Jewel Ackah – Electric Hi​-​Life

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Jewel Ackah is, for many Ghanians, synonymous with feelgood, old-school highlife dance music. Electric Hi-Life is a monument to old school brass-band highlife sound. […]

#80smusic #Ghana #Highlife

Blay Ambolley – Simi Rapp

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A major force in Afro-funk since the early 1970s, Gyedu-Blay Ambolley is considered the godfather of Hiplife, transforming the Highlife genre by adding elements of Hiphop, Funk and Jazz, as can be seen in this amazing and influential “Simi Rapp”.

This song was originally released in 1996, as part of the album “Blay Ambolley – […]

#AfroFunk #Ghana #Highlife #Remixed #OldAfricanMusic

Pat Thomas & The Sweet Beans – Revolution

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Ghanaian highlife master and “The Golden Voice Of Africa,” here’s Pat Thomas’ first full career retrospective, “Coming Home,” covering his career from his late ‘60s big band highlife recordings through to the “burger highlife” movement of the early ‘80s.

Growing up with music around him (“my uncle, [...]

#60smusic #70smusic #80smusic #Compilation #Ghana #Highlife #OldAfricanMusic #Reggae

Ebo Taylor & the Sweet Beans – Odofo Nyi Akyiri Biara

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Ebo Taylor, here with the Sweet Beans (aka Marijata), one of the bands leading Highlife music in Ghana in the 70s.

#70smusic #EboTaylor #Ghana #Highlife #OldAfricanMusic

Orlando Julius, titan of Nigerian music

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African music pioneer, titan of Nigerian music around the world, mixing highlife and other African styles with American influences, Orlando Julius helped Fela Kuti form his early band Koola Lobitos and collaborated with Hugh Masekela & Lamont Dozier.

Orlando Julius made his debut as a musician in the 1950s in [...]

#AfroFunk #FullAlbum #Highlife #LiveMusic #Nigeria #OrlandoJulius #AfroBeat

Chief (Commander) Ebenezer Obey

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Ebenezer Obey (born in April 1942), aka Chief or Chief Commander, began his professional career in the mid-1950s after moving to Lagos. After tutelage under Fatai Rolling-Dollar‘s band, he formed a band called The International Brothers in 1964, playing highlife–jùjú fusion. The band later metamorphosed into Inter-Reformers in the early-1970s, with [...]

#60smusic #70smusic #Highlife #JujuMusic #Nigeria

Uselu Motor Park

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Edo Funk / Benin City, anyone?

Here’s “Uselu Motor Park” by the Drivers Union Dance Band & Osaro Nomayo, released in 1978. The album blends highlife rhythms with local influences, creating a lively and engaging musical experience.

David Osaro Nomayo (1956-2002), the lead figure in the band, contributes to its distinct sound and success in […]

#70smusic #FullAlbum #Highlife #Nigeria #OldAfricanMusic

This morning's #workout #music is from Nana Osei Twum Barima - slick and tight.

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