Princess Jully
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Princess Jully is a benga music
ian from Kenya
.
She started as a back-up vocalist for Jolly Boys Band led by her husband Prince Jully (Julius Okumu). Prince Jully died in 1997 and subsequently Princess Jully took over the leadership of the band. Jolly Boys was already a popular band in Kenya when Price Jully was leading it, but under Princess Jully the group has been even more successful, particularly after the release of the "Dunia Mbaya" hit.
She releases new music frequently. Her 19th album "Aneno Lek" was released in March 2007. The album was produced at the Ketebul Productions by Tabu Osusa. Her next album Wangni Wabiro was released in August 2007. The title song of the album was dedicated to the Orange Democratic Movement
ahead of the 2007 General Election
. The album was produced by Tedd Josiah
of Blu Zebra Studios. She has also set up her own production house, Jully Productions, to promote emerging artists. She has toured various countriesm including Switzerland
. In 2010 she released another album Joluo Migingo to Dhi, its title refers to the disputed Migingo Island
.
Princess Jully was part of the Divas of The Nile supergroup
, that featured four Kenyan female musicians. The others were Suzzana Owiyo
, Achieng Abura
and Mercy Myra
. The group performed at the Festival Mundial in Tilburg
, the Netherlands in 2007.
Benga music
Benga is a genre of Kenyan popular music. It evolved between the late 1940s and late 1960s, in Kenya's capital city of Nairobi. In the 1940s, the African Broadcasting Service in Nairobi aired a steady stream of soukous, South African kwela, Zairean finger-style guitar and various kinds of Cuban...
ian from Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
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She started as a back-up vocalist for Jolly Boys Band led by her husband Prince Jully (Julius Okumu). Prince Jully died in 1997 and subsequently Princess Jully took over the leadership of the band. Jolly Boys was already a popular band in Kenya when Price Jully was leading it, but under Princess Jully the group has been even more successful, particularly after the release of the "Dunia Mbaya" hit.
She releases new music frequently. Her 19th album "Aneno Lek" was released in March 2007. The album was produced at the Ketebul Productions by Tabu Osusa. Her next album Wangni Wabiro was released in August 2007. The title song of the album was dedicated to the Orange Democratic Movement
Orange Democratic Movement
Orange Democratic Movement refers to a political party in Kenya, which is the successor of a former grassroots people's movement which was formed in the 2005 Kenyan constitutional referendum. The erstwhile single party which separated in August 2007 into two...
ahead of the 2007 General Election
Kenyan general election, 2007
Kenyan general election, 2007 was held on 27 December 2007 . It comprised Presidential, parliamentary and civic elections. The previous general election in Kenya was held in 2002.-See also:*Kenyan presidential election, 2007...
. The album was produced by Tedd Josiah
Tedd Josiah
Tedd Josiah is a music producer from Kenya. He started as a musician, first briefly with the group Ebony Affair before forming a new group, Hart in 1993. The group was disbanded in 1995 and Josiah joined Sync Sound Studios as a producer. In 1999 he left Sync Sound Studios and formed Audio Vault...
of Blu Zebra Studios. She has also set up her own production house, Jully Productions, to promote emerging artists. She has toured various countriesm including Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. In 2010 she released another album Joluo Migingo to Dhi, its title refers to the disputed Migingo Island
Migingo Island
Migingo is a tiny 2,000-square-metre island, about half the size of a football pitch in Lake Victoria.In 2008–09 the island itself was claimed by both Kenya and Uganda. July 2009 a survey team found that the island is east of the Kenya-Uganda border within the lake, a finding supported by...
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Princess Jully was part of the Divas of The Nile supergroup
Supergroup (music)
In the late 1960s, the term supergroup was coined to describe "a rock music group whose performers are already famous from having performed individually or in other groups"....
, that featured four Kenyan female musicians. The others were Suzzana Owiyo
Suzzana Owíyo
Suzanna Owiyo is a Kenyan musician. A singer-songwriter, Owiyo has been called "the Tracy Chapman of Africa".Owiyo was born in Kasaye village, Nyakach, near the lakeside city of Kisumu, Suzanna Owiyo was introduced to music at a young age by her grandfather who was a prolific Nyatiti player.In high...
, Achieng Abura
Achieng Abura
Achieng Abura is a musician from Kenya, who performs Afro-jazz, Afro-fusion and gospel music.She debuted with a gospel album I Believe around 1990. Her following albums were Way Over Yonder and Sulwe. In 2002, when she had shifted to Afro-jazz, she released album Maisha. Later she released album...
and Mercy Myra
Mercy Myra
- Biography :In 1996, she joined the Calabash Band but left it the next year to join the R&B group Destinee and in 1997 she joined a band called Black Ice...
. The group performed at the Festival Mundial in Tilburg
Tilburg
Tilburg is a landlocked municipality and a city in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of Noord-Brabant.Tilburg municipality also includes the villages of Berkel-Enschot and Udenhout....
, the Netherlands in 2007.