Music Helps Your Productivity

Music isn’t just a means of entertaining ourselves: it can also encourage creativity and help us become more productive. Listening to music can also be therapeutic, relieving feelings of stress so you can concentrate better. Research has found that certain types of music can be beneficial to us while we work. Some types of music […]
The Story Corner : Mbok, What Is Stew?

My people, my people!!! Something just happened right now {In Lasisi’s voice} We woke up one day in this country and we started hearing Stew, Stew, Stew… and I am like, what is stew? who is cooking stew? is there a competition somewhere? Hmmm… I did a my runs as a gossip leader and guess […]
Listening to Music Helps Kids Bond With Their Parents

Parents who listen to music with their kids are more likely to enjoy close relationships with them, according to a new study in the Journal of Family Communication. The findings further suggest that singing, dancing, and listening to music becomes increasingly important for family bonding as kids get older—precisely when they start resisting your taste […]
The Bible Of Love

Snoop Dogg, whose real name is Calvin Broadus Jr., has a past fraught with controversy and underhanded dealings, which has added to the skepticism many feel about his new album and assertion that he is a Christian. As The Christian Post reports, Snoop Dogg has been accused of offering alcohol and marijuana to underage girls […]
Bruno Mars Sweeps the Grammys, Winning Top Album and Song

Bruno Mars owned the Grammys with his R&B-inspired album “24K Magic,” winning all six awards he was nominated for at a show where hip-hop was expected to have a historical night. Jay-Z, the leading nominee with eight, walked away empty handed Sunday — a year after his wife lost album of the year to Adele, […]
Music And Your Brain

Music is a pervasive part of our daily lives, whether we notice it or not. Often, it melts into the background – on the radio, in the doctor’s office, at the supermarket or in the gym. While other times, it plays a more pronounced and overt role – if you’ve ever been to a Tony […]
Adele Is More Than The Best-Paid Grammy Nominee: Data Says She’s Ahead Of Beyoncé

Adele is the highest-paid Grammy nominee this year with $80.5 million in 2016 earnings from 25 and touring, according to FORBES, and five Grammy nominations. But Adele enters the Grammy battle with Beyoncé and others as more than the best-paid nominee. Ahead of the Sunday, Feb. 12, ceremony, where the British star will compete with her […]
Jazz Legend Thandi Klaasen Dies

Nelson Mandela’s favourite singer and legendary local Jazz icon, Thandi Klaasen, 86, has died. The news was announced on Sunday morning on Twitter by Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa. He tweeted; “We are saddened to learn that Jazz Legend Thandi Klaasen has passed on. Our thoughts are with her daughter Lorraine, her loved ones, […]
Pop Star George Michael Dead At 53

UPDATE: George Michael died of heart failure, according to The Hollywood Reporter. PREVIOUSLY: LONDON, Dec 25 (Reuters) – British singer George Michael, who became one of the pop idols of the 1980s with Wham! and then forged a career as a successful solo artist with sometimes sexually provocative lyrics, died at his home in […]