Rights groups demand authorities release blogger Ndiangui Kinyagia after his disappearance from his Kinoo home on June 21. Amnesty International Kenya says suspected detectives took the 31-year-old activist during a raid. The organization wants officials to bring him before a court or free him immediately. Activist Boniface Mwangi fears Kinyagia faces torture during his detention. The missing man works as an IT expert and runs popular social media accounts.
Witnesses saw several unmarked vehicles surround Kinyagia's apartment building for nine hours before men forced entry. Family members reported the incident to local police who deny knowledge of any operation. The Law Society of Kenya has joined efforts to locate the blogger...
Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen addressed 127 newly graduated border police officers at their closing ceremony on Friday. The Border Police Training Campus in Kajiado hosted the event for officers who completed the Border Police Unit Special Role Course. Murkomen praised the graduates for finishing the demanding program designed to combat modern border security threats. He told officers to maintain professionalism and build community trust during their service. The Interior CS stressed that proper training prepares officers for national security duties.
Murkomen directed officers to follow the National Police Service Act of 2011 and constitutional guidelines for force and firearms. He outlined three situations when officers may use...
Jersey City band Rye Coalition returns to music after 18 years. The post-hardcore group last made an album called Curses back in 2006. They plan to release a new 7-inch record next month called Paid In Full. The band has already shared their cover version of a Shellac song called Wingwalker. Ernest Jenning Record Co. will put out the release on July 18.
The new record honors two musicians who died recently. Steve Albini from Shellac and Rick Froberg from Drive Like Jehu both passed away within the past year. Rye Coalition covers Wingwalker from Shellac on one side of the record. The other side features their version of Bullet Train To Vegas from Drive Like Jehu. The band will donate all money from sales to a Chicago charity called...
Two bands with similar names have released new music recently. Auckland indie rock band The Beths put out their latest song called No Joy. Jasamine White-Gluz leads a different musical project that also goes under the name No Joy. Her group just shared a new track titled Bits from their upcoming album Bugland. The coincidental timing creates some potential confusion for music fans.
White-Gluz drew inspiration for Bits from a personal memory dating back to 1994. She wrote a letter as a child defending musician Courtney Love against media criticism. Excerpts from that original letter appear as spoken word segments near the end of the new song. The artist used an Earthquaker Devices Bit Commander guitar pedal to create heavily distorted...
Philadelphia band Bleary Eyed prepares to release their upcoming album titled Easy. The group has revealed multiple preview tracks from the record over recent months. Fans have heard four songs from an earlier EP that will appear on the full album. The band also shared two additional tracks called Heaven Year and Susan.
Bandleader Nathaniel Salfi recently released the album's title track. He wanted to blend choruses featuring strong lyrics with verses that sound washed out and earthly. This combination aims to create feelings of smallness tied to bigger worldly purposes. The song explores themes of people discovering their higher calling after uncertainty about what lies ahead.
The musical arrangement carries an easygoing feel mixed...
The BBC confirmed it will not broadcast Neil Young's Glastonby performance. Young requested that his headlining set remain off television and streaming platforms. A BBC spokesperson told The Telegraph that the artist made this decision himself. The network will air Charli XCX's performance during Young's Pyramid Stage appearance. BBC officials continue finalizing their coverage plans for other festival acts.
Young nearly canceled his Glastonby appearance six months earlier over BBC partnership concerns. He criticized the festival for becoming too corporate and different from his memories. Young stated the BBC wanted promotional activities that did not interest him. He reversed his decision days later after receiving corrected...
Lorde released her new album Virgin early Friday morning before heading to Glastonbury Festival. The singer performed a surprise set at the Woodsies Stage for a packed crowd at Worthy Farm. She also sat down with Apple Music host Zane Lowe to discuss the album creation process. Her conversation revealed details about the recording sessions and key contributors to the project.
Producer Buddy Ross played a major role in shaping the album sound. Jim-E Stack brought Ross into the project after producing most of Virgin's 12 tracks with Lorde. The collaboration began when Stack connected with Ross during spring 2024. Ross worked on four songs total and helped define the musical direction for the entire record.
The song Hammer demonstrates...
Eurovision singer Sam Ryder entertained train passengers on their way to Glastonbury festival. The performer took control of the conductor's microphone during the journey to Castle Cary station. He sang covers of popular songs for travelers heading to the music event. Passengers recorded videos of Ryder performing hits like What's Up from the band 4 Non Blondes. The surprise concert happened before his scheduled Sunday evening show at the Field of Avalon stage.
Trainline and Great Western Railway organized the performance as part of their environmental campaign. The I Came By Train program encourages festival attendees to choose rail transport over cars. Companies want to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from festival travel. Other...
Zak Starkey spoke about his recent dismissal from The Who during a new interview with NME magazine. The drummer lost his position after making mistakes during one performance at Royal Albert Hall. Starkey explained he had technical problems and missed some beats during the show. The musician searched everywhere but could not find where he made the errors. Roger Daltrey demanded a public apology from Starkey before allowing him back.
Starkey recorded his apology video using a duck character from his other band Mantra Of The Cosmos. Pete Townshend called and asked him to redo the apology without the duck. The drummer complied and regained his position for ten days. Daltrey fired him again after the duck incident and said he could not...
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