Concert Review: A FOKN Party The Rains Couldn’t Stop

Half way through their set, the rains began to fall; first in drops and latter in sheets. Earlier in the afternoon, the city had been washed by rains. But, the party wouldn’t be stopped by the showers. The adrenaline was high and the rains, it appears invigorated the fans even more. The venue, Alliance Francaise wasn’t full when the party […]

concert 3 min read

Samini’s “My Own” Proves His Old Self Is Alive

Samini has been in the news for a couple of days, thanks to the unfortunate incident that played out during the “S Concert” a few weeks ago. Scheduled to perform, he left the venue after feeling disrespected by the organizers – they kept him waiting for over four hours backstage, according to him . For any unbiased watcher, Samini was […]

Music 3 min read

THE CUTS: EP 02 VOL. 13: Joey B’s “Sweetie Pie” and videos from other artists

THE CUTS is your weekly round-up of songs and videos-and anything that has caught our attention and think you must hear or see. The music featured here aren’t genre specific. ——————————————— Joey B feat King Promise – Sweetie Pie Joey B is lately not just dropping singles but visuals to accompany the songs; sometimes at the same time or within […]

The CUTS 3 min read

Edem takes us to church on ‘’Mighty Jesus’’

In his 2015 speech after winning the VGMA ‘Best Video Award’ for ‘The One’, Edem appealed to all to support artists by patronizing their works. This, he indicated was one of the ways, artists like himself would release very good works-both audio and videos for fans to enjoy and sell Ghana music to the world. According to him, he spent […]

Music 2 min read

Amaarae’s “Passionfruit Summers” is a Perfect Sonic Gift

The anticipation which surrounded the announcement of a new EP by Amaarae was, upon listening very worthwhile. Amaarae’s name began swirling on my twitter timeline months ago-videos of her performances accompanied various tweets. At first, I thought it was one of those hype team efforts at building steam for an artist who may be just average (that’s uncommon though). But, […]

Music 4 min read

MzVee scores high with her visually appealing video ‘Sing My Name’

There are three things you can’t take for granted when you are rising to the top as an artist. First, the music you make. Two, a strong brand; and three, the visuals that accompany your videos must be absolutely appealing. The third is what MzVee has done with her latest video for ‘Sing My Name’. The KP Selorm directed video […]

Music 1 min read

King Promise – Selfish

There’s something worth pointing out about this video. Was the ‘accident scene’ really necessary? Perhaps it was. Just that, it wasn’t really done well. It looked super fictitious. The director could have created a good scene to capture that bit of the story than what we saw. King Promise is working. A few weeks after releasing the audio of this […]

Music 1 min read

Year 2016 in Retrospect: Poetry in Ghana

So, a couple of months ago, I asked writer and poet O’Zionn to share with me his best 2016 moments in the Ghana Poetry and Spoken word scene. In this post, he list a few under various categories. Here is his list. It’s been just a few years since I actively joined the burgeoning poetry scene in Ghana. And it’s […]

Opinions 2 min read

PAN FÊTE 2017 starts Today! – Loc. Galaxy Int’l School

Over the years, we have seen a couple of festivals hosted in the country yet, just a few are centered on the roots of Ghanaian culture. However, preserving great aspects of our culture can be done effortlessly with a few days dedicated to it. What then is been done about this? Here’s one fun solution – PAN FÊTE 2017!! PAN […]

Music 1 min read

Concert Review: M3nsa thrilled at ‘Accra Hip Hop Festival’

One can easily tell an experienced artist from an amateur by how they carry themselves on stage when performing. Their stage movement, sequencing of songs and overall act- ability to find balance between performance and audience interaction. This divide becomes more apparent when they are performing with a live band. These were on display last night when rapper, producer, singer, […]

Events 3 min read
TWITTER
TWITTER