Hopes of having BET award winner, Stonebwoy; ‘King of Highlife’, Amakye Dede and the reigning VGMA 2016 Artiste of the Year- EL thrill patrons of Ghanaian music at the Indigo at the O2 in London on Friday, October 21 may not become a reality. According to reliable information available to www.nydjlive.com, the much anticipated Ghana … Read more
The Salt and Light Ministries has dedicated Sunday, October 16 as a day to celebrate two legendary Ghanaian composers, Dr. Ephraim Amu and Emeritus Prof. JHK Nketia, for the contribution towards traditional Ghanaian music. In an event dubbed, ‘An Evening with Dr. Ephraim Amu & Emeritus Prof. Nketia’, the Harmonious Chorale, the resident choir of … Read more
Ghana’s most influential rapper Sarkodie has become the first Ghanaian musician to hits one million followers on the social media platform, Instagram. With much joy and excitements, the rapper quickly took to his page to share the good news with his ardent fans. This news is definitely going to become a topic of discussion in … Read more
Happy Birthday to Daddy Lumba — the greatest Ghanaian musician of all time. The highlife crooner, whose real name is Charles Kwadwo Fosu, turned 52 on Thursday (September 29). As expected, the “Aben Wo Ha” hitmaker hosted a birthday party, inviting a few friends and family members. The award-winning artiste has churned out over twenty … Read more
The good works of highlife musician Gyadu Blay Ambolley has attracted the attention of the international community. Consequently, the City of Philadelphia has awarded the lyricist and saxophonist for his immense contribution towards highlife music in the Diaspora. Prior to receiving the special award, the Ghanaian musician was interviewed on Voice Of America (VOA) on … Read more
Sensational Ghanaian gospel artiste, Superintendent Kofi Sarpong, has been nominated for the Gospel Artiste of the Year Award category at the first annual Ghana Music Awards slated for November 5 in London. The awards ceremony which is being organised to celebrate and appreciate pioneers of Ghanaian music and to reward individuals who, in diverse ways, … Read more
UK-based Ghanaian highlife musician, Nana Quame, has declared that the Ghana Music Right Organisation (GHAMRO) should be closed down until good structures are put in place to streamline its operations. He stressed that due to lack of transparency, professionalism and good structures to protect the interest of its members, a large number of the members … Read more
Young Ghanaian Musician – Lord Paper whose music video most Ghanaians described as a soft porn when he dropped it recently, has said something that majority of the people who have seen his works will doubt because of the sexually explicit nature of his music video and his promotional photos. On his first ever TV … Read more
Rapper Joe Frazier thinks some Ghanaian musicians are not relevant now as they were during the days of Azonto. The musician who returned to Ghana not long ago after his recent trip to France speaking on Happy FM accused the current crop of musician of releasing garbage for their followers to enjoy. He lamented that … Read more
“The notion that the distinctive quality of African music lies in its rhythmic structure, and consequently that the terms ‘African music’ and ‘African rhythm’ are often interchangeable, has been so persistently thematized in writings about African music that it has by now assumed the status of a commonplace, a topos. And so it is with … Read more
Even so, just look at Osofo Dadzie and the high level of social evangelism, moral awareness, and positive education the series promoted (Anyidoho & Gibbs) and compare that with the scripts for today’s films (Ghallywood and Kumawood). The names “Ghallywood” and “Kumawood” stink to high heaven. Here are David Dontoh’s objections to these names: “When … Read more
Controversial musician Akoo Nana says he has moved on from doing Hiplife into doing High-life. The hitmaker behind the groundbreaking single “Mi Yadaw”(featuring Castro), Akoo Nana had been in the headlines in recent times for turning a new leaf. After a repentance session at the House of Life Chapel, Nungua-Accra, where he was reported to … Read more
WE NEED TO CELEBRATE OUR CULTURAL AMBASSADORS AND HEROES OF HIGHLIFE AND PALM-WINE MUSIC Yet, after all is said and done, we cannot but commend President Mahama highly for extending material and financial assistance to veterans of the entertainment industry, men and women who promoted Ghanaian culture across Africa and the rest of the world. … Read more
Lord Paper, the Ghanaian musician whose X-rated music video has gone viral on the internet and social media, has revealed he had an erection while shooting those erotic scenes for the controversial ‘Ewurama video’. In the 3:47-minute video, the musician was absorbed foreplay leading with a lady leading to a wild sexual orgy with the … Read more
“At a quick glance, one could assume that the term ‘highlife’ reflects a single, coherent musical style (i.e., ‘highlife music’) that gained great currency throughout West Africa in the 1950s and 1960s and, more recently, in the ever-expanding world music branch of the commercial industry… “In actuality, highlife is a much more slippery term. Since … Read more
Samuel Owusu appeared on the Ghanaian music scene with a string of instant smash hits from “Abusua Kyiri Ka,” “Mempe Me Ho Asem,” “Kokosakyi,” “Asem Beba Dabi,” “Yenka Wo Ntie No” to “Mo Bekae Me.” We may broadly classify the repertoire of his music genre as burgher-highlife. Yet, although the music for his classic songs … Read more
For an artist who has had countless experiences of being in the news for all the bad reasons, advising other talents not to tow the same line seems a good call as the direction he took years back seem not to have helped him. From all indications, he plans not to engage in any stage … Read more
THE EPOCHAL APPEARANCE OF SAMUEL OWUSU ON THE GHANAIAN MUSIC SCENE Samuel Owusu appeared on the Ghanaian music scene with a string of instant smash hits from “Abusua Kyiri Ka,” “Mempe Me Ho Asem,” “Kokosakyi,” “Asem Beba Dabi,” “Yenka Wo Ntie No” to “Mo Bekae Me.” We may broadly classify the repertoire of his music … Read more
“Ghanaian highlife is one of the oldest popular dance-music styles of Africa…” ALEXIS AKWAGYIRAM, BBC “Highlife, a musical genre that originated in Ghana, Sierra Leone and Nigeria, fused African rhythms with western music. “The sound, of which there were a few variations, generally combined multiple guitar rhythms with a brass band backing, as well as … Read more
Ghanaian musicians performing at Indigo at the O2 does not happen often. Few of the country’s best musicians like Sarkodie and Shatta Wale have staged memorable concerts at the 2750 capacity live music club. It is believed that being able to organise a concert at Indigo at the O2 shows how big an artiste is … Read more