When Artistes Choose To Self Destruct

One of the frequent tricks life present us are risks and opportunities to make decisions within a split second. The impact of these decisions are sometimes far reaching and life altering. It could make or unmake you as an individual. Whereas good decisions rake in good returns, bad decisions mostly lead to substantial losses. In the entertainment world, consequences of […]

Music 5 min read

THROWBACK THURSDAY: BEN BRAKO – NTAASE

When the conversation on highlife music of the 80s is broached, a lot of deserving names would be thrown into the mix as those who not only shaped the new sound of highlife music- from the classical or traditional highlife sound of the 50s and 70s to the burger (borga) highlife (named after the German city of Hamburg). These artistes […]

Music 3 min read

OFORI AMPONSAH AND THE ‘AWKWARD’ MOONWALK BACK INTO THE ‘WORLD’

The entertainment pages of Ghanaian newspapers-both prints and online have been dominated by one name: Ofori Amponsah. The reason being that, this one time, high flying highlife musician who denounced the world of secularists and joined the train of God has now jumped off the moving train and back into the old world of secularism. When somewhere in August this […]

Music 3 min read

ACCRA THEATRE WORKSHOP TO STAGE A HIGHLIFE MUSICAL

I usually receive e-mail notification on up-coming events from Alliance Francaise. The latest I received was about a highlife musical to be staged by Accra Theatre Workshop (ATW), an art consultancy house that serves as a bridge between amateur and professional theatre workers. Led by Elizabeth Efua Sutherland (yeah she is the granddaughter of the literary legend), ATW has staged […]

Music 2 min read

M.ANIFEST OUT WITH NEW TUNE ‘FORGET DEM’

M.anifets is not slowing down in 2015. he is carry the force that propelled him through 2014 into the new year. The award winning rapper has released a new single ‘Forget Dem’ produced by award winning producer KillBeatz. This is the first time the two have worked together. ‘Forget Dem’ carries a highlife vibe and talks about the need for […]

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THROW BACK: DADDY LUMBA -SESE WOSE VIDEO

DADDY LUMBA (Charles Kwadwo Fosu) has stayed relevant in the High Life circuits for more than two decades and like the proverbial tree nearer a river, he keeps churning out hits after hits till date. Currently, his new song Ye Nia Wo Ho B3to Wo (Yentie Obiaa) is undoubtedly the most popular song in Ghana. Last Monday, I chanced on this […]

Music 1 min read

Bisa Kdei Is Keeping Highlife Alive

Mention the name Ronald Kweku Dei Appiah to any music fan and that person will struggle trying to attach a face to the name. Ask that same fan who sang Baba and the name Bisa KDei will fall, unsurprisingly off their tongue. That is how popular the gifted singer and songwriter has become in Ghana, thanks to his style of […]

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