They prefer westernised musicians

Oliver De Coque and Oriental Brothers, made timeless songs...

Biri Ka Mbiri, so evocative.

I'm Yoruba so I can't understand what they're talking about but these are some of my favorite music.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiw0pkolQDM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8UJU-v5GFo


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aCdljxlDXc

As a high life song writer, I listen to people like Oliver, Bright Chimezie, Pericomo Okoye, King Prof Obewe....I listen to their songs all the time on youtube cuz I can't get a link where I can download their mp3....I don't really like Osadebe's songs....their bore me to hell

Yah true I so much like osadebe and Oliver d coque I can't forget songs like Bishop okonwko ,ogazi amaka, agbalu aka aza ani
People's club,mbiri ka mbiri,ndi oguligo wolu na nwa
And Morocco asili Let this song unite us all Cos ebe udo di ka agam nihu n'adi

EgunMogaji:
I'm Yoruba so I can't understand what they're talking about but these are some of my favorite music.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiw0pkolQDM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8UJU-v5GFo


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aCdljxlDXc

God bless you Magaji

FemiFaniKayode:
Why Dont We Igbos Appreciate Our Evergreen Musicians

It baffles me our we igbos have failed in celebrations of life, awards, events to appreciate the likes of

Chief Osita Osadebe
Bright Chimezie ( Duke of African Music)
Emeka Morocco Maduka
Chief Dr. Oliver Sunday Akanite (Oliver De Coque)
Oriental Brothers
Chief Pericoma Okoye

I stay in far away United States and I know how much goes out of my pocket heavily every weekend just so I can sit at some bar and listen to great songs like

Pericoma - upper Iweka

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSlVVYQ6rkw

Bright Chimezie- Adfrican Style

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vY3En7zMdQ

Osondi Owendi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiZozFgBoVw

Peoples Club

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tAiDzrMoEw

Mbiri Ka Mbiri

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0wxvntvTXI


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldh1G12NxOc

goose pimples get all over me.

Its a different story back home as i rarely hear the songs of these great artist at events whenever in Nigeria compared to the South Westerners who cherish and treat the likes of King Sunny Ade and Chief Commander as Kings and gods

How many youths of nowadays can boast of turntable discs of these great artists
I have personally enforced on my kids to revere, cherish, appreciate and listen to these music at home and spread the knowledge and wisdom sayings in these songs wherever they are rather than these contemporary music that only preaches sex violence and women

These artist those days were gods and mouth pieces of the gods compared to our modern day Pastors and Imams

Lets do all that we can to spread the richness of Igbo highlife and traditional Nigerian music

is it by force

FemiFaniKayode:
Why Dont We Igbos Appreciate Our Evergreen Musicians

It baffles me our we igbos have failed in celebrations of life, awards, events to appreciate the likes of

Chief Osita Osadebe
Bright Chimezie ( Duke of African Music)
Emeka Morocco Maduka
Chief Dr. Oliver Sunday Akanite (Oliver De Coque)
Oriental Brothers
Chief Pericoma Okoye

I stay in far away United States and I know how much goes out of my pocket heavily every weekend just so I can sit at some bar and listen to great songs like

Pericoma - upper Iweka

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSlVVYQ6rkw

Bright Chimezie- Adfrican Style

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vY3En7zMdQ

Osondi Owendi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiZozFgBoVw

Peoples Club

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tAiDzrMoEw

Mbiri Ka Mbiri

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0wxvntvTXI


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldh1G12NxOc

goose pimples get all over me.

Its a different story back home as i rarely hear the songs of these great artist at events whenever in Nigeria compared to the South Westerners who cherish and treat the likes of King Sunny Ade and Chief Commander as Kings and gods

How many youths of nowadays can boast of turntable discs of these great artists
I have personally enforced on my kids to revere, cherish, appreciate and listen to these music at home and spread the knowledge and wisdom sayings in these songs wherever they are rather than these contemporary music that only preaches sex violence and women

These artist those days were gods and mouth pieces of the gods compared to our modern day Pastors and Imams

Lets do all that we can to spread the richness of Igbo highlife and traditional Nigerian music

Rex Lawson is the best of all time.................. Flavor made fortune out of Rex Lawson Ashawo song, yet he never acknowledge him or paid any tribute to the legend.
No copy right law in Nigeria.

I remember stumbling across Celestin Ukwu's "Ije Enu" one night on YouTube. I played that track over and over again for at least one hour

because Olamide ti take over

I love egwu umuoji .... Theresa onuoha and egedege
Y'all should check out atumma abagana tracks
Lmao
Masqurades of then are the most honest.

kwynette:
FemiFaniKayode, stop generalizing, igbos appreciate their art and judging by your name, why are you carrying gala for the igbos when you borrowed a Yoruba name? The appreciation starts from you! IGBO AMAKA!!!!!

Just checked his handle.. So much for an Igbo heritage preserver

Stupedinluv:
They prefer westernised musicians

Like?

even me wey no be Igbo like to listen to these legends

Who say so?Evergreen is my best music.plz don't mention!!!!!!!

