I wanted to share some amazing music from Ghana and start a conversation about popular (non-"traditional") music from the country. I am not an expert by any means but wanted to get thoughts from others who may be. From my limited exposure, the country has produced some *really interesting* musicians that I was shocked were not more popular - be it amongst my friends, the online community, or even on rating sites like RYM.

To start things off, I want to share the song Yemmpa Aba by Ata Kak, an artist who was largely introduced to the West thanks to the "Tapes from Africa" series put out by Brian Shimkowitz. The song, recorded in the early 90s while Ata Kak was an expat in Canada, is classified as "Hiplife" on RYM, but to me it sounds like old-school lofi house. Parts of it sound like they were recorded on a Wesley Willis Casio, but then the indelible female vocal hook (0:54s in) starts looping and bam - instantly addicted. The album Obaa Sima is a bit uneven but is catchy and listenable throughout, and uniquely FRESH. This just doesn't sound very familiar to me, despite the aforementioned elements of early 90s house. This music was pretty much lost/forgotten and never got any airplay. But I'm glad it surfaced again.


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The second example is definitely less obscure, but still relatively unknown. Ebo Taylor is a well-known legend of Highlife/Afrobeat, but not nearly as celebrated internationally as contemporaries like Fela Kuti. I recently came across the song "You Need Love" off of his 1980 "Conflict Nkru!" album. Despite the painfully generic song title, this must be heard. The repetitive playful interplay between the electric piano and the trumpet are completely mesmerizing. How is this song not an absolutely ubiquitous standard across the globe? Feel good, fresh, original, irresistible. I can't help but play it on repeat, and I usually go for moody music over upbeat. A must listen.

The Ghana Music Awards, currently known as the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs) for sponsorship reasons, is an annual music awards event in Ghana established in 1999 by a local event organizer and planner company known as Charter House to originally and primarily celebrate the "outstanding contributions of Ghanaian musicians to the growth and expansion of its associated industry".[2]

Held each April, May or June, the event is broadcast locally on GHOne TV, GTV and/or TV3 and outside Ghana on Akwaaba Magic on satellite TV platform DStv and terrestrial TV platform GOtv. Prior to the launch of the Akwaaba Magic channel in 2021, the event was broadcast outside Ghana on channels 155 and 198 on DStv and on channel 110 on GOtv.[1] In 2020, the event's precursor, the nominees jam, scheduled for April 4 at Jackson Park in Koforidua, was initially postponed and then cancelled to comply with a national directive on public gathering due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana.[3][4] Last year, the 23rd edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) Day 1 was held on Friday night, May 6, 2022.[5] Ghanaian Hip-Hop/Rap artiste Black Sherif won the 24th Vodafone Ghana Music Awards Artiste of the Year in a night of emotions for Ghanaian artiste.[6] Black Sherif was overly excited. He sang some of his songs with his fans as he mounted the stage to receive his words.[7] Ghana Music Awards is referred as the biggest music night in Ghana.

Apple Music is a streaming service that allows you to listen to over 100 million songs. Its features include the ability to download your favorite tracks and play them offline, lyrics in real time, listening across all your favorite devices, new music personalized just for you, curated playlists from our editors, and much more. All this in addition to exclusive and original content.

While some industry stakeholders believe there is too much focus on going global to the detriment of growing the industry, others believe it will happen in a matter of time and there is no need to rush it.

No one would fault Gbolonyo for settling into a successful career as a university professor and international clinician, but his passion for teaching is matched by his commitment to providing educational opportunities to Ghanaian youth, especially those with limited financial resources. This motivated him to found the Ghana School Project: Nunya (Wisdom) Academy in his hometown of Dzodze. Nunya Academy educates Ghanaian young people in traditional African music, Western music, and music technology. Gbolonyo hopes to one day have many schools throughout Ghana, providing opportunities for this type of multicultural music education.

Music is an important tool to lift people out of poverty. Across the world, there are countless examples of artists building massive success to go from "zero to hero", and many use that success to give back to their communities. But, more than providing a route out of individual poverty, music also has the ability to unite the world, inspire generations, and grow movements.

