Africa’s premier music business school “Music Business Academy for Africa” has partnered with the music distribution company and a subsidiary of Sony Music “The Orchard” for its “MBA Talent Project”.  Applicants eligible for this open call must be completely unsigned from any record label distribution or managerial deal. Talents must be between the ages of 17-30 years. The MBA Talent project is open to artists...

Authenticity in music is a rare currency. In a time of polished productions and carefully constructed personas, an album like Lisa Jo's "Hood Rats" feels like a jolt of unfiltered reality. It is a record born not in a boardroom, but in the crucible of personal tragedy and immense resilience. The result is a collection of songs that are as raw and uncompromising as the life...