THROWBACK VIDEO: DASEBRE DWAMENA – OBAA

Dasebre Dwamena’s brand of music is soulful, lyrically rich, infectious in composition and organic-classics in its own right. He was or still is one of the favourite highlife crooners around. His songwriting skills is excellent-his ability to infuse very rich proverbs in his music is a talent not many of his contemporaries are able to weave. One of my favourite […]

ACCRA SOUP EVENT SLATED FOR FEB, 27TH

PROFILE OF ACCRA SOUP Accra SOUP is a micro-granting dinner to fund, celebrate and support creative social projects in Accra. It is Accra’s response to the global SOUP movement started in Detroit. It’s a simple concept: people turn up to the dinner, pay 5 Ghana cedis (minimum donation) at the door and they get soup and a vote.   WHAT ARE […]

ADOMAA- AFRABA EP REVIEW

Her entry onto the music scene was unexpected. Like a thief in the night, she broke on the scene and managed to become part of the musical conversation. The accolades she won following her ‘breaking the internet’ per the Ghanaian music scene with her avant-garde, nostalgia pumping and beautiful visually captured collage-esque renditions ‘Evolution of Music’ tune was deserving. It […]

C-REAL ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM AND SINGLE ‘STILL’

RAPPER AND POET, C-Real’s name is synonymous to hip hop and has made an indelible mark on the music scene by making music on themes stretching from politics and socio-economic issues.  The Em.CEO is looking to follow on the good run he had in 2015 with the release of his sophomore album under the executive supervision of an internationally acclaimed […]

LYRICS: HOW MANY JOHN?

This blog would from time be posting lyrics from individuals who may not necessary be rappers. The lyrics could spun from many subjects and must be conscious in nature. Beginning the series is this piece submitted by Chaucer B titled ‘How Many John’s’. The message is clearly stated in the lyrics. Read On. Verse 1 In the heat, aboard this […]

THROW BACK VIDEO – KG & PM -MMRE BI BEBA

In 2004, Obrafour’s record label teamed up with Last Two to put out Execution Diary; a compilation album which was produced by legendary record producer Hammer. The album was to shine the spotlight on new, young, hungry and talented artistes. Most of these artistes were members of the Last Two ‘academy’; where they have spent months and years honing their […]

ADOMAA FINALLY RELEASES ‘AFRABA THE EP’

After a successful launch of her EP at the Elixir Wine Bar and Lounge, Labone, last Saturday, VI MUSIC’s Adomaa has finally released her much-anticipated mini-album, ‘Afraba the EP.’ It is a 6 song project that gives quite a revelatory glimpse into the person that is Adomaa – her personal difficulties, fears, challenges as an artiste and perspectives on life, faith as well […]

NEW SPOKEN WORD SINGLE ‘EMPTY KONKO’ BY LAUD DEPOET

Laud DePoet is one of the few spoken word artistes who, in his own way, helping push the genre out to many people. Despite being young, he can be described as a veteran, considering the number of years he has been involved with spoken word/poetry. He has started a new spoken word series called Empty Konko and has released the […]

RHYME SONNY RELEASES CV OF SIN

‘Lord! It’s been a while/My face looks like the residential quarters of smile but deep within me is bitterness/ I’ve become bitter than the bile because the things/ I used to preach against has become my style’ This is how one of Ghana’s foremost contemporary poets, Rhyme Sonny opens his latest spoken word single CV of Sin. The poem, as […]

ARTISTES TO WATCH IN 2016

Each year, new artistes bubble from the fringes into the mainstream and  become stars in their own right. As it is with the music industry, artistes picked for greater and bigger things sometimes don’t see success. Those who don’t get mentioned end up becoming huge by the end of the year. This notwithstanding, predictions must be made and in this […]