Review: E.L Can Take Off (Again) With “Songs For Girls 3”

With love as its centrepiece, “Songs For Girls” reveals all the musical influences that have defined E.L’s career across the years. Bumps are inevitable. They often occur on the highway of life when everything is going on as planned. The bumps and the inertia it stirs are mostly wake up calls. They offer a moment for self-introspection, as well as […]

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Blitz The Ambassador -Accra City Blues

Accra, the city that became the capital of colonial Gold Coast in 1877 is a dreamer’s paradise. It is the heartbeat of Ghana, the country, and the heartthrob of many residing outside the perimeters of the city. In the eyes of many of such people, Accra is where dreams become reality. According to the 2012 population census figures, Accra is […]

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Keep An Eye on WurlD, The Nigerian Pop Artist

There is a scene in “Concussion”, the Will Smith movie in which he plays, a Nigerian neurologist whose pioneering research established a link between dementia and mental health issues suffered by NFL players and the head crashing injuries they suffer during their active years. In that scene, Will Smith, or Dr. Bennet Omalu politely asked the woman who’d become his […]

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Boomplay Releases 2018 Most Streamed Songs/Artists List

Over the last couple of years, Africa’s biggest digital music service, Boomplay has made music more accessible to music fans and successfully gained over 38 million users worldwide. In Ghana, the service is fast becoming popular amongst music fans for its excellent service quality and music artistes who earn revenue from their music plays. Boomplay recently released some statistics which […]

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THE CUTS: EP 03 VOL. 17

THE CUTS bring to readers each week music or albums that are worth listening or having in your playlist. The music is not genre and/or region specific. Once it is good, it will be covered here. Amaarae – Fluid Amaarae lived up to her word. She has released her visual for ‘’Fluid’’ exactly a week after her interview with culartblog, […]

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Video: Nigerian Crooner Brymo screams “Heya”

Brymo is noted for his unconventionality. His bravery to push the boundaries of music and his art is revealed in each project he releases. He’s among a few Nigerian artists who defy pop culture stereotypes. His songs are mostly meditative; eschewing the up-tempo, party music engravings that abound today. The incorporation of afrobeat elements and his social commentary clad lyrics […]

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Tribute: CK Mann Made Music That Transcended Generations

I know I rocked the “Adwoa Yankey” tye-and-die fabric before I came to know the lyrics of the song from which the fabric got its name. My grandpa operated a very popular shop in Cape Coast known for trading in batik tye and dye as well as other African fabrics. Thankfully, the shop has been passed on to the next […]

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EP Review: Buying Our Freedom by Eli Muzik and Alex Wondergem

Unorthodox. Brave. Relevant. Growth. These were the adjectives that came to mind after listening to this Eli Muzik and Alex Wondergem EP, ‘Buying Our Freedom’ some weeks back. Here are two artistes who have joined hands to create a project that mirrors their thoughts on issues of our times. ‘Buying Our Freedom’ is question plagued. Questions bothering on life and […]

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ALBUM REVIEW: SOMI’s THE LAGOS MUSIC SALON IS JAZZ BREWED IN AN AFRICAN POT

It is worth acknowledging the influence of Nigeria on the global soundscape in recent times. The Afrobeat renaissance – with Nigerian artistes such as Wizkid, Davido and D’banj at the forefront- has caught the attention of some global superstar artistes, who have incorporated elements of afrobeats into some of their music-Drake and Alicia Keys are worth mentioning. Long before Drake […]

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