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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Efya’s Latest “Whoman; Woman” Is a Celebration of Womanhood

  When was the last time you heard award winning songstress, Efya sing in a tone that’s so relax and almost playful? Well, on her new single “Whoman; Woman“- the first in 2018- she takes that path, laying an inspirational song that celebrates the African woman and mothers. The song title is a play on the question: Who’s A Man […]

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Juls and Kwesi Arthur’s ‘Maintain’ Flips An Old Highlife Classic

It goes without saying: nobody chops up samples like DJ Juls does. Over the years, the award winning producer has catalogues that establishes this fact. Just take a listen to his beat tapes and other productions works for some of your favourite hip hop/hiplife artists. On his new single featuring GroundUp’s very own Kwesi Arthur, Juls flips the classic highlife […]

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Throwback: Tommy Wiredu – Wo Do Mu Y3 Du

First things first, RIP to Tommy Wiredu, one of the most beautiful voices that graced the Ghanaian music scene in the late 90s till his untimely his death-through suicide on April 7th 2003. The circumstances surrounding his death wasn’t readily confirmed-albeit speculations suggested he was driven to his untimely death by debt. Tommy Wiredu had before his death become a […]

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FRA draft EFYA on ‘Happy Yourself’ Remix

Music band ‘FRA’ has dropped the remix of its 2016 hit song “Happy Yourself”. The song which was produced by Reynolds ‘The Gentleman’ features Ghana’s female soul vocalist and songwriter, Efya. The “Happy Yourself” jam will simply lift your mood and raise your spirits, with its danceable rhythm. ‘FRA,’ in Twi, means ‘to mix’ and the group adopted the name […]

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At 52, Daddy Lumba is still a phenom

In 2015, Daddy Lumba emerged on the scene, again with a single that shifted the focus of many on to highlife music, a genre pushed to the periphery by the ever towering hiplife/hip-hop and dancehall genres. That single was ‘Ye Nie Woho Beto Wo’ (‘Yentie Obiaa’). The song dominated radio, parties, weddings, political campaign platforms and many social events. The […]

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Listen to Fricky and Kwachie Adie’s love song ‘Hold On’

Fricky returns to the music scene after a short period of silence with Hold On, a highlife influenced song fetauring Kwachie Adie. This is obviously the first time Fricky is venturing into this lane. Hold On, is described as ‘a highlife-styled song in pidgin with a beautiful production from Nigerian producer, Banjee that will make you bump your heard and […]

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Throwback: Joe Osei – Mepe W’asem

One of the profound effects of music is how it transport you back to the very moment, the very minute that you heard it first. That nostalgic transportation is something many who loves music may have experienced. I once crowned Joe Osei the best highlife artist in Ghana, at least in 1999, after hearing his song, ‘Me P3 W’asem’ for […]

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