The Kusun Ensemble is an extraordinary group of musicians and dancers based in Ghana, West Africa. Founded by Nii Tettey Tetteh, the group includes past…
Artist Profiles: Kusun Ensemble
Tag: Ghana
Artist Profiles: Mustapha Tettey Addy
Mustapha Tettey Addy was born in 1942 in a small village near Ghana’s capital Accra. The Addy family was known for their impressive ritual drummers…
Artist Profiles: Blay Ambolley
Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, affectionately known as the “Simigwa Do Man,” was born in 1947 in the port city of Sekondi-Takoradi, in the Western Region of Ghana.…
Artist Profiles: Bernard Woma
Bernard Woma plays the xylophone from northern Ghana called the gyil. Like the bala from Guinea and Mali, the gyil has gourd resonators that have…
Artist Profiles: Guy One
Ghanaian musician Guy One built up a fervent following in local villages amongst the Frafra people in northern Ghana, in which no funeral or wedding…
Acclaimed Ghanaian Artist Rocky Dawuni Releases Shine A Light Music Video
Ghanaian reggae and afro-roots singer Rocky Dawuni has released a new music video titled Shine A Light, where he New Orleans influences with reggae and…
Master Drummers of Dagbon, V. 1 Reissued for Digital Distribution
Rounder Records has reissued the album Master Drummers of Dagbon, V. 1 by Alhaji Ibrahim Abdulai & the Master Drummers of Dagbon. The reissue is…
Artist Profiles: Aaron Bebe Sukura
Aaron Bebe Sukura is a Ghanaian multi-instrumentalist (harp-lute, thumb-piano, bamboo flute, guitar, xylophone). He recorded Nyong, a solo album devoted to acoustic Highlife from Ghana…