{"id":20317,"date":"2022-10-23T13:12:58","date_gmt":"2022-10-23T13:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/?p=20317"},"modified":"2022-10-23T13:13:01","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T13:13:01","slug":"afrobeats-star-simi-comes-to-edinburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/10\/23\/afrobeats-star-simi-comes-to-edinburgh\/","title":{"rendered":"Afrobeats Star, SIMI Comes To Edinburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Simi started her career as a gospel singer, releasing her debut studio album in 2006 titled Ogaju.<\/p>\n<p>Her career came into spotlight in 2014 after she released \u201cTiff\u201d, a song which was nominated in two categories at The Headies 2015. Simi\u2019s genre of music is Afro-pop, although she also dabbles in pop and soul.<\/p>\n<p>The Studio Brat headliner, Simisola Kosoko, highly identified by her stage name Simi has recently unlocked her much anticipated studio project called \u201cTo Be Honest\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>TBH (To Be Honest) is the fourth studio album by the Nigerian singer, Simi. The body of work TBH (To Be Honest) houses 11 stable tracks and features collaborations with the likes of Fave, Deja and naturally her husband, Adekunle Gold.<\/p>\n<p>Her achievement on this studio project led to her selection as Spotify EQUAL Africa music programme ambassador for July.<\/p>\n<p>She became the second African artiste after Tiwa Savage, to be named as an EQUAL global and EQUAL Africa artiste.<\/p>\n<p>Simi\u2019s concert in Milton Keynes in the UK is part of the TBH UK tour and attendees will be<br \/>\ntreated to the soulful, beautiful, and calming voice that is uniquely Simi\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are available at O2 Academy, Edinburgh website and the Milton Keynes Stadium<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of Nigeria\u2019s biggest stars Simi will perform with her band, The Banjos at the O2 Academy, Edinburgh on November 10th 2022 and at the Milton Keynes Stadium on 11th November 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12963,"featured_media":20314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,31],"tags":[7,14,32],"class_list":{"0":"post-20317","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-music","9":"tag-apie-project","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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