Michael Aromolaran, Author at The Culture Custodian (Est. 2014.)

Feature Film & TV

No Nollywood Film will compete at the next Oscars’ Awards: Here’s Why

October 6, 2022 by Michael Aromolaran

If Burna Boy’s 2021 Grammy success symbolizes Nigerian music’s global reach, that no Nigerian film has won or even being nominated for the Oscars’ International Film Feature (IFF) category, shows

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Nigeria at 62: Spotify celebrates Independence Day with 3 playlists

October 3, 2022 by Michael Aromolaran

The streaming service, Spotify, has curated three playlists in order to celebrate Nigeria’s 62nd Independence Day. The playlists each comprise songs from the Nigerian soundscape: Fuji, Afrobeats of the 2000s

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Somadina is Not Just A Musician; She is an Artist

September 30, 2022 by Michael Aromolaran

Somadina was born in Nigeria to Nigerian parents; she grew up in the Netherlands; she schools in the UK; she has Indian and Chinese best friends; she had a Russian

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5 Times Nigerian Music Soundtracked Hollywood

September 29, 2022 by Michael Aromolaran

Homegrown Nigerian actors have yet to break into Hollywood as we hope they would, but homegrown Nigerian music has managed just that. We curate five Hollywood movies that feature Nigerian

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Sha Sha Releases Debut Album, ‘I’m Alive’

September 24, 2022 by Michael Aromolaran

You can now enjoy Sha Sha’s debut album, I’m Alive, released under Sony Music Entertainment Africa. The 13-track album follows Sha Sha’s last body of work, an EP titled Blossom, released in

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Rick Ross Joins Adekunle Gold for 5 Star Remix

September 24, 2022 by Michael Aromolaran

Adekunle Gold has released the remix of his hit single, 5 Star, and this time along, he invites the American rapper Rick Ross for the remake. The original song was released

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Review: Idahams’ Melancholic Debut Album

September 22, 2022 by Michael Aromolaran

In his debut album, Truth, Love & Confessions, Idahams sings through an array of subjects: God, himself, his naysayers, Nigerian politics, heartbreak, love, lust, lust of the uncanny kind (as

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Mr Money With The Vibe Review: Asake the Brilliant Chameleon

September 13, 2022 by Michael Aromolaran

Before Asake, there was Small Doctor, Qdot, Zlatan, Lil Kesh, Barry Jhay, and Naira Marley, the last of which recently had his star power compared with Asake’s by online fans

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Interview: Tejiri Akpoghene Wants to Set Up the Biggest Record Label in Africa

September 9, 2022 by Michael Aromolaran

Music-making is scarcely a lone effort. It requires several hands. Of those are the music producer’s, resting on the soundboard, teasing out euphony from ether. Yet it’s the singers who

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Interview: LayZee Ella Is Telling a Story That Will Get Clearer with Time

September 7, 2022 by Michael Aromolaran

LayZee Ella–known on official documents as Onose Emmanuella Bagudu–was just about to begin her final-year studies at the University of Benin when the ASUU strike struck. The Edo native used

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The Headies 2022 Review: Music Show As Political Manifesto

September 6, 2022 by Michael Aromolaran

You don’t expect to find politicians at music shows like The Headies. Mostly because it is generally thought that politics is serious and music is flippant. And yet, the Lagos

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Preyé Releases Debut EP, Don’t Look Down!

September 2, 2022 by Michael Aromolaran

Afrofusion singer and songwriter Preyé has released her debut EP, Don’t Look Down! Comprising seven tracks, this EP which fuses soul and R&B stars the rapper LADIPOE in the song

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“The Guy” Review: History Repeats Itself, and so does M.I Abaga

August 29, 2022 by Michael Aromolaran

An aged character in John Steinbeck’s short story, The Leader of the People, annoys another character by talking about “one thing” all the time. Far from deliberate, the character does

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Ckay Releases New Single “You” Ahead of Forthcoming Album

August 26, 2022 by Michael Aromolaran

CKay has released a new song titled You. The single, which was released at midnight on Friday, is a forerunner to his forthcoming debut album, Sad Romance. The single’s title

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Review: Bayanni Shines as Family Man in Debut EP

August 25, 2022 by Michael Aromolaran

An elderly woman’s voice, uttering a motherly prayer, opens Bayanni’s newly released self-named four-track EP. It is apt that this motherly solicitude appears in the first song, given it’s a