Veteran Music Practitioner dies aged 77
Renowned Music practitioner, Chief Femi Esho has died. the veteran musician popularly referred to as Baba Esho died aged 77.
A statement released by his family in Lagos on Tuesday read that he had passed on Monday after a brief illness. the statement read:
“We announce the passing unto glory of our patriarch, Samuel Babafemi Esho, popularly known and referred to as Baba Esho, Baba Musician, etc.
“Baba Esho departed to greater glory on Monday, June 17, 2024, after a brief illness at the age of 77.
“Baba Esho until his demise was the chairman of the Evergreen Musical Company as well as the founder of the Evergreen Music Heritage Foundation.
“Baba Esho was a mentor and ‘encyclopedia’ to many Highlife music aficionados. He will be remembered as one who gave so much of himself to see to the ‘immortality’ of the musical works of Nigerian Highlife, Juju, Sakara, Apala, Afrobeat and a crop of other Nigerian/African genres of indigenous music.”
He was the chairman of Evergreen Musical Company, an organisation committed to promoting and preserving Nigerian songs.
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