Florence Adooni – A.O.E.I.U. (Philophon, 2025) Gifted Ghanaian singer Florence Adooni has released her first international album, A.O.E.I.U. (An Ordinary Exercise In Unity), via Philophon.…
View More Vowel Play: Florence Adooni’s ‘A.O.E.I.U.’ Hits All the Right NotesTag: Highlife
Highlife in Motion: Santrofi’s “Making Moves” Charts a Bold New Journey
Santrofi – Making Moves (Outhere Records, 2025) Some albums arrive like old friends returning home, carrying new stories yet familiar scents of the past. Making…
View More Highlife in Motion: Santrofi’s “Making Moves” Charts a Bold New JourneyTaylor-Made for the Soul: Ebo’s Farewell Grooves
Ebo Taylor, Adrian Younge + Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Ebo Taylor JID022 (Jazz Is Dead, 2025) There’s a moment when music stops being just sound…
View More Taylor-Made for the Soul: Ebo’s Farewell GroovesHighlife in Disguise: Okwy Osadebe Honors Igbo Masquerade Tradition
Okwy Osadebe and Highlife SoundMakers – Music for Igbo Masquerade (Odogwu Entertainment / Palenque Records, 2025) Okwy Osadebe and Highlife SoundMakers’ latest album, Music for…
View More Highlife in Disguise: Okwy Osadebe Honors Igbo Masquerade TraditionSantrofi 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…
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