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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 »
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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 »
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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.
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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“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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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Video: Kings of Highlife (Club Mix) by Various Artistes
Album: Kings of Highlife
Label: No. 1 Records
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