The Country Director for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Mr Abdourahamane Diallo, has described Highlife music as a heritage of the country that needs to be added to the Intangible Culture Heritage initiative as enshrined in the organisation's 2003 Convention.
A normal thing in the music industry is for young acts to seek collaborations with their ‘seniors’ but award-winning Reggae musician Rocky Dawuni says that does not really work for him as he is ready to come down to the level of any young musician if need be.
The host of morning show Live Worship on Vision 1 FM, Kwame OB Nartey has announced his resignation from the station after more than a decade of working at the media house.
We have yet another contractual impasse in the Ghanaian music industry. This time, and quite unfortunately, it involves one of the fast-rising acts in the country Black Sherif.
Among the numerous people (both local and international) who continue to pay endless tribute to the late Nana Kwame Ampadu is the legendary Agya Koo Nimo who described Ampadu as an incomparable talent and one of the last greats in his generation to join the ancestors.
Since he came into the music industry nearly a decade ago, Hip Hop artiste Trigmatic has kept his personal life out of social media and he has explained that it is deliberate.
The Ghana Dance Association (GDA) has held a dance and cultural performance to protest moves by government to relocate the Arts Centre to Ghana House on the Accra High Street, as part of measures to make way for the Marine Drive Project.
The National Executive Committee of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) has appealed to its members and all relevant stakeholders in the music industry to remain calm following another postponement of the date for the union’s national elections.
Legendary Ghanaian musician cum entrepreneur, Reggie Rockstone has disclosed that his father supported the start of his music career which led to the creation of hiplife, the popular music fusion of highlife and hip-hop.
Being in the spotlight definitely comes with some level of attention and benefits. Sometimes, that attention can be so flattering and overwhelming that you will forget yourself. Before you know it, you are in decline and you’ve achieved nothing.
Last Saturday, February 12, nominees for the 5th edition of the 3Music Awards were announced at a ceremony held at the Telande Tea Garden in Accra and it is already generating discussion.
The Miss Ghana Foundation (MGF), has with the support of a philanthropist, Mrs. Oghogho Omame Dixon, donated GH¢40,000 to the Foundation of Orthopedics and Complex Spine (FOCOS) Hospital to cater for the cost of surgery for an eight-year-old Scoliosis patient Linda Ocloo.
After his exceptional showing on the maiden edition of Talented Kidz on TV3 in 2010, the expectation of Ghanaians was that Mohammed Awal would become a successful musician, especially when he worked with rapper Sarkodie on songs such as Keep Feeling It and Bone Ben.
