other related artistic work has been done.

The album contains beautiful and melodious songs like My Love, Are You Ready, Darling Scorpion, Gingama Yahya Jammeh and Amie Sallah among others.

The young Gambian artist therefore, urges anyone with the interest to help him to contact 9936287.

Author: by Sanna Jawara