London-based Ghanaian guitarist, Kari Bannerman, is in town on holiday but has obliged to play a show tomorrow, January 16, at the +233 Jazz Bar and Grill in Accra.
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A Ghanaian song producer, singer and writer based in Cape Town, South Africa, Michael Baffour-Awuah is making a name on the music scene in that country.
The name, Bongo Soe is not one that may sound familiar to many people but the small village from the Upper East region has produced well known musicians such as King Ayisoba and the new Kologo player to come from that part of the country is Shake Bongo.
Many young men have fallen prey to the antics of underage girls who woo them with their shapely bodies and scant dressing but hipife artiste, Yaw Dompe, has warned such men to be wary of these “predators”.
It was a good night of music and great performances last Saturday at the Liberty Park in Dansoman when the maiden edition of the Pay Back concert came off.
Nigeria’s popular R&B group Styl-Plus which was one of the hottest music groups in the early 2000s which made waves with the smash singles, ‘Runaway’ and ‘Olufunmi,’ are currently trying to make a comeback to the mainstream music scene.
Pop and R&B artiste, Zakia Kunge, has released her long-awaited debut single.
Dancehall artiste, Stonebwoy, has released a remix version of Sarkodie’s reggae single, Love Rocks.
Contemporary Nigerian music has been ruling the airwaves all over Africa . It did so last year and the year before and it looks like it will be doing so again in 2015.
There is no doubt that the secular music has attracted many young artistes but for new gospel artiste Goddy Nyameatie, he won’t follow the popular trend.
It has been only a few months since Sarkodie released his new banger, Mɛgye Wo Boy which featured Shatta Wale, and as one of the few surviving female rap musicians in Ghana, sensational Eno has replied him as well.
Though the city has produced some of the biggest names on the contemporary music scene, residents of Tema hardly get to see their ‘home boys’ at their own backyard as most of the big shows are staged in Accra.
Different issues about society appeal to artistes in the composition of their songs and it is not surprising that hiplife artistes, A Qube, have taken on the task of preaching the meaning of life to people.
The 2014 winner of the Vodafone Icons Remix Edition, Christian Owusu, has revealed that after taking part in three separate reality music shows, he is finally through with reality talent shows.
Lagos State Chief Judge has signed an order that the Writ of Summons be pasted on the wall of Dapo Oyebanjoa.k.a D’banj’s residence in Lekki, Lagos, as the saga over his alleged debt issues seems to be heading towards a legal action.
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