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News Ghana » Music: Ghana turns up the volume: Apprise Music takes the spotlight at WOMEX

News channel or source: https://www.myjoyonline.com/ghana-turns-up-the-volume-apprise-music-takes-the-spotlight-at-womex/
Published on: Wednesday 29 October 2025

In the vibrant corridors of the global music industry, few events command the same magnetism as WOMEX — the World Music Expo.

News Ghana » Music: Ayra Starr set to perform at 2025 edition of Tidal Rave Festival in Ghana

News channel or source: https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/Ayra-Starr-set-to-perform-at-2025-edition-of-Tidal-Rave-Festival-in-Ghana-2007515
Published on: Friday 31 October 2025

The Tidal Rave Festival has just announced that Nigerian Afrobeats star, Ayra Starr, will be performing at this year’s festival to be held in Accra, Ghana.

News Ghana » Music: "Hiplife is dead in Ghana, upcoming artistes don't want to do it" — Tinny declares

News channel or source: https://www.modernghana.com/entertainment/82014/hiplife-is-dead-in-ghana-upcoming-artistes-dont.html
Published on: Tuesday 21 October 2025

Veteran Ghanaian rapper Tinny has declared that hiplife, the genre that once defined Ghana rsquo;s urban music culture, is now dead .

News Ghana » Music: Switzerland, Ghana strengthen cultural ties through ‘The Ghana Experience’ concert

News channel or source: https://www.myjoyonline.com/switzerland-ghana-strengthen-cultural-ties-through-the-ghana-experience-concert/
Published on: Friday 31 October 2025

Switzerland and Ghana are deepening their cultural and educational cooperation through music, as both countries partner to empower young artists and promote cross-cultural understanding. On Thursday, ...

News Ghana » Music: Music groups can’t survive in today’s Ghana – Kenkubii

News channel or source: https://www.graphic.com.gh/entertainment/showbiz-news/music-groups-cant-survive-in-todays-ghana-kenkubii.html
Published on: Friday 24 October 2025

THE Ghanaian music industry has seen its fair share of dynamic groups rise and fall — from Praye, Dobble, Ruff N Smooth, Wutah to D3 just to mention a few. Some enjoyed blazing moments of fame before ...

News Ghana » Music: Talking Drums Festival: Ghana to Host Africa’s Biggest Hip-Hop Celebration in December 2025

News channel or source: https://www.zawya.com/en/press-release/africa-press-releases/talking-drums-festival-ghana-to-host-africas-biggest-hip-hop-celebration-in-december-2025-he1z6d55
Published on: Tuesday 28 October 2025

Ghana’s vibrant capital, Accra, once again sets the stage for a historic global music moment this December 2025, as the inaugural Talking Drums Festival ( www.TalkingDrums.Live) brings together some ...

News Ghana » Music: Sarkodie’s “Rapperholic”: How One Album Became Ghana’s Biggest Music Movement

News channel or source: https://www.modernghana.com/news/1440749/sarkodies-rapperholic-how-one-album-became.html
Published on: Wednesday 15 October 2025

Every December in Accra, something extraordinary happens . The streets buzz louder, the excitement peaks, and fans mdash; dressed in their best mdash; flood venues with one goal: to experience ...

News Ghana » Music: The Ghanaian musician who helped put West African music on the world map

News channel or source: https://www.cnn.com/style/article/ebo-taylor-ghanian-highlife-aag/
Published on: Monday 30 November 2020

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 ...

News Ghana » Music: India, Ghana strengthen cultural ties through annual Indian Fest

News channel or source: https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/ghana-news-india-ghana-strengthen-cultural-ties-through-annual-indian-fest.html
Published on: Thursday 30 October 2025

The Indian High Commission has held its annual Indian Fest to strengthen unity and cultural bonds between India and Ghana ...

News Ghana » Music: Ghana Music Awards USA honors Prophet Uche Boahen for his contribution to gospel music

News channel or source: https://www.ghanaweb.com/blogs/virginblogger/Ghana-Music-Awards-USA-honors-Prophet-Uche-Boahen-for-his-contribution-to-gospel-music-14123
Published on: Monday 13 October 2025

The Ghana Music Awards USA (GMA-USA has honoured Prophet Uche Boahen, General Overseer of the Reign House Chapel, for his outstanding contribution and unwavering support to Ghana’s gospel music ...

News Ghana » Music: Daddy Lumba, Ghanaian music superstar, dead at 60

News channel or source: https://www.wusa9.com/article/entertainment/music/daddy-lumba-ghana-accra-highlife-music-obituary-death-dead/65-52a3fbb7-22a0-4fc1-92df-106e095cb15a
Published on: Saturday 26 July 2025

WASHINGTON — Daddy Lumba, the Ghanaian highlife singer frequently ranked as the West African nation's greatest musical artist, died Saturday, after suffering a "short illness", according to the artist ...

News Ghana » Music: Ghana music declining, Nigeria music progressing – Shatta Wale

News channel or source: https://thenationonlineng.net/ghana-music-declining-nigeria-music-progressing-shatta-wale/
Published on: Monday 18 December 2023

Ghanaian dancehall singer, Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jr., popularly known as Shatta Wale, has lamented the declining state of his country’s music industry as compared to the progressing Nigeria music ...