Florence Adooni - Vocalize My Luv
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0Z9ud9tFPw
From upcoming A.O.E.I.U. (An Ordinary Exercise In Unity)
More music: https://amf.didiermary.fr/florence-adooni-mam-peela-suure/
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What is Azonto?
https://amf.didiermary.fr/what-is-azonto/
Azonto is a dance and music genre from Ghana, connected to a traditional Ga dance, associated with the coastal towns in the country. It involves a set of hand movements that either mimic everyday activities especially ones concerning people’s livelihoods, or moves that are meant to amuse an audience.
Its popularity started around 2010. […]
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King Ayisoba – Wicked Leaders
https://amf.didiermary.fr/king-ayisoba-wicked-leaders/
Wicked Leaders… African politicians beware!
King Ayisoba is out there…
Kologo music from Ghana, North East Region, mainly in Frafra and in English, highly catchy that moves your soul as well as your feet.
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King Ayisoba – Awudome
https://amf.didiermary.fr/king-ayisoba-awudome/
Awudome… Life is a destination…
I spent quite some time with King Ayisoba in Copenhagen a few years ago. Great memories…
Listen carefully! When singing, he uses two different voices: his own, and his father’s. His instrument, a kind of n’goni, is called a Kologo.
Kai Kai Kai Kai Kai!
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Rocky Dawuni – African Thriller
https://amf.didiermary.fr/rocky-dawuni-african-thriller/
Extraits de l’album “Branches of the Same Tree” de Rocky Dawuni sorti en 2015.
“Performing his self-described ‘Afro-Roots’ sound, a fusion of reggae and Afrobeat groove, few artists have a more positive vibe than Rocky. His show is an incandescent Afro-Roots dance party.”
– LA Weekly
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Meet Wanlov the Kubolor – African Gypsy
https://amf.didiermary.fr/meet-wanlov-the-kubolor-african-gypsy/
Main track from album “Brown Card – African Gypsy”
The original track features Keziah Jones
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Wanlov Kubolor and the Afro-Gypsy Band live
https://amf.didiermary.fr/wanlov-kubolor-afro-gypsy-band-live-babel-med/
Mixing influences from Romania (his father) and Ghana (his mother), Wanlov Kubolor with his Afro Gypsy Band received the Mondomix Babel Med Music 2013 award in Marseilles.
Wanlov elaborates a music that is novel and full of spirit. Expressing the improbable encounter between his two countries of […]
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K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas – Me Yee Owu Den
https://amf.didiermary.fr/frimpong-cubano-fiestas-me-yee-owu-den/
K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas, from AFRO-BEAT AIRWAYS – West African Shock Waves – Ghana & Togo 1972-1979
Organ-driven Afrobeat, cosmic Afrofunk and raw, psychedelic boogie… just some of the flavours to be found on this highly danceable compilation. […]
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Highlife Music of Ghana and Nigeria
https://amf.didiermary.fr/highlife-music-ghana-nigeria-60s-70s/
70s Highlife Music from Ghana and Nigeria in this documentary, unfortunately lacking all the songs and performers names. If you know, please comment below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pTBW-NsbSA
#60smusic #70smusic #Compilation #Documentary #FelaKuti #Ghana #Highlife #Nigeria
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Cool Cats Invasion
https://amf.didiermary.fr/cool-cats-invasion-highlife/
“Cool Cats Invasion” is a classic collection (102 tracks) of Highlife, Palm-wine music & Jùjú from Nigeria & Ghana, from the 50’s & 60’s.
This compilation includes unavailable tracks by Earnest Olatunde Thomas, known as Tunde Nightingale or The Western Nightingale, as well as legendary Afrobeat pioneer Fela Ransome Kuti‘s first recordings of […]
#50smusic #60smusic #Compilation #Ghana #JujuMusic #Nigeria #PalmWineMusic #Caturday
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Atumpan ‘Talking’ Drums – Ghana, 1921
https://amf.didiermary.fr/rss-club/atumpan-talking-drums-ghana-1921/
Kofi Jatto, an Asante man performing phrases of talking drum language on atumpan drums for an audio recording and photograph made by India-born Scottish anthropologist Robert Sutherland Rattray in 1921.
“The drum phrases were recorded on wax cylinder by Rattray in Ghana in 1921. The Asante king’s atumpan player sends messages across the kingdom, plays […]
Edited 44d ago
Sarkodie – You Go Kill Me Remix
https://amf.didiermary.fr/sarkodie-you-go-kill-me-remix/
With “You Go Kill Me” in 2011, the Azonto dance craze took over Ghana, as well as the African diaspora in the UK and US.
The lyrics of the song describe an “Azonto girl” and the dance uses hand gestures and a whole lot of attitude to reference elements of daily life: grooming oneself, talking […]
Edited 38d ago
MoBlack Feat. King Ayisoba – MeKa
https://amf.didiermary.fr/moblack-king-ayisoba-meka/
Mimmo Falcone aka MoBlack is a DJ and producer, specializing in AfroHouse. With King Ayisoba.
Listen to multiple remixes on Spotify.
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Guy One – #1
https://amf.didiermary.fr/guy-one-1/
Guy One performing traditional Frafra music from Ghana (now remixed in Germany).
Guy One is an utterly unique artist who writes and performs Frafra music, a style that originates from a small area in the north of Ghana (a more city-styled approach to this music can also be heard in the sounds of King Ayisoba).Whilst […]
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MzVee – Come and See My Moda Feat. Yemi Alade
https://amf.didiermary.fr/mzvee-come-see-moda-yemi-alade/
Music video in 2018 by talented Ghanaian songstress MzVee featuring Nigerian singer Yemi Alade in their new collaboration titled “Come and See My Moda,” produced by Kuami Eugene and Richie Mensah.
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MzVee – Sing My Name Feat. Patoranking
https://amf.didiermary.fr/mzvee-sing-my-name-feat-patoranking/
2 versions of “Sing My Name” by MzVee, one with the Nigerian reggae-dancehall singer Patoranking, and the other with Willisbeatz.
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Gyedu-Blay Ambolley – Simigwa-Do
https://amf.didiermary.fr/gyedu-blay-ambolley-simigwa-do/
Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, the versatile, irrepressible singer, songwriter, producer and Ghanean “musical- life-force” exploded on the music scene in 1973, with a jazzy Highlife sound he called “Simigwa-Do”.
Ambolley taught himself to play the flute as a first instrument in his early years of musical interest dating back to [...]
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