Stonebwoy has made a strong case for the undebatable influence of Ghana and its Highlife on today’s internationally acclaimed Afrobeats music. The singer-songwriter was responding to American rap star ...

In Accra, a city known for its vibrant music scene, The Family Band has emerged as one of the most exciting new acts. Formed in 2020, the band blends highlife, reggae, and afrobeats, captivating ...

This set of 18 funky tracks is a welcome follow-up to Soundway's essential compilation Ghana Special: Modern Highlife Afro-Sounds & Ghanaian Blues, 1968-81. In the late 70s, economic stresses and ...

Ebo Taylor became one of Ghana’s major prolific musicians in the 1950s and ’60s, making his signature Ghanaian highlife that influenced the father of afrobeat, Fela Kuti. As highlife and afrobeat ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook My introduction into the world of highlife music came incidentally through my love of the ...

Highlife is the “soul” of Ghana. More than just a sound, highlife is an institution that provides an anthology of Ghanaian nationhood. A blend of African rhythms, jazzy horns, lilting guitar licks, ...

As African music continues its global ascendancy, GQ South Africa explores the meteoric rise of Ghana’s most enigmatic new voice, AratheJay. The masked artist blends the legendary Ghanaian Highlife ...

Pat Thomas, a singer and bandleader from Ghana, is nearly 70. He's lived in England, Germany, Canada and the U.S. But these days he's back home, once again making the music that enshrined him in the ...

Doreen Andoh, Ghana’s undisputed 'Queen of the Airwaves', was conferred with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at ...