Highlife Music Deconstructed: Exploring Ghana’s iconic sound

5 maart, 2021|English, Muziekarchieven|

(bron: Music in Africa) If Ghana has any chance of cultivating a vibrant live music scene, then music education that’s aimed at young people and a robust infrastructure that supports live musicians must be at the heart of that change. The above conclusion is among other deductions that leading Ghanaian contemporary live musicians made during an episode with the hosts of live music programme Highlife Music Deconstructed (HMD) on 20 February. The presenters included Bernard Johnson-Tackie, a DJ and vinyl record collector, and magazine editor Abena Serwaa. The HMD series is an initiative that seeks to promote and preserve live music in Ghana and beyond. Since September 2020, the [...]