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Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news. en-uk Sun, 21 Nov 2009 10:15:37 +0100 BO Adamson - info@modernghana.com 11/21/2009 10:15:37 AM Bright Owusu - webmaster@modernghana.com All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective owners. 60 There are almost as many labels as there are artistes today One would have expected that the trend will translate into injunction of more money into the industry but no The reasons are simple most of theselabels are set up by artistes to promote their own music and not to run a professional label For most artistes executive producers ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/music/10522/3/are-there-any-record-labels-in-ghana.html http://www.modernghana.com/music/10522/3/are-there-any-record-labels-in-ghana.html http://www.modernghana.com/musicthread1/10522/3/#showcomments2 Thu, 18 Nov 2009 21:46:25 +0100 0 Goldcoast clothing line is fast becoming a source of trendy casual clothes Tshirts Polo or Golf shirts and jeans for most young men and women in Ghana Driven by a passion to redefine Ghanaian clothing through motifs inspired by indigenous African hip hop designers Tii Jay and Aziz are leaving their mark with design after designBoth desi ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/music/10515/3/goldcoast-clothing-for-the-trendy-ghanaian.html http://www.modernghana.com/music/10515/3/goldcoast-clothing-for-the-trendy-ghanaian.html http://www.modernghana.com/musicthread1/10515/3/#showcomments2 Thu, 18 Nov 2009 19:38:21 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/music/10504/3/ghanaians-charged-to-project-culture.html http://www.modernghana.com/music/10504/3/ghanaians-charged-to-project-culture.html http://www.modernghana.com/musicthread1/10504/3/#showcomments2 Tue, 16 Nov 2009 17:17:15 +0100 0 If last Saturdays show was to test why he is MAMAs Africa best performer then Samini comfortably proved itReally Kumasi did enjoy the first of his fourdestination nationwide tour dubbed Samini Experience Ghana It came off very successfully at the Heroes Park forecourt of the Baba Yara Sports Stadium Kumasi where over Samin ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/music/10503/3/after-successful-kumasi-gig-samini-experience-ghan.html http://www.modernghana.com/music/10503/3/after-successful-kumasi-gig-samini-experience-ghan.html http://www.modernghana.com/musicthread1/10503/3/#showcomments2 Tue, 16 Nov 2009 12:30:49 +0100 0 The Northern Regional Chairman of the Musician Union of Ghana MUSIGA Mr Delali Alormenu has called on government to see the music industry as a potential sector to reduce unemployment rate He said musicians are partners of nations development and called on the government to give it the necessary footing and attention to be able to contribute m ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/music/10484/3/music-industry-is-hub-of-employment-in-ghana.html http://www.modernghana.com/music/10484/3/music-industry-is-hub-of-employment-in-ghana.html http://www.modernghana.com/musicthread1/10484/3/#showcomments2 Thu, 11 Nov 2009 17:55:10 +0100 0 The Ngoma Africa band a Tanzanian band based in Germany has released a new single CD Apache Wacha Pombe which means Apache stop over drinking alcohol And by all accounts its a hit in EuropeThis danceable song composed by bandleader Ebrahim Makunja aka Ras Makunja bwana kichwa ngumu is about a poor man called Apache who spends all hi ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/music/10450/3/tanzanian-band-takes-on-europe.html http://www.modernghana.com/music/10450/3/tanzanian-band-takes-on-europe.html http://www.modernghana.com/musicthread1/10450/3/#showcomments2 Mon, 08 Nov 2009 21:42:21 +0100 1 The much anticipated SAMINI XPERIENCE GHANA TOUR is finally here Between November th and December the multiGhana Music Awards winner and MOBO African Artist of the year hosts four big outdoor events in Kumasi Tamale Takoradi and Accra Final road map for the fourleg inspirational music concert tour is as follows ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/music/10449/3/samini-experience-ghana-tour-kicks-off-in-kumasi-n.html http://www.modernghana.com/music/10449/3/samini-experience-ghana-tour-kicks-off-in-kumasi-n.html http://www.modernghana.com/musicthread1/10449/3/#showcomments2 Mon, 08 Nov 2009 21:31:20 +0100 0 Unlike the Kora Awards which gives equal playing field to all African artists the Channel O Africa Music Video Awards also known as