15 Jul 2022Hundred years of pop music in Nigeria: what shaped four erasBy Chijioke Ngobili The global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the early months of 2020 shut...By In-house West Africa
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20 May 2022Ghana: Santrofi shares video for AlewaGhanaian highlife band Santrofi has released the video for ‘Alewa (Black or White)’, the title...By Gabriel Myers Hansen
28 Feb 2022V: Aṣa’s heartfelt Afrobeats excursionAt its core, Aṣa ’s new collection V is motivated by highlife and Afrobeats. And yet, it is hardly...By Gabriel Myers Hansen
28 Sep 2021Ghana mourns death of highlife maestro Nana AmpaduGhanaian highlife musician Nana Kwame Ampadu died at a hospital in Accra on 28 September. He was 76.By Gabriel Myers Hansen
17 Sep 2021Ghana: Rocky Dawuni releases Woara videoGhanaian Afro-roots singer Rocky Dawuni has released the video for his new single ‘Woara’, which...By Gabriel Myers Hansen
20 Jul 2021Ghana: Kojo Antwi wins Millennium Excellence Award for musicRenowned Ghanaian musician Kojo Antwi is the recipient of the 2021 Millennium Excellence Award for...By Gabriel Myers Hansen
28 Apr 2021Ghana: Kyekyeku to host International Jazz Day seminarGhanaian guitarist and bandleader Kyekyeku will host a seminar on project formation, touring and...By Gabriel Myers Hansen
06 Apr 2021Highlife meets dancehall on Kumi Guitar’s Kro Kro MeHighlife purists will tell you that the genre being banged out these days, despite clinging to that...By Gabriel Myers Hansen
02 Mar 2021Highlife Music Deconstructed: Exploring Ghana’s iconic soundIf Ghana has any chance of cultivating a vibrant live music scene, then music education that’s...By Kirsty Osei-Bempong
09 Nov 2020Ghana’s Worlasi and Drvmroll find symbiosis on Dios Fusion is at the heart of Dios , the new joint EP by Ghana’s Worlasi and producer Drvmroll. The six...By Gabriel Myers Hansen
30 Oct 2020Nigerian highlife legend Chief Prince Morocco Maduka diesNigerian highlife artist Chief Dr Prince Morocco Maduka died on 29 October. He was 73.By Gabriel Myers Hansen