ACCRA THEATRE WORKSHOP TO STAGE A HIGHLIFE MUSICAL

I usually receive e-mail notification on up-coming events from Alliance Francaise. The latest I received was about a highlife musical to be staged by Accra Theatre Workshop (ATW), an art consultancy house that serves as a bridge between amateur and professional theatre workers. Led by Elizabeth Efua Sutherland (yeah she is the granddaughter of the literary legend), ATW has staged […]

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Gird Center Rebrands—Strengthens Support Services for Business and Creative Community  

Gird Center, a writing, editorial and training services company based in Accra, today introduced its new corporate brand, together with a new logo, tagline and customer service approach. The re-branding reflects the company’s vision to become the global icon for exceptional writing, editing and training support for the Ghanaian Business and Creative community. Gird Center has set itself apart in […]

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10 QUESTIONS FOR POETS: SPOTLIGHTING NAA TAKIA

Naa Takia talks how a friend’s poem inspired her to write, why writing is a personal venture and thoughts on a million dollars gift What does poetry mean to you? I have always said this about writing and the same applies to poetry. For me, it isn’t just about words and it has nothing to do with conforming to particular […]

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SHINE BY C-REAL

2015 is shaping up as a busy year for C-Real. After dropping his joint album Project Hip Hop with EL, he is out with a new single SHINE. Shine is a boastful song (it’s hip hop by the way) with him ‘owning’ the rap game as long as the sun shines ‘Gh hip hop on my back/ this shit is […]

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100 % RUSH POETRY SHOW

Spoken Word Artiste, PAUL FORJOE JNR. talks 100% Rush Show, Corporate sponsorship and how he prepares for shows. With few days to his first show in 2015, Paul Fordjour (100%), the 2014 Ehalakasa Slam Winner and one of the exponents of poetry in Ghana took time off to talk about the his upcoming poetry show dubbed 100% RUSH -with Kacey […]

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WANLOV & THE AFRO GYPSY BAND

WANLOV THE KUBOLOR is a controversial figure. His sarcasm, sharp yet unconventional opinions and ‘strange’ lifestyle has caught him in a love-hate affair with a cross-section of Ghanaian society. However, one fact remains:  he is a gifted musician. Wanlov, who is a half of FOKN Bois displays his artistic brilliance on his album Wanlov & The Afro Gypsy Band (he […]

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EVOLUTION OF GH MUSIC BY ADOMAA

The Ghanaian music scene, like all products has undergone a lot of changes. Each generation of Ghanaian musicians have added or withered it down to reflect global trends and/musical taste of that generation. The music of the 50s was heavily influenced by European (British) sound. The likes of E.T Mensah, Lord Kitchner made music which leaned towards classical English grooves. […]

Reviews 1 min read

PROJECT HIP HOP 2 REVIEW

C-Real and EL have carved niches for themselves within the music fraternity. Both command legions of fans. EL’s fame cut across both worlds of hip hop and hip life whereas C-Real commands greater respect within the hip hop scene. Recently, C-Real has tried winning hearts of fans within the hip life turf by releasing hig life/ afro pop tinged songs […]

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THE CUT

M3NSA – GHETTO FEAT SARKODIE It was a few months ago that M3nsa announced during a performance with Sena Dagadu at Republic Bar, Osu of his yet to be released album RED RED. RED RED is a collaborative album between one half of the FOKN Bois-Mensa and ELO, a producer and multi instrumentalist from Budapest. The first single, Ghetto which […]

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KENDRICK LAMAR TALKS ORIGINAL NAME OF NEW ALBUM

KENDERICK LAMAR HAS REVEALED his 16 track album To PIMP A BUTTERFLY (TBAP) -which has been voted the best black album of the last decade, kicking Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy off that perch- was to have been called TU Pimp a Caterpillar. “Me changing it to Butterfly, I just really wanted to show the brightness of life and the […]

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