Okwy Osadebe and Highlife SoundMakers – Music for Igbo Masquerade (Odogwu Entertainment / Palenque Records, 2025) Okwy Osadebe and Highlife SoundMakers’ latest album, Music for…
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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…
View More Santrofi Rises to the Top of World Music Charts Europe for March 2025Peter 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…
View More Peter Somuah’s Highlife Bridges Ghanaian Tradition and Jazz InnovationA Legendary Return: The Oriental Brothers and Their Effect on Afro-Colombian Music
Oriental Brothers International Band – Onye Rie Ibe Ya Erie (Palenque Records, 2024) Palenque Records is celebrating 50 Years of Igbo Highlife icons, Oriental Brothers…
View More A Legendary Return: The Oriental Brothers and Their Effect on Afro-Colombian Music‘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…
View More ‘Amina’, the new single from Ghanaian Highlife Powerhouse SantrofiEblis Álvarez Explores Tropical Latin America Through Mi Latinoamérica Sufre
Meridian Brothers – Mi Latinoamérica Sufre (Ansonia Record, 2024) The independent Colombian act Meridian Brothers, led by Eblis Álvarez, has dropped a new album titled…
View More Eblis Álvarez Explores Tropical Latin America Through Mi Latinoamérica SufreJembaa 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…
View More Jembaa Groove’s Irresistible Ghanaian Highlife and Positive VibesSantrofi’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…
View More Santrofi’s Dazzling Highlife Live PerformanceLondon Afrobeat Collective’s ‘Esengo’ Redefines Afrobeat Boundaries
London Afrobeat Collective – Esengo (Canopy Records, 2024) The London Afrobeat Collective’s latest creation Esengo, produced by Sonny Johns (renowned for collaborating with Tony Allen,…
View More London Afrobeat Collective’s ‘Esengo’ Redefines Afrobeat BoundariesHighlife, Ghana’s Musical Gift to the world
Highlife is a West African music genre that originated in Ghana in the late 19th century. Subsequently, it extended its reach to western Nigeria and…
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