New Music: Papa Chie talks Unity on new song ‘Kupe’

‘Kupe’ is an Nzema word meaning oneness or unity. The dialect is spoken by a majority of people in the south-western part of Western Region. The meaning of the word forms the crux of fast rising musician, Papa Chie’s latest single. A born Nzema, Papa Chie revisit his roots, sermonizing on the need for all to be united; to respect […]

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How Ko-Jo Cue Spoke About The Ghanaian (Man) on “Ewiase”

Before the first set of lyrics pours over the beat and long before the soulful hook cocoons you; it is those loud, hard hitting, church-esque piano chords and the gently introduced high-hats, and low drumlines beneath the big chiming chords that peaks your interest. They get you desiring to hear, impatiently the words that comes next. Even before the birth […]

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THE CUTS

JAYSO – 0106 A couple of months back during the premiering of ‘Little Monsters’ video and the official launch of his album Making Tasha Proud, I posed a question to JaySo: whether it was deliberate on his part to produce almost entirely his debut album. His answer was short and simple: the producers he asked beats from did not send […]

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ELIMUZIK TEASES WITH GOLDCOAST VISUALS

Gold Coast, Eli Muzik’s first ever music video is a visual representation of Ghana’s beaches, it’s environment and its people. Eli wrote the song in 2015 whilst living in Labadi, inspired by what he saw everyday from his window. He partnered with Ghana’s enfant terrible, Wanlov the Kubolor, to produce this thought provoking piece shot along the beaches of Accra’s […]

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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 […]

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THE TIMES: THE CHALLENGE TO CREATE BETTER ARTS

This post is written by EliMuzik (Edward Ayikoe), a Ghanaian musician who is passionate about his music and the state of music as it exists in today’s world. He is a FELARITE, meaning takes inspiration from Fela Kuti. I asked him to put together his thoughts on the state of arts (music) in Ghana after reading a string of posts […]

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THE CUTS

The Cut seeks to bring to readers music or albums that the writer deem worth listening or having in your playlist. The music is not genre and/or regionally specific. Once it is good, it will be covered here. ELI FT WANLOV- GOLD COAST Anybody who has been following Eli Muzik on social media might have seen some of his social […]

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