De Ghanese highlife liefhebber is de laatste tijd wel enigszins verwaarloosd. Ik ga dat eens dubbel en dwars goedmaken deze week. Vandaag hebben we een plaatje van twee idolen op één lp. Kyerematen Atwede en Chief Kofi Sammy zagen we … Continue reading
Dit is zo’n band, opererend vanuit Nigeria maar 100 % Ghanees. Ik heb vanaf de eerste noten, jaren geleden, een groot zwak voor Chief Sammy Kofi en zijn trawanten. Dat ie dan over yesu moet zingen in track vier, bemoei … Continue reading
The album I intended to post last sunday was this one Kwabena. When going through them I picked the one with more or less similar front sleeve. Anyway, here is another of their lp’s from the same year 1978. It … Continue reading
A very popular highlife group in our little music community is without doubt this one. Sammy Kofi and his Okukuseku International Band of Ghana worked from Lagos Nigeria. It’s on Muomaife Records and from 1978. Recorded in a christian radio … Continue reading
Always a joy to discover another album by these guys. Operating from Nigeria, Okukuseku Inter Band of Ghana is back to brighten up your lifes. I know at least one happy visitor, but I guess there’ll be a few more. … Continue reading
Good morning groovers around the globe, today you are one of the luckiest downloaders imaginable. This lp is not only one of his very best, it is from 1981 but in mint condition. Kofi Samy and his Okukuseku International Band … Continue reading
Okukuseku Band of Ghana is certainly one of the most famous of all those Ghanaian groups that went to Nigeria to find their fortune. This is the first lp they made after returning to Ghana. It is from 1979 and … Continue reading
tracks; 1 Bz mi dua na nie sae 2 Abua zni dua nyane na pra no tio 3 Sanka me wo adekye bi sen obia 4 Mede meho aba munye mami
Oh yes my musical friends, Chief Sammy Kofi is back at the GG with a truly splendid album. The more I hear from him, the more I like it. On Nigeria’s ‘Rogers All Stars’ comes another lp by this Ghanaian … Continue reading
Third LP by this artist at this page. As usual I can’t really tell you anything useful about him. I am not even sure if I like the message he is bringing. The only thing I am absolutely sure of … Continue reading
Okukuseku International Band of Ghana led by Chief Sammy Kofi had this recording made at Rogers All Stars Sound Studio, Okolo Street, Onitsha, Lagos, Nigeria. I think it’s a tremendous album, with that sparkling mixed sound of RAS but with … Continue reading
Kofi Sammy, who left the K. Gyasi’s Band and Water Proof, who left E.K.’s no.1 Band, then formed the Okukuseku’s No.2 Guitar Band in 1969. After recording some 60 plates on 45 rpm, this is their second LP. It’s quality … Continue reading
Uit Ghana zijn dit de African Brothers International onder leiding van Nana Kwame Ampadu I. We hebben er al heel wat van hun hand gezien, het lijkt op een verhaal dat nooit eindigt en dat is maar goed ook. Ik … Continue reading
Ik had een paar Ghanese platen op de korrel voor vandaag en dit is ‘m geworden. Paa Bobo’s stijl is de fijnste. Na gewerkt te hebben met Okukuseku van Kofi Sammy in Nigeria is Paa voor zichzelf be- gonnen en … Continue reading