Muthoni the Drummer Queen
Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Music
The best kept secret in music
Press
This band has no press
Discography
Still working on that hot first release.
Photos
Feeling a bit camera shy
Bio
Muthoni The Drummer
Queen
The
girl currently known as Muthoni Ndonga a.k.a Muthoni the Drummer Queen is the
definition of being outside the box, when you expect her to Zig she Zags.
Muthoni Ndonga is a living breathing singer of the hero variety, this
embodiment of talent is a singer-flow-poet, rapper, drummer & entrepreneur.
In the humble beginnings of her career, she couldnt find the right place to
play her music, and decided to start her own monthly picnic-style event where
she could play her music &
In
her previous lives, the girl currently known as Muthoni Ndonga aka The Drummer
Queen was among other things the head of Shaka Zulus harem , a cunning street
urchin who converted into a renown mystic healer in current day Armenia, a
polar bear, a Chinese dumpling maker and a fierce General under Napoleon. Her
adventures run concurrently with the 300 wars, the invention of the envelope
and the discovery of whiskey. In this life, Muthoni Ndonga is a living
breathing singer of the hero variety. This embodiment of talent is a
songwriter-flow-poet by night and creative-social entrepreneur by day. She is
the founder & CEO of Blankets & Wine which is East Africas premiere
music experience. Blankets & Wine is a monthly picnic-style family friendly
music festival showcasing emerging genres of Urban-African music When she
trans-nights between sleeping, waking, eating and breathing, she brandishes her
sticks as, (**insert victorious sounding horns**) THE DRUMMERQUEEN (DQ). Since
2012, MDQ has embodied an element of persona-the rapper and youll find her
singing off all her music under #BaussLady
See
more at: http://muthonimusic.com/bio/#sthash.H8R3E4wk.dpuf
Recognition amongst Music and
Event Associations
November
2008 Date : CEO/Founder Blankets & Wine Festival
November
2013
October
2014 Kenyan Representative at the WOMEX : Expos and Initiatives (.http://www.womex.com/)
February
2013 : Performer at the AFCON Finals
Closing Ceremony (http://sunnewsonline.com/new/sports/dbanj-muthoni-dq-thrill-fans-at-afcon-finals)
September
October 2012 : One Beat (http://www.1beat.org/artists/muthoni-ndonga)
September
2011 : Incubate Festival, Netherlands (http://generationbass.com)
February
2011 : Sauti Za Busara (www.sautizabusara.com)
November
Sweden 2010 January Ethiopia 2011 :Selam Festival see (http://www.selam.se)
December
2010 : MTV Africa nomination Best New Artist 2010 (www.mtvbase.com)
September
2007 March 2008 : Bring the Noise (http://www.britishcouncil.org/arts-music-what-we-do.htm)
Discography
Muthoni
Drummer Queen (MDQ)
Released:
October Deceber 2013
Label:
Muthoni Music
Singles
: Nai ni ya who, Get Up, Secret Millionaire
Welcome
to the Disco (EP)
Released
: August 2011
Label:
Africa Unsigned
Singles:
Welcome To The Disco, Tippie Toe
The
Human Condition
Released:
November 2009
Label:
PenyaAfrica/Muthoni Music
Singles:
Mikono Kwenya Hewa, Life
Mambo
Bado
Released:
February 2008
Label:
Muthoni Music
Singles:
Cool Waters
Find me on:
www.facebook.com/thedrummerqueen
www.soundcloud.com/muthonithedrummerqueen
www.reverbnation.com/thedrummerqueen
www.instagram.com/MDQBaussLady
Band Members
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