Spotify’s Surround Sound Turns Back the Clock on Tems, Runtown and Two Enduring Nigerian Catalogues

Six years after For Broken Ears and a decade after “Mad Over You”, Spotify ’s Lagos showcase asks a bigger question: what keeps older Nigerian records culturally alive? There are songs you remember, and then there are songs that remember you. Runtown’s “Mad Over You” belongs to the second category. For many listeners, the 2016…

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Gospel vs. Secular Music in Nigeria: Does the Line Still Exist?

In Nigeria’s continuously evolving music landscape, the traditional divide between gospel and secular music is becoming increasingly difficult to define. As artists move fluidly between faith-inspired expression and mainstream success, the question is no longer whether gospel and secular can coexist – but whether the line ever truly existed. In Romans 12:2, the apostle Paul…

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