Music legends honoured at MOGO Awards
The final leg of the 2015 Music of Ghanaian Origin (MOGO) Festival got underway at the Accra International Conference Center (AICC) Saturday night.
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MOGO, which has been running for the past nine years celebrates authentic Ghanaian highlife music..
The week-long MOGO Festival continued with the MOGO Awards to round off the celebration of music of Ghanaian origin.
It was Pat Thomas who kicked start the event in style with some of his hit songs which got the crowd up and dancing.
Traditional literary poet, Nana Asaase paid glowing tribute to fallen highlife musicians in Ghana accompanied by soothing music and the Ramblers took over the stage to dish out great Highlife tunes.
The first set of awards were dished out after which Paapa Yankson and Nana Kwame Ampadu took turns to thrill patrons from their collection of hit songs.
The MOGO Festival is sponsored by Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) and Alisa Hotels and powered by Citi 97.3FM.
Award Winners
Best Choral Group: Harmonious Choral
Best Music Producer: George Forest
Best Band: King Shabo Band
Best Original Gospel Artiste : OJ
Best Vocalist : Efua
Lifetime Achievement Award Winners:
Paapa Yankson
Pat Thomas
A.B. Crentsil
Kofi Sammy
Best Song Writer: Daddy Lumba
Best Performer: Amakye Dede
Highlife Song: Adult Music ( Kwabena Kwabena)
Artiste of the Year: Okyeame Kwame
The Lifetime Achievement Award Winners received a citation and cash prize of GHC 2000.
