Bimbo Esho, daughter of music promoter, Femi Esho, has developed a passion for highlife music, a genre that seems to be gradually fading out of the music scene. The music enthusiast has been walking in the footsteps of her septuagenarian father who established Evergreen Musical Company and has over 150,000 vinyl records.
Bimbo became the Managing Director of Evergreen Musical Company, the music label managing old school musical acts, including Orlando Julius before his death, and some other veteran artistes. She is so passionate about reviving highlight music that a foundation known as Evergreen Music Heritage Foundation was established which she uses to organize workshops and seminars to sensitise people on how to keep the highlife flag flying. She is making efforts to transform the foundation to a research, educational, cultural and experience center where musical artefacts of the past, present and future will be kept. A fun centre will also be built where people can walk in, have fun, listen to music and watch live band performances by living legends of Sakara music, Waka, Highlife and Juju music.
The Anthropology graduate was able to get the sympathy of the Lagos State government by partnering with the National theatre to kick start Thrillerbandz, a musical contest spotlighting musician of different local Nigerian genres. Her passion also led to the establishment of a music social media group, Members of Music Icons, MMI where great music minds network and rob minds together.
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