Spirit of Africa Music Video Awards has a somewhat partial tradition of showcasing the talents of selected few African artist mainly artist from Nigeria Zimbabwe and NamibiaChannel O Music Video Awards is a Pa ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/music/10374/3/2009-channel-o-africa-music-video-awards-ghana-los.html http://www.modernghana.com/music/10374/3/2009-channel-o-africa-music-video-awards-ghana-los.html http://www.modernghana.com/musicthread1/10374/3/#showcomments2 Sun, 31 Oct 2009 20:42:08 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/music/10315/3/be-black-serves-music-on-all-levels.html http://www.modernghana.com/music/10315/3/be-black-serves-music-on-all-levels.html http://www.modernghana.com/musicthread1/10315/3/#showcomments2 Sun, 24 Oct 2009 12:22:50 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/music/10314/3/rick-bacchus-to-work-with-becca.html http://www.modernghana.com/music/10314/3/rick-bacchus-to-work-with-becca.html http://www.modernghana.com/musicthread1/10314/3/#showcomments2 Sun, 24 Oct 2009 12:22:50 +0100 1 He began playing the gramophone at the age of Later singing and playing piano as a child At age after seeing the film Young Man With a Horn in which Kirk Douglas portrays American jazz trumpeter Bix Beiderbecke he took up playing the trumpet His first trumpet was given to him by Archbishop Trevor Huddleston the antiapartheid chapl ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/music/10307/3/hugh-masakela.html http://www.modernghana.com/music/10307/3/hugh-masakela.html http://www.modernghana.com/musicthread1/10307/3/#showcomments2 Sun, 24 Oct 2009 11:41:34 +0100 0 Queen Mother of the Korleywa AccraTeshie traditional area has voiced her opinion about the kind of music being churned onto Ghanas music scene Speaking exclusively to BEATWAVES the Queen Mother who is quite appreciative of the current state of the industry expressed the need for stakeholders to make the countrys culture an integral pa ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/music/10280/3/promote-ghanaian-culture-through-music-queen-mothe.html http://www.modernghana.com/music/10280/3/promote-ghanaian-culture-through-music-queen-mothe.html http://www.modernghana.com/musicthread1/10280/3/#showcomments2 Fri, 22 Oct 2009 11:59:46 +0100 0 For sometime now Samini has comfortably enjoyed the position of being the most exciting performing act on stage but after a horrendous flop at the Busta Rhymes Concert at the Accra Conference Centre a couple of weeks ago he was gradually losing an integral part of his staying power and appeal as an artist Following several criticism at his attem ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/music/10194/3/samini-redeems-himself-at-okomfo-concert.html http://www.modernghana.com/music/10194/3/samini-redeems-himself-at-okomfo-concert.html http://www.modernghana.com/musicthread1/10194/3/#showcomments2 Sat, 09 Oct 2009 20:29:54 +0100 0 Akon is the latest US superstar to sign up for the MTV Africa Music Awards MAMA with Zain The SenegaleseAmerican multiplatinum artist and producer is set to headline at the MAMA Awards in Nairobi Kenya on October performing alongside Fugees alumnus Wyclef Jean and a host of Africas most celebrated contemporary artists including Wah ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/music/10119/3/akon-to-perform-at-mamas.html http://www.modernghana.com/music/10119/3/akon-to-perform-at-mamas.html http://www.modernghana.com/musicthread1/10119/3/#showcomments2 Wed, 29 Sep 2009 10:35:54 +0100 0 Recently there have been several drives and efforts by individuals groups and companies to reintroduce live music in to the music scene We have seen reality shows like Bands Aliveand Cover Version whip up interest in live band A couple of years ago the Ghana Music Awards also introduced live band music into the ceremony In all of these ini ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/music/9915/3/coup-dtats-revolutions-killed-live-band-music.html http://www.modernghana.com/music/9915/3/coup-dtats-revolutions-killed-live-band-music.html http://www.modernghana.com/musicthread1/9915/3/#showcomments2 Tue, 31 Aug 2009 15:21:44 +0100 0 The Minister of Chieftaincy and Culture says his ministry will provide the needed push and support for the visual arts industry to make it a vehicle to rebrand the country Mr Alexander AsumAhensah said the arts and culture sector of a country should be protected because it depicted the totality of the lifestyle of the people which