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  1. Sunday, November 16th, 2008 No Comments  Source: citifmonline.com

    Citi FM brings you MOGO 2008

    On December 5, 2008 patrons of hi-life music will once again get to enjoy a repertoire of live hi-life music when Citi FM’s MOGO takes place. MOGO stands for Music of Ghanaian Origin, and it is… More »

  2. Thursday, September 4th, 2008 No Comments  Source: Gloria Dzifa Kpodo, Graphic Showbiz

    Gang Starz goes highlife

    The excitement, disappointments and cheers of most singing competitions were on display last Sunday on TV3’s Gang Starz when all 12 groups treated studio audience and viewers to cover versions of highlife and hiplife songs… More »

  3. Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 No Comments  Source: Daily Guide

    Musicians celeberate Faisal

    The highlife fraternity on Saturday joined the Helwani, Fatal and Medie families to celebrate their fallen hero, Faisal Helwani, as part of activities marking his final memorial service. The late legendary music producer and CEO of… More »

  4. Sunday, August 3rd, 2008 No Comments  Source: The Statesman

    Highlife music back to life at Coconut Grove Regency Hotel

    If you are a live band music lover then the place to be this and every last Friday of the month is the Coconut Grove Regency Hotel, Accra, for Citi FM's popular programme, Highlife Rendezvous. Highlife… More »

  5. Thursday, June 19th, 2008 1 Comment  Source:

    Highlife classics from London

    They have collaborated for other artistes and featured on each other’s works over the years and now London-based guitarist Kari Bannerman and singer Paulina Oduro have teamed up for a joint production they refer to as the Highlife Classics Project. More »

  6. Saturday, March 8th, 2008 No Comments  Source:

    Burger Highlife concert today

    After the success of ‘Made In Germany I’, a celebration of Burger Highlife, the Goethe Institut will today bring to Ghanaians another burger highlife musical concert scheduled for the National Theatre at 8.00pm. More »

  7. Monday, March 3rd, 2008 1 Comment  Source:

    Ghanaian highlife must be saved

    At a national workshop of musicians on the development of intellectual property rights and contractual arrangement in Ghana held in Accra last week, the Minister of Chieftaincy and Culture, S.K. Boafo, observed that music was an essential commodity with great potential for any nation. More »

  8. Thursday, February 21st, 2008 1 Comment  Source:

    Brako at Burger parade

    “Burger highlife was initially a term for what was recorded in Germany but it was extended to stuff from other parts of Europe. I think it is more of an era thing than a specific country thing and I’m happy to be on the bill.” More »

  9. Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 2 Comments  Source:

    Burger Highlife musicians in concert

    The auditorium of the National Theatre in Accra will on Saturday March 8 reverberate with sounds, beats and rhythms of Burger Highlife when a number of well-known highlife musicians of the 80s and 90s display their skills in another historic concert. More »

  10. Tuesday, December 11th, 2007 1 Comment  Source:

    MOGO - More fun, great memories

    This year’s Music of Ghanaian Origin (MOGO) organized by CITI FM can be appropriately described as being full of fun and great memories. More »

  11. Sunday, December 9th, 2007 2 Comments  Source:

    Daddy Lumba, Nana Acheampong thrill MOGO

    After being apart for almost two decades, the ‘Highlife twin’, Daddy Lumba and Nana Acheampong, made history last night at Citi FM’s Music of Ghanaian Origin (MOGO) in Accra. In what can best be described as a foretaste of what their fans will see at the International Conference Center on December 29, the Lumba Brothers proved they are still very much together and can sing some of their good old songs. More »

  12. Friday, December 7th, 2007 No Comments  Source:

    MOGO concert on Friday

    On the occasion of this year’s Farmers’ Day which falls on Friday 7th December, CITI 97.3 FM will organise another exciting Music of Ghanaian Origin (MOGO) concert featuring the Lumba Brothers - Nana Acheampong and Daddy Lumba. More »

  13. Friday, November 30th, 2007 No Comments  Source:

    Lumba Brothers, CK Mann, Pat Thomas storm MOGO

    On Farmers’ day Friday 7th December, 97.3 CITI FM, will for the third time, bring music lovers another exciting Music Of Ghanaian Origin (MOGO) concert with the Lumba Brothers featuring Nana Acheampong and Daddy Lumba. More »

  14. Tuesday, November 27th, 2007 2 Comments  Source:

    Burger highlife @ MOGO

    For those of you who are a little bit older, I mean around the 80s, where you could remember the crazy hit tunes of the two amazing jelly-curls friends, the German burgers whose burger music… More »

  15. Thursday, November 22nd, 2007 2 Comments  Source:

    Lumba Brothers storm MOGO

    Do you remember MOGO? And do you also remember Lumba Brothers? What about C.K Mann and the 'good old' band of our time, The Ramblers? More »

  16. Saturday, October 27th, 2007 No Comments  Source:

    From Osibisa through highlife to hiplife (2)

    Last week, Professor John Collins took readers through the history of the development of Ghanaian popular music – from the odonson, adaha and osibisaba days, through the early days of highlife music and the contribution… More »

  17. Sunday, October 21st, 2007 1 Comment  Source:

    From Osibisa to highlife…through “burger” to hiplife (1)

    Ghana began its celebration of 50th years of Independence with a burst of initial musical activities that included a panorama of all the varieties of Ghana’s highlife music. More »

  18. Thursday, September 20th, 2007 1 Comment  Source:

    Resurrecting the hi-life king…A royal voice singing from the grave

    Until the intervention a few years ago, by Jonathan A. Hammond, all the history and folklore of Ga music seemed to be losing out on the recording charts and in the music shops. More »

  19. Sunday, September 16th, 2007 1 Comment  Source:

    King Bruce still alive

    Leaving behind a rich legacy of timeless and great cultural works of Ghanaian music, the highlife icon, King Bruce had as at the time of his death, become an indelible and indestructible monolith in Ghanaian showbiz history. More »

  20. Monday, July 9th, 2007 1 Comment  Source:

    Thank you, Mats Karlsson

    There have been sentiments that highlife music is dying together with the makers of the craft, but one personality who has been doing his utmost best to see to the sustenance and celebration of highlife music and musicians is the World Bank Country manager, Mr. Mats Karlsson. More »

  21. Thursday, May 17th, 2007 No Comments  Source:

    Where are our highlife musicians?

    I wish to associate with the points raised on the above by a reader in last week’s edition. In his letter, Anthony K. Kyei complained of how our local music scene is virtually robbed of our good old highlifers. More »

  22. Friday, May 11th, 2007 No Comments  Source:

    Where are our highlife musicians?

    I recently rummaged through a box that contains old albums of local musicians, especially highlife albums I patronised in the 1990s. More »

  23. Thursday, April 19th, 2007 No Comments  Source:

    Ghanaian music more than highlife

    The drums, guitar and brass instruments began with a jump - like rolling thunder – sending a rumbling rhythm into the night air. More »

  24. Monday, December 25th, 2006 1 Comment  Source:

    Highlife music at its best (final)

    It is a universally evident truism that organizing awards giving ceremonies or programme, men are consciously or unconsciously sensitized or encouraged to aspire to greater heights or achievement especially in the field of music. More »

  25. Monday, December 18th, 2006 No Comments  Source:

    Highlife music at its best

    Almost five decades ago, our country enjoyed an incomparable popularity in terms of its cultural music the highlife along the nest coast of Africa. More »

  26. Thursday, December 14th, 2006 8 Comments  Source:

    Video: Kings of Highlife (Club Mix) by Various Artistes

    Album: Kings of Highlife Label: No. 1 Records Director: Distribution: More »

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