Dar es Salaam. Despite a fan boycott sparked by the October 29 curfew, Tanzanian music maintained its strong presence throughout 2025, led by consistent performances from Marioo, Harmonize and Mbosso.

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 ...

Demonstrators react as Tanzania's riot police disperse them during a protest a day after an election marred by violent demonstrations over the exclusion of two leading Opposition candidates at the ...

Oscars Best Original Song Commentary (Updated Dec. 11, 2025): With 15 songs angling for the shortlist, there’s reserved seating for the animated frontrunner — “Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters” — and ...

Over the past 50 years, the lyrics of popular songs in the U.S. have become simpler, more negative, and contain more stress-related words, according to an analysis published in Scientific Reports. The ...

Every year, we’re told that hip-hop is in crisis. But if you ask us, it feels like there’s too much heat to keep up with. What’s lost on the chart-watchers lamenting rap’s mainstream lull is that the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE -Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan ...

“Mary, Did You Know?” has become one of the most popular Christmas songs since its 1991 release. It was first recorded by Michael English on his 1991 debut album. The song has since been covered by ...

NPR Music's list of the best 25 songs represent the upper echelon of our staff and stations' favorite discoveries from the past 12 months. For those who want to dive deeper, please check out our ...

The publication shared the list earlier this week and it features a total of 50 tracks broken up into two categories. The first category, rounded up by writer Jon Caramanica, has "Caramel" from Sleep ...

Tanzania's government banned all forms of protest on Independence Day after canceling this year's commemoration and deploying police and soldiers to stop them. Activists accuse the government of ...

Security was tightened across Tanzania on Tuesday with police and military seen patrolling major cities ahead of anticipated anti-government protests called to coincide with independence day. By ...