Wednesday 28 May 2014

Remember The Yunasi Band who sang ndi ndi ndi (Usilewe)?????

YUNASI BAND


Those of you who have no idea who I am taking about the name is Yunasi Band. The Afro-fusion boy band started their career in music almost a decade ago. The band combined different African styles of music such as Benga, Isukuti and Sengato to come up with their own unique style they call Sesube.
The Kenyan boy band has its number of accolades being one of those bands that are largely popular in the international scene than they are locally. In 2007, the Yunasi band won the BBC ‘Next Big Thing’ competition, beating over 2000 acts from 88 countries; quite a milestone for the Kenyan band. Just the year before in 2006, Yunasi band were the winners at the US International Songwriting Contest for the song Ji Opogore (The Difference of People). Back here in Kenya the Yunasi band had their trophy from the 2004 Kisima Awards for the best afro-fusion band. 

Unfortunately, the band later split with each of the seven members going after their solo careers but after an absence of over four years from the music scene, the Yunasi band is back with their latest song Sesube which features Rabbit. This is one band promising band you should watch! 

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