Africa’s pop idol Timi Dakolo: from Nigeria to your Christmas party playlist
Brought up by his hymn-singing grandmother and coached by Mariah Carey producer, the singer is set to take the pop world by storm Timi Dakolo is standing on a stage in a strange city in front of an audience who barely know him, singing classics that he has only recently learnt. And the Nigerian singer is charming us all. His weightless tenor, aka “the golden voice of Africa”, fills the warm gloom of Ronnie Scott’s...