If there’s anything United Kingdom-based Ghanaian artiste, Akata Stone, real name Lloyd Twum-Ampofo has a lot of, it is certainly confidence and he shows that through the distinctive vocal delivery on his new single called ‘Zobrazo’.

He sings pretty well in his natural tone but switches effortlessly to a striking falsetto and also spices things up with some rap. Produced by Nad Xclusive, the mid- tempo highlife track is Akata Stone’s third release this year after ‘Bedroom’ in January and ‘Taking Over Remix’ in July.

The Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) last Thursday paid a courtesy call on Zylofon Media to welcome the media house into the music industry and to create a rapport for future collaborations.

Representing MUSIGA were the President, Bice Osei Kuffuor aka Obour, Vice President, Bessa Simons, National Organiser, Chizzy Wailer, among a host of others.

The auditorium of the National Theatre was filled to capacity as many young Ghanaians came out in their numbers to listen to Gospel singer Sonnie Badu, Ceccy Twum and Coded of 4X4 among others talk about emotional growth of young people at the third edition of Youth Empowerment Summit, (iYES) last Friday.

iYES is an annual platform that brings together successful individuals and young people for a frank exchange of ideas aimed at empowering the latter to reach for higher feat in life.

Gospel musician, Gabriel Yaw Sarfo, better known as Sir Gabby, sees humility as an important cloak every Christian must wear and that forms the theme of his newly-released album called Mebre Meho Ase (I Will Be Humble).

The eight-track collection will be launched on Sunday, September 10, at the Dunwell Methodist Church, at Santa Maria in Accra. To Sir Gabby, it is only God’s grace that has brought him this far and the album launch will be a platform for all to appreciate and adore God for his abundant kindness.

Accra-based music duo, U2Jay, are working hard to become an easily noticeable brand on the scene and their latest on the market are two singles: No Bi China and By The Way.

Made up of Joseph Wise Laryea (UWonda) and Jewel Nartey (Jewnart), U2Jay often lean toward love themes and the current tracks follow in that direction.

Semi-finalists of the MTN Hitmaker music reality TV show, were over the weekend hosted at the luxurious Holy Trinity Spa and Health Farm in Sogakofe in readiness for the selection of the final 12

On Friday, 25 August, all 24 contestants made their way to the spa for a three-day intensive training exercise in many modules related to music.

Hiplife artiste, Eboo, will be repping his school, St Johns Grammar, come Saturday, September 2, at this year’s edition of the annual biggest Senior High School carnival dubbed, ‘RollKall.’

The event which comes off at the Aviation Social Centre is a gathering of all current and past SHS students and offers them an opportunity to reunite with old friends and make new ones as they socialise in a healthy lifestyle environment.

Nothing good they say comes easy. For nine years, sound engineer, Willis Beatz, has been perfecting his act and currently, he is one of the most sought after beat makers in the game.

Willis Beatz who has been churning out good beats is behind popular songs such as Taking Over by Shatta Wale, Sponsor by Ebony, Last Show by Kofi Kinaata,  Papabi by Galaxy, Osey by Nero X and Samba by Guru.

Members of the Church of Pentecost, Taifa English Assembly last Friday enjoyed good music from Gospel musician Patience Nyarko at their eighth anniversary celebration.

Patience Nyarko who started her performance with worship songs, got the church members and leaders in the worship mood.

Award-winning rapper, Sarkodie, has announced the release of his highly anticipated fifth studio album, Highest on Friday, September 8.

 Highest is a collection of 15 brand new songs, three interludes and a bonus track.

BECCA, Fuse ODG, Sarkodie, Shatta Wale and Ebony are among a number Ghanaian acts who have been nominated for this year’s edition of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA).

The full list of nominees which was released on Thursday, August 17 also included Hiplife duo R2Bees, Dark Suburb, Wiyaala, Khalisax and Jah Phinga.

Germany based Ghanaian electric bass player, Harold Haity, is set to introduce himself and his music style to Ghanaian music lovers when he mounts the stage at the +233 Jazz Bar and Grill in Accra come Saturday, August 26.

Haity plays smooth jazz with influences from a variety of sources including West African and European melodies laced with Afro Latin rhythms and R& B.

In a bid to support the craft of Ghanaian musicians, Accra-based radio station, Live FM is giving artistes an opportunity to showcase their music prowess via a new programme dubbed Live Artiste of the Month.

Live Artiste of the Month which is an extension of an already existing show called GH Wednesday Live will see a number of artistes battle through series of tasks to emerge a monthly champion.

Fans of music group Praye who are still harbouring hopes of seeing the group reunited should not give up hope just yet.

The remaining members of the group Nana Kwame aka Praye Tintin and Steven Fiawoo aka Praye Tiatia have told Showbiz that they are still open to reuniting with the former member of the grou,p Eugene Baah aka Choirmaster.

Telecommunications giant MTN have announced the selection of 24 hopefuls out of tens of thousands of contestants who submitted their demos for the MTN Hitmaker 6 music reality show.

CEO of Lynx Entertainment, Richie Mensah, together with talented musician and sound engineer, Magnum and DJ Breezy had the arduous task of cutting down the numbers at the face to face audition which saw 24 exceptional talents selected from the 115 hopefuls who made it to the next round.