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.

There's no denying that Dancehall music in Ghana has dominated the music scene in the last couple of years, a blatant detail that is becoming difficult for some other musicians to accept.

Some artistes have found it convenient to lash out at Ghanaian Dancehall music and its purveyors under no form of provocation and it’s quite befuddling why such artistes would entangle themselves with such matters.

He is not the first musician to sing about sanitation but Gospel artiste DJ Eminimu believes he can add his voice to drum home the message for the need for change.

DJ Eminimu’s song, Yen Pa Mo Efin featuring Perpetual Didier and recorded by Chajay tells Ghanaians not to litter around.

Ever since he started his music career two years ago, Highlife artiste Nanky has always done love songs and he says he will not deviate from it because he believes in the power of love.

Some of his love songs include Marry You Tonight, Love, High Me, Woara and Only.

Singer, Wiyaala,  has dropped the visuals for Village Sex, the first single from her forthcoming album.

Village Sex is an adaption of a traditional wedding song from Wiyaala’s village in the Upper West Region. It tells of a young bridegroom  being teased by the women because he only thinks of consummating the  marriage on the wedding night. The  song is meant to encourage young bachelors to marry before they have sex as tradition demands.

The rap ‘Lord’ Quata Budukusu, known in real life as Jacob Nana Kwame Etroo, has been officially signed on to VP Records,  an independent  label in New York.
The label is known for releasing music by notable artists around the globe.

After years of a musical break in the Ghanaian music industry, Quata Budukusu has bounced back fully prepared with his latest signing onto VP Records.

Call it a bluff but Zylofon Media artiste Obibini says he is ready for a rap battle between himself ,E.L, M.anifest  and Sarkodie.

According to the rapper, it will be a great opportunity to battle these great artistes for everyone to know what he is capable of.

The illegal mining menace and its resultant problems such as the destruction of the environment, loss of lives among others is what has motivated a group of individual artistes to come together under the name Top Level Squad (TLS), to release a single titled Stop Galamsey.

The artistes, seven in number, are Ras MK, Ayisi, K.Rock, Yhorb Khid, Linking, Moni Kaline and Roizy. In an interview with Showbiz, a member of the group, Ayisi, said members of the group decided to release their single in order to add their voice to the effort at ending the Galamsey problem.

Distant love is the subject of up-and- coming rapper, Gachios, new single  title Love Letter.

In the song, Love Letter, Gachios sings for his love interest that has travelled outside the country for three years and is rumoured to be married to a white man. Gachios sings that the lack of communication from his love is the cause of his tears and sorrows.

After going into hiatus for some time, hiplife duo Akatakyie are back on the scene with two new singles, Only Baba and Ashawo.

The two, made up of Prince Kwabena Budu Asamani (Kobby Culture) and Ebenezer Kwasi Okyere Asamani (Pharoah) are optimistic that the two singles will fly because they are receiving appreciable airplay since they were released two weeks ago.

Stevo  Atambire, the kologo/calabash player and singer from Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region, will launch his latest album, ‘Teach Me,’  with a  free concert on Saturday, August  5 at the Abajo Culture and Art Café within the Accra Arts Centre. 

The 19-track collection was recorded in Accra and produced by Wanlov The Kubolor and Percy Yip Tong from Mauritius, a project they describe as a “ a unique West and East African collaboration from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean.”