DJ Kenya Ken, aka Mzee Moi, was laid to rest on January 11. Mourners honoured the pioneering DJ's legacy with song and dance ...

Gospel singer Karangu Muraya faced marital turmoil as his first wife, Triza Njeri, accused him of neglect amid their turbulent polygamous relationship in 2025.

Looking back at the year in music, it was very much a “Golden” age. But, demon hunting aside, did it also count as golden with a small G? As we dived through our favorite music of 2025 to consider ...

Ms. Silman is a writer and an editor. A few weeks ago, a group of girlfriends and I were messaging about their upcoming trip to visit me in New York City. The topic turned to what they should wear to ...

This week, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" takes the record outright, as it posts an unprecedented 20th week on top of the Hot 100. And, given the likelihood of it returning to No. 1 — not just next ...

Ms. Feintzeig is a writer based in Connecticut. When I was 24, I traveled to India and had a hard time of it. There were canceled flights in Delhi, a trip to a tiny hospital in Kerala and a rickshaw ...

The best songs of 2025 worked admirably toward the daunting task of attempting to describe what it feels like to be alive in the unpredictability matrix of the mid-’20s. Songwriters expressing pangs ...

Muraya The word “punky” doesn’t often land in the same sentence as “Kyoto”; Muraya, however, offers a quirkier taste of the ancient capital. An eclectic and slightly chaotic izakaya-style drinking ...