Meet Mombasa’s “Luther Vandross” whose music ladies can’t get enough of
His hit song Nzo kuno dede took the airwaves by storm with many labeling it as one of the best love songs Mombasa has ever produced; ladies in particular seem to have fallen in love with his voice and the manner in which the lyrics come out in the song.
Having come from a strong Christian back ground Mombasa’s musician Alkenia luv shares with Baraka FM his journey in music and his love life.
BRIAN:How did you come up with the name Alkenia Luv ?
ALKENIA: My name is Alfonse Suleiman. So AL stands for ALFONSE kenia stands for my country KENYA;the love I have for my country.
BRIAN : The name Suleiman begs me to ask, are you a Muslim?
ALKENIA: Well I am a Christian but my father is a Muslim.
BRIAN: How did you start your music?
ALKENIA: This is a talent and as you know most of us discover our talents when we are young. If a child plays football most likely you will hear the kid saying that he would love to be a great footballer one day. As for me, ever since i was in Primary school I have been singing in Church and there is where I discovered my passion.
BRIAN: Which genre of music do you sing?
ALKENIA: I do Afro pop but mostly they resemble classical music.
BRIAN: You said you started singing in church, why do secular now?
ALKENIA: I once recorded a gospel album during my early days in music, but I was an amateur at that time and so my work was not very appealing. Then I met with other artistes and one producer from bongo named PG, who showed me how to do proper music; he wrote a song for me and it sounded really good and from that day I left gospel and I started singing secular. However, I am still a staunch christian, I sing in the choir and I have a very strong relationship with good.
BRIAN: How has the church taken this? Do they judge you?
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