LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A beloved drummer has tragically died following a private jet crash that claimed at least two lives and left several others injured. The fatal accident occurred late Wednesday night when a Cessna 550 with the tail number N666DS crashed in a quiet military neighborhood in San Diego, just miles from its intended…
LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-There is a Nigerian church where every member of the congregation is blind. Not just that, the drummer, the percussionist, the lead guitarist, and all supporting instrumentalists are all blind. Also, the choristers, the keyboardist and the children in the church are blind. More interesting is the fact that the pastor of…
LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)- Nigerian drummer and composer Tony Allen, who worked closely with musician Fela Kuti as a pioneer of the Afrobeat genre, died in Paris aged 79, his manager said. The Afrobeat sound, which rose to prominence in Nigeria in the 1970s, combined organ riffs with West African drum patterns and brass instruments….
