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.…
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Artist Profiles: Kotoja
Comprised of a heady mix of top Nigerian and American musicians Kotoja led by Nigerian bassist/vocalist. Baba Ken Okulolo has excited audiences around the U.S.…
View More Artist Profiles: KotojaArtist Profiles: King Sunny Ade
King Sunny Ade was born Sunday Adeniyi in the Ondo State of western Nigeria in 1946, the son of a Methodist minister. Although his…
View More Artist Profiles: King Sunny AdeArtist Profiles: Gnonnas Pedro
Gnonnan Sossou Pierre Kouassivi, better known as Gnonnas Pedro, was a singer-songwriter, salsero and musician born in Lokossa, Benin. Gnonnas Pedro had always excelled in…
View More Artist Profiles: Gnonnas PedroArtist Profiles: Adam Solomon
Adam Solomon is a 2005 Juno Award winner in the World Music Album category. Adam was born in Mombasa, Kenya, and began performing at an…
View More Artist Profiles: Adam SolomonArtist 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…
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Kinitting Factory Records has announced the release of Fela Ransome Kuti and Koola Lobitos’ ‘Highlife – Jazz and Afro-Soul (1963-1969).’ The 3-CD compilation is scheduled…
View More New Fela Kuti 3CD Compilation ‘Highlife – Jazz and Afro-Soul’Ghanaian Highlife Guitar Legend Ebo Taylor to Release Life Stories
Following his first international solo release with Afrobeat Academy, Love And Death, Ghanaian highlife guitar legend Ebo Taylor teams up again with Strut Records for…
View More Ghanaian Highlife Guitar Legend Ebo Taylor to Release Life StoriesNigeria’s King Sunny Ade to headline New York’s Great African Ball
New York City, USA – Graviton African Arts Network and African Hypertext, by special arrangement with Yoruba juju icon King Sunny Ade & His African…
View More Nigeria’s King Sunny Ade to headline New York’s Great African BallIndigeDisc debut CDs
New York City, USA- The first two releases on the new Indigedisc label will be out the first week of April. One of the releases…
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