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Saturday, March 16, 2019- AMA Forecourt, Accra. I. “Kwɛ, akpa? Amɛ’mmale kraa,” exclaimed a raucous voice from behind Oko Likpi—like he didn’t just hear the music cease, or an announcement that the party was coming to an end. Oko Likpi cracked a smile and then turned sharply in his...
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Stonebwoy’s Kpokɛkɛ ditches pity for pomp. It comes from a place where worries don’t get a seat at the high table, and cheer gets defined properly. There are no clothed pretences – the kind that lives, dies and resurrects – in the Instagram search box. The song’s strength is...
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Here’s additional proof that KiDi, Kuami Eugene, and Kurl Songx are now Ghana’s premier vocal stylists: on “Anadwo Yɛ Dɛ,” a fresh cut by genius producer Mix Master Garzy, the threesome, all alumni of MTN talent show, Hitmaker, converge, and conjure a charged vocal excitement equivalent to the feeling...
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On ‘Site 15’, R2Bees’ new album, the hiplife band perpetuate the exact sonic defiance that has secured them repetitive triumph in a radio climate structured on transient ‘vibes’ and perishable ‘waves’. A radio fixture since ‘Da Revolution I’, their searing 2009 debut, the duo — Faisal Hakeem (Paedae da...
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A good portion of what radio heads feed on these days, isn’t cuisine for the soul. It is something bland; unimpressive piecing together of burned-out frothy notes repackaged as music for your dancing feet. There are the oft-whipped, conflicted narratives that speak to nothing in particular except bellies in...
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JANUARY 4, 2019 – ROUND PAVILION, TRADE FAIR CENTER, ACCRA “Azonto Never Dies” As he has hardly mastered any modern dance steps, Paddie Man leaves boogie duties to the colorful revelers around him, mainly Yayera; sweet yellow-skirted dark chocolate with effervescent eyes, most at home in the crook of...
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“See how peaceful proceedings are here; no gidigidi whatsoever,” said a weary voice from a scruffy jacket in the yard, to no one in particular. “I’ve not even sighted wee around here,” he continued the unsolicited oration. “Had it been the other guy’s show, this whole venue would reek...
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Few other years have witnessed the overpowering influence of youngsters on GH radio and dance space than this year. And while usual suspects Shatta Wale, Stonebwoy, Sarkodie and Sarkodie continue to be rightful fixtures on charts in this town, it was really–in an ecosystem perceived to be unfavorable to...
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AICC - Accra, Ghana. Happy thoughts, Gabriel. Happy thoughts! I search my mind frantically for memories that will distract me from this packed furnace I’ve willingly walked into—and quickly settle on the one item that has been proven to give me comfort: Yayera’s pork. This afternoon, when I tasted...
Saturday, March 16, 2019- AMA Forecourt, Accra. I. “Kwɛ, akpa? Amɛ’mmale kraa,” exclaimed a raucous voice from behind Oko Likpi—like he didn’t just hear the music cease, or an announcement that the party was coming to an end. Oko Likpi cracked a smile and then turned sharply in his...
Stonebwoy’s Kpokɛkɛ ditches pity for pomp. It comes from a place where worries don’t get a seat at the high table, and cheer gets defined properly. There are no clothed pretences – the kind that lives, dies and resurrects – in the Instagram search box. The song’s strength is...
Here’s additional proof that KiDi, Kuami Eugene, and Kurl Songx are now Ghana’s premier vocal stylists: on “Anadwo Yɛ Dɛ,” a fresh cut by genius producer Mix Master Garzy, the threesome, all alumni of MTN talent show, Hitmaker, converge, and conjure a charged vocal excitement equivalent to the feeling...
On ‘Site 15’, R2Bees’ new album, the hiplife band perpetuate the exact sonic defiance that has secured them repetitive triumph in a radio climate structured on transient ‘vibes’ and perishable ‘waves’. A radio fixture since ‘Da Revolution I’, their searing 2009 debut, the duo — Faisal Hakeem (Paedae da...
A good portion of what radio heads feed on these days, isn’t cuisine for the soul. It is something bland; unimpressive piecing together of burned-out frothy notes repackaged as music for your dancing feet. There are the oft-whipped, conflicted narratives that speak to nothing in particular except bellies in...
JANUARY 4, 2019 – ROUND PAVILION, TRADE FAIR CENTER, ACCRA “Azonto Never Dies” As he has hardly mastered any modern dance steps, Paddie Man leaves boogie duties to the colorful revelers around him, mainly Yayera; sweet yellow-skirted dark chocolate with effervescent eyes, most at home in the crook of...
“See how peaceful proceedings are here; no gidigidi whatsoever,” said a weary voice from a scruffy jacket in the yard, to no one in particular. “I’ve not even sighted wee around here,” he continued the unsolicited oration. “Had it been the other guy’s show, this whole venue would reek...
Few other years have witnessed the overpowering influence of youngsters on GH radio and dance space than this year. And while usual suspects Shatta Wale, Stonebwoy, Sarkodie and Sarkodie continue to be rightful fixtures on charts in this town, it was really–in an ecosystem perceived to be unfavorable to...
AICC - Accra, Ghana. Happy thoughts, Gabriel. Happy thoughts! I search my mind frantically for memories that will distract me from this packed furnace I’ve willingly walked into—and quickly settle on the one item that has been proven to give me comfort: Yayera’s pork. This afternoon, when I tasted...