Throwback: Paapa Yankson – Ebei

The melody from the saxophone glides over the soft and mellow percussion drums exquisitely. And for 35 seconds, the only thing one hears is beautiful music: horn sections colliding with riffs from the bass guitar, voices rising in unison on the opening hook. These are some of the enchantments of “Ebei”, a song by highlife legend, Paapa Yankson. An incredible musician […]

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Throwback: Dasebre Dwamena feat. Lord Kenya – Kokooko

The ripples that Dasebre Dwamena’s breakthrough debut caused was to be expected. It shot him into the limelight, resulting in him becoming one of the finest highlife artistes of all time. It also injected a renewed verve into highlife music, which at that point, was waning in popularity- hiplife was entering into a golden era. “Kokooko”, released in 1999 as […]

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Throwback: Ekow Shi-Lo feat Buk Bak – Kete Pa

If you pause to think about what is happening now with music, especially the quality of lyrics being spewed lately, compared to what was the case some two decades ago, one wonders what has changed. Back then, we had songs being censored and taken off radio for lyrics considered ‘distasteful’. Famous song that received such ‘blackout’ was ‘Moses’ by highlife […]

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THE CUTS: EP 01 Vol. 10

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. THE CUTS is delivered every FRIDAY _______________________________________________  C-Real – Feel The Vibe It was Reggie Rockstone who on one of his songs, Mbosuo, called on artistes to switch up their […]

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Throwback Thursday: MAUDY M feat Deeba – Aware Pa

Raunchy lyrics are not the preserve of only male musicians. The ladies could be as ‘bad’ as their male counterparts. I know a few names would roll off the tongues of people if they were asked to name a few female musicians with a ‘bad’ persona. I’m not here to bore you with a list. Within the Ghanaian context, women […]

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THROW BACK : AKATAKYIE – ODO ESISI ME

Ask any watcher of the hiplife scene to mention some of the hit songs from the early 2000s, and Odo Esisi Me by Akatakyie would make the list. Odo Esisi Me, the debut single of the music duo, remains one of those songs that, for some inexplicable reason, registered on your memory after hearing it. And continues to years after […]

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THROW BACK: DADDY LUMBA – AHENFO KYINYE ft. PAT THOMAS

Before I proceed, let me define the words in the song title. Ahenfo means Kings or Chiefs. Kyinye means Umbrella. The combined definition of these two words is Kings’ Umbrella. Daddy Lumba’s stature within the Ghanaian highlife music scene is enviable. He is one of the few musicians who have withered the storm and survived the many phases of the […]

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THROW BACK: NANA QUAME: TWE MA ME

NANA QUAME. This name should not sound strange to the ears of those who have followed Ghana music, especially highlife music (contemporary) for more than a decade.  He is/was among the few whose music helped spearhead highlife into its 4th evolutionary phase (the genre moved from traditional, classical, burger to what is called contemporary highlife) The chubby looking, smooth voiced […]

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THROW BACK THURSDAY: SLIM BUSTER feat TIC TAC – M’ASAN ABA

Slim “the Dancing’ Buster has chalked some good fortunes within the music scene thanks to some of the hits songs he released during his active years. Songs such as Georgina,  Masherita, Baaba, Etoile  enjoyed rotation on various radio stations, with some finding their way onto charts shows. But, none was as huge and remembered as his single M’asan Aba. The […]

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THE CREATIVITY OF KOJO ANTWI GOES BEYOND HIS MUSIC

When Terry Abban (@TerryAbban) tweeted me the link to his newly made Kojo Antwi playlist on iTunes, I hit him right back, asking him to include some omitted songs by the Ghanaian music maestro. Later, scrolling through the playlist, something else caught my attention. It was not the carefully put together classics from the over 15 albums (it could be […]

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