Kavuma, Musoke to launch album
May 27, 2004
After trouncing the plagiarism controversy that threatened to drown his musical career three years ago, local singer Ronnie Riggs Kavuma, 27, earlier this year made a surprise comeback with a new album, Mr Valentine.
After trouncing the plagiarism controversy that threatened to drown his musical career three years ago, local singer Ronnie Riggs Kavuma, 27, earlier this year made a surprise comeback with a new album, Mr Valentine. The title-track, featuring vocalist Rita Nalwoga, ladled up a commendable airplay on radio stations in Kampala, writes Vision Reporter.
Kavuma, and producer and musician, Shadrack Musoke of AK Communications, are to jointly launch an album. The show, dubbed ‘Mr Valentine’, will take place 7:00pm on May 30, at Eden Park, for sh5,000. It will feature guest singers Titi and Sergeant Kifulugunyu.
Musoke, a beatmaster who released his maiden Vakubantu in February, will launch a new six-track album called Anita, while Kavuma will launch Mr Valentine.
“Vakubantu was a bit of a flop. I was not focused then. I also discovered that the music I had ventured into was not popular. I decided to reorganise myself and produced Anita. Vakubantu has mainly reggae and R & B music. Anita is more Afrocentric. On the album, I sing in new styles such as zouk and afropop. That is why I have decided to go with it,†Musoke says.
Mr Valentine is Kavuma’s third album. Kavuma rose to fame in 1999 with the zouk hit, Rosianna, from the album of the same title, the controversial, but a popular Mujune in 2001. Jean-Paul Samputu accused him of stealing his tune. Musoke singly produced Mr Valentine. All the six tracks, except Still take Your Time, are in Luganda. In contrast to Mujune album which was mainly zouk, Kavuma ventures into styles ranging from easy-listening ballads, zouk to R & B. He says the album’s current style is inspired by the need to move away from zouk as well as styles by contemporary artistes.
Nakazaana, with a zouk flavour with strings, might not depose Mujune, but it can make a dance floor favourite. Kavuma is smooth on the vocals as he is on Wakiri, an offering that combines hip-hop soul (R & B) and a solo guitar. But the message-laden Still take Your Time, on which Kavuma advises young people to take their time while looking for mates, is ironically the most wanting aesthetically.
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Kavuma, and producer and musician, Shadrack Musoke of AK Communications, are to jointly launch an album. The show, dubbed ‘Mr Valentine’, will take place 7:00pm on May 30, at Eden Park, for sh5,000. It will feature guest singers Titi and Sergeant Kifulugunyu.
Musoke, a beatmaster who released his maiden Vakubantu in February, will launch a new six-track album called Anita, while Kavuma will launch Mr Valentine.
“Vakubantu was a bit of a flop. I was not focused then. I also discovered that the music I had ventured into was not popular. I decided to reorganise myself and produced Anita. Vakubantu has mainly reggae and R & B music. Anita is more Afrocentric. On the album, I sing in new styles such as zouk and afropop. That is why I have decided to go with it,†Musoke says.
Mr Valentine is Kavuma’s third album. Kavuma rose to fame in 1999 with the zouk hit, Rosianna, from the album of the same title, the controversial, but a popular Mujune in 2001. Jean-Paul Samputu accused him of stealing his tune. Musoke singly produced Mr Valentine. All the six tracks, except Still take Your Time, are in Luganda. In contrast to Mujune album which was mainly zouk, Kavuma ventures into styles ranging from easy-listening ballads, zouk to R & B. He says the album’s current style is inspired by the need to move away from zouk as well as styles by contemporary artistes.
Nakazaana, with a zouk flavour with strings, might not depose Mujune, but it can make a dance floor favourite. Kavuma is smooth on the vocals as he is on Wakiri, an offering that combines hip-hop soul (R & B) and a solo guitar. But the message-laden Still take Your Time, on which Kavuma advises young people to take their time while looking for mates, is ironically the most wanting aesthetically.
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