Justeenaleo:
I love egwu umuoji .... Theresa onuoha and egedege
Y'all should check out atumma abagana tracks
Lmao
Masqurades of then are the most honest.

Theresa Onuoha... Egwu ndi mriri

ariesbull:




You called then evergreen ..which means never fading which means people are playing them and these people playing them are Igbo

Maybe you don't understand English usage

Pls where can I see Mike ejeagha CD the story teller

That's evergreen

For this quote i can share the Ejeagha song with you, free of charge. I have it in my phone.

Last of the strong ones

I have the songs like a werey man ....I love them a lot

pweeryambre:

a song must not have meaning abeg... too much meaning in a song makes it uncomfortable to listen to.

Every song must have a message for the listener

OP you are wrong...

I play those songs always on YouTube.

And I also sing them loudly as well.

Cos of it, babes in my lodge call me old school.

Those songs are souk lifting songs.

Am sure my fellow igbos do sing it. Do your research well

Can't you just pass the message without comparing us with the ofes and their imams. I hate when Nwadiala speak like this. Well i take the message and leave the rest for you.

God bless you my brother for opening this thread.
I dont know why we youth of this generation choose to ignore our traditional music. Some said they use juju to sing,some said they dont glorify God.
But thats a pure lie. I have listened to oliver de coque and osita osadebe songs and if you listen to their lyrics you will find out that their songs is pure truth .
This people are naturally philosophers because they use their song to preach the truth. I listen to traditional music every day because they give me inspiration and truth about life

Most of these musicians you mentioned are dead and so its extremely difficult to keep recycling the songs except occasionally. Sunny Ade,Ebenezer Obey etc are still alive so they keep bringing out new songs and probably updating the old ones.
Human beings grow,so they need new songs.The songs of IK Dairo who is dead is not commonly played by Yoruba's except by the older generation who hold fond memories of his songs.Igbo's need to identify and encourage new upcoming highlife musicians to grow to the level of Osadebe etc.

As a kid I see anybody listening to this music as a village boy, at 16 I realized I was the real idiot. till now I listen to nothing but hylife, bongo, egedege et al.

The Legendary Peacocks. I won forget that "Masquarade" theme song "Edikwansa" and "Uba awu nwa"

Sir Warrior's "odoko odoko o n'eri ofe Owerri"

Onyeka Onwenu's "k'anyi jee na nke bishop na five akuola"

crunchyg:
Can any good thing come out of igboland?

you're retarded, too dirty to comment on tread of most classic and elegance pple in Nigeria

oh dear,igbo brother believe me those musics are cherished here in igboland, bars,parties,traditional weddings even in our homes. though some our christain brother still concieve it as fetish. But i wont cease to give u my graditude for inspiring into ur children abt their true origin despite living far away. even if they cant speak aleast they hear ,that will contribute to their greatness someday. i hav planned such for my coming children

that's the problem with us igbos, we don't appreciate our own. we will always like other tribes.

FemiFaniKayode:
Why Dont We Igbos Appreciate Our Evergreen Musicians

It baffles me our we igbos have failed in celebrations of life, awards, events to appreciate the likes of

Chief Osita Osadebe
Bright Chimezie ( Duke of African Music)
Emeka Morocco Maduka
Chief Dr. Oliver Sunday Akanite (Oliver De Coque)
Oriental Brothers
Chief Pericoma Okoye

I stay in far away United States and I know how much goes out of my pocket heavily every weekend just so I can sit at some bar and listen to great songs like

Pericoma - upper Iweka

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSlVVYQ6rkw

Bright Chimezie- Adfrican Style

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vY3En7zMdQ

Osondi Owendi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiZozFgBoVw

Peoples Club

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tAiDzrMoEw

Mbiri Ka Mbiri

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0wxvntvTXI


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldh1G12NxOc

goose pimples get all over me.

Its a different story back home as i rarely hear the songs of these great artist at events whenever in Nigeria compared to the South Westerners who cherish and treat the likes of King Sunny Ade and Chief Commander as Kings and gods

How many youths of nowadays can boast of turntable discs of these great artists
I have personally enforced on my kids to revere, cherish, appreciate and listen to these music at home and spread the knowledge and wisdom sayings in these songs wherever they are rather than these contemporary music that only preaches sex violence and women

These artist those days were gods and mouth pieces of the gods compared to our modern day Pastors and Imams

Lets do all that we can to spread the richness of Igbo highlife and traditional Nigerian music

the only thing you did wrong was enforcing it on your kids.



All my dad did was play the songs and preached to us about the quality of the songs for us to appreciate it.



It's wrong to enforce it on your kids. How about you constantly remind them about the awesomeness and messages in those songs

Where are Paulson Kalu, Mike Ejeagha, Ralph Amarabem, Obewe, Celestine Okwu etc? How can I forget the dance moves of Bright Chimezie? The desterity of Oliver de Coque on the guitar? The trumpet of Zeal Onyia?

maestroferddi:
Oliver De Coque and Oriental Brothers, made timeless songs...

Biri Ka Mbiri, so evocative.

Oliver de Coque was a good guitarist. He was far better than Ralph Amarabem.