Now, partly thanks to TikTok and other social platforms, unity through music is easier to achieve than ever, and we need a unified world with a strong, singular voice calling for change in order to stand a chance at defeating poverty once and for all.

For young artists in Ghana, not only is TikTok helping to make their career dreams come true, it is also helping to take Ghanaian music to the global stage, and show the world that Africa is a place of unmatched talent, rhythm, and movement.

In the spirit of bringing the world together through music and counting down to Global Citizen Festival: Accra, here are some of the Ghanaian artists and their songs that have taken TikTok, and the world, by storm.

At 3pm on December 29th, the entrance to the grounds was already saturated with bodies hoping to get in early. Eventually, gates opened at 5pm for everyone to troop in and enjoy the last music. The first day of festivities started with bangers on bangers of good music to entertain the crowd, and preparing them all for the awesome performances that were in store.

Songtrust will always encourage the use of split sheets, but they are not common in some corners of the music industry. As we discovered while interviewing several Ghanaian creators, deciding whether to settle ownership shares with publishing splits is often influenced by past experiences.

Producer/engineer Kofi 'IamBeatMenace' Boachie-Ansah stumbled upon split sheets early on in his career, while he was studying songwriting and the music business. In order to protect his rights, he discusses publishing splits whenever he contributes to any kind of intellectual property.

Boachie-Ansah discovered split sheets while doing independent, proactive research on protecting his publishing rights. He now puts music publishing splits on paper no matter what the work is, and aims to educate as many fellow creators as possible so they do the same.

These different scenarios illustrate the importance of understanding your rights as an artist. Even if you have a good team, it is necessary to educate yourself on the basics of the business of music. These include ownership, royalties, publishing, and the need to carefully review contracts (with the support of a music lawyer if possible) before signing on a dotted line.

"We are seeing Afrobeats festivals appear in Europe, I am happy to see West African music go so far. I even have hardened fans in India and Bangladesh," says the singer who counts 3.6 million Instagram followers.

"My music sometimes is not traditional music only. It has blended of both traditional music and what a foreigner can relate to. So that is why we have used that method to appeal to the world. Because you can appeal to people from all walks of life."

"In Ghana music stands out because I think it's more complex and advanced than other music in certain parts of Africa. If we take East Africa, the music is very four four, it's very straight and when you come to West Africa there are a lot of polyrhythms, there are a lot of grooves."

"By the 1970s, big Highlife groups like Osibisa were already filling entire stadiums," recalls Ghanaian-Romanian musician Wanlov the Kubolor, avant-garde cultural icon and author of an offbeat album called 'Afrobeats LOL'.

Now, alongside Nigerian stars with millions of social media followers -- Wizkid, Burna Boy, Davido -- Ghanian musicians are emerging to take their turn.

Jefferson Seneadza, co-founder of the Ghanaian music streaming platform Aftown, which aims to promote African music, has noted "a massive interest in Ghanaian music".

"GHAMRO (the Ghana Music Rights Organization) is supposed to go to the radio stations, TV stations, the bars, everywhere and collect money on behalf of musicians. They do it, but they don't collect playlists to see which musician was played how many times, to give the musicians exactly what they deserve."

But Ghana's scene now faces another challenge: the COVID-19 pandemic and the strict health restrictions put in place by the government since March 2020 have been a blow to the music sector across the world.

Although the COVID-19 pandemic dealt a blow to the music sector across the globe, Ghana's Afrobeats continue to reach fans via the internet -- as Ghanaian artists navigate the budding industry in anticipation of once again being able to tour and take the international stage by storm.

OneBeat Ghana is the first OneBeat Abroad program dedicated to creative entrepreneurship. OneBeat Ghana supports the Global Music Diplomacy Initiative announced by the Department of State in September which recognizes the power of music in diplomacy to build bridges, support inclusive economic growth, and build resilient societies. The two-week program brings together 11 young leading musician entrepreneurs from Ghana, Nigeria, and the United States to build strategies for stronger local artist communities and creative economies in the region. Meet the Fellows > 006ab0faaa

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