Oluwatosin Enesi
Legendary fuji maestro, General Kollington Ayinla is set to launch a new album titled “Anu Nla.
The album will be launched at an event tagged “Celebration of an Icon and album listening party” being organised in honor of the Kwara- born Fuji super star.
The event being hosted by King Sunny Ade will hold at Eko Club, Surulere, Lagos on November 13,2024.
The Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and his Lagos and Ogun states counterparts, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Prince Dapo Abiodun are expected to grace the event.
Other dignitaries expected at the event, include; Prof. Yusuf Ali (SAN) and the group managing director of KAM Holdings Ltd , Ilorin Alh Kamoru Yusuf.
Meanwhile, General Kollington Ayinla has spoken on how his foray into the Nigerian Army helped him to start his musical career.
He narrated how he was taught music while in the army, a development the Fuji crooner said influenced his successful career in the music industry.
“There was a day in the Army, a senior officer came to our company and started calling some names of which mine was part of. I was so scared and confused upon hearing my name because I thought we were going to be punished.
“We were asked to march to a place called ‘B’ company and upon getting there, they told us to go inside a hall where we saw an array of musical instruments. We were instructed to pick the instrument each of us can play but I was left confused because I don’t know how to play any musical instrument. Suddenly my attention was caught by a strange flute. I tried my best to play it but I was unable to do so but I was assisted by a soldier who saw me struggling with the flute.
“After some time, they started teaching us music in a class with a blackboard and we were writing notes. It was as if we were in school and that was how we were taught the rhythm of music,” he said.
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