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Tag: Ghanaian music
Santrofi Rises to the Top of World Music Charts Europe for March 2025
Making Moves by Ghanaian Highlife band Santrofi has reached the number one spot of World Music Charts Europe for the month of March 2025. Co-produced…
Peter Somuah’s Highlife Bridges Ghanaian Tradition and Jazz Innovation
Peter Somuah – Highlife (ACT Music, 2024) Peter Somuah’s 2024 album Highlife is a masterful mix of Ghanaian highlife traditions and contemporary jazz. At the…
Accra Quartet Delivers Spectacular Mix of Afro-Rooted Jazz and Rock
A guitarist, a trombonist and two percussionists comprise Ghana’s Accra Quartet. Their track entitled “Batobe (They are right)” is a breakneck-paced jam that combines jazz,…
Ghanaian Music Icon Rocky Dawuni Releases Empowering Anthem “Rise”
Rocky Dawuni, an influential Ghanaian singer and songwriter, has released his latest single, “Rise.” Known as the “King of Afro Roots,” Dawuni offers this track…
‘Amina’, the new single from Ghanaian Highlife Powerhouse Santrofi
Ghanaian Highlife collective Santrofi returns with “Amina,” the first single from their new album Making Moves. This eight-piece ensemble, which gained international recognition with their…
Okaidja Afroso’s “Àbòr Édiń” Resonates with Ancient Ghanaian Wisdom
Okaidja Afroso – Àbòr Édiń (Àbɔɔ Édíŋ) Echoes of Africa from the Ancient Sacred Tree (Chechekule Records, 2024) Àbòr Édiń/Àbɔɔ Édíŋ (Melanin Earth Garden in…
Ghana Special 2 Presents Electronic Highlife & Afro Sounds In The Diaspora
Various Artists – Ghana Special 2: Electronic Highlife & Afro Sounds In The Diaspora, 1980-93 (Soundway, 2024) The album Ghana Special 2: Electronic Highlife &…
Jembaa Groove’s Irresistible Ghanaian Highlife and Positive Vibes
Jembaa Groove – Ye Ankasa | We Ourselves (Agogo Records, 2024) Jembaa Groove is a Berlin-based collective that presents engaging and colorful music deeply grounded…
Santrofi’s Dazzling Highlife Live Performance
Santrofi – Deep into Highlife (live) (Outhere Records OH 038, 2023) Santrofi’s Deep into Highlife (live) album, released under Outhere Records in 2023, captures the…