Legendary music promoter, Femi Esho, is dead

The music promoter would have been 78 in October, but death beckoned earlier.

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The project consisted of a music library, a music museum, a music gallery showcasing a headburst of artists, a display of over 1000 pictures of Nigerian musicians from 1914, relics of their costumes and old musical instruments, an event centre for music concerts, a cinema theatre, and a recording studio, all billed to be completed by December.The late music promoter was known for his prowess in music collection. He was an extraordinary music collector.

He said, “I started collecting music at the age of 12”.

To mark Nigeria’s centenary celebration in 2014, he reviewed Nigerian music from 1914 to 2014 in a programme on the Nigerian Television Authority network service.

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