distinguishe ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/music/9864/3/boost-for-the-arts-industry.html http://www.modernghana.com/music/9864/3/boost-for-the-arts-industry.html http://www.modernghana.com/musicthread1/9864/3/#showcomments2 Tue, 24 Aug 2009 13:10:44 +0100 0 fourth Republic has seen successive governments embark on various investment drives under varied names Governments have identified investments in industries and sectors as vital for the development of the country Some have organised fora on how to attract investments into various sectors some have set up special bodies to attract investments whe ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/music/9860/3/government-must-attract-investments-for-gh-music.html http://www.modernghana.com/music/9860/3/government-must-attract-investments-for-gh-music.html http://www.modernghana.com/musicthread1/9860/3/#showcomments2 Tue, 24 Aug 2009 10:15:09 +0100 0 THE INSTITUTE for Music and Development IMD administrators of the Ghana Cultural Fund GCF over the weekend launched yet another call for applications for support in respect of cultural projects related to development Making the call a codirector of IMD said organizations and individuals with projects involving dance music theatre ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/music/9831/3/cultural-fund-calls-for-applications.html http://www.modernghana.com/music/9831/3/cultural-fund-calls-for-applications.html http://www.modernghana.com/musicthread1/9831/3/#showcomments2 Fri, 20 Aug 2009 12:58:15 +0100 0 FASTFLOWING rapper makes another date with the Miss Ghana and National Dance Championship nationwide road show as he jumps on board to perform at the Sunyani Polytechnic Auditorium tonight He was with the show when it stopped over at Koforidua a few weeks ago and is charged up to repeat his thrilling act for music fans in the Brong Ahafo ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/music/9756/3/quata-performs-at-miss-ghana-tonight.html http://www.modernghana.com/music/9756/3/quata-performs-at-miss-ghana-tonight.html http://www.modernghana.com/musicthread1/9756/3/#showcomments2 Sat, 07 Aug 2009 12:22:42 +0100 0 On a regular visit to a friends house a few months ago I decided to carry with me a draft of the Pinnacle Magazine a magazine which will deal with Ghanaian Music to get her views on the project We were only half way through with the design and layout the friend a Professor and Lecturer of film at the New York University film maker and wife ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/music/9737/3/the-ghana-cultural-magazine.html http://www.modernghana.com/music/9737/3/the-ghana-cultural-magazine.html http://www.modernghana.com/musicthread1/9737/3/#showcomments2 Wed, 04 Aug 2009 15:42:50 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/music/9725/3/zambia-here-we-come.html http://www.modernghana.com/music/9725/3/zambia-here-we-come.html http://www.modernghana.com/musicthread1/9725/3/#showcomments2 Mon, 02 Aug 2009 23:35:58 +0100 0 Fashion travel music and interesting people is what MNets Studio has to offer DStv audiences across Africa this week Coming to audiences from the beautiful Oriental hotel in Lagos the MNet lifestyle program takes viewers witness Gaetanos nuptials talks to Refilwe Ledwaba about being a pilot pays tribute to the King of Pop Mic ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/music/9716/3/uganda-malawi-ethiopia-ghana-and-south-africa-on-m.html http://www.modernghana.com/music/9716/3/uganda-malawi-ethiopia-ghana-and-south-africa-on-m.html http://www.modernghana.com/musicthread1/9716/3/#showcomments2 Fri, 30 Jul 2009 23:33:15 +0100 0 s Highlife a musical genre that originated in Ghana Sierra Leone and Nigeria fused African rhythms with western music The sound of which there were a few variations generally combined multiple guitar rhythms with a brass band backing as well as various percussion instruments Its roots can be traced back to the s to the music o ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/music/9709/3/history-of-gh-music.html http://www.modernghana.com/music/9709/3/history-of-gh-music.html http://www.modernghana.com/musicthread1/9709/3/#showcomments2 Fri, 30 Jul 2009 11:16:20 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/music/9670/3/akakpo-and-kpakpo-to-represent-volta-region-in-nat.html http://www.modernghana.com/music/9670/3/akakpo-and-kpakpo-to-represent-volta-region-in-nat.html http://www.modernghana.com/musicthread1/9670/3/#showcomments2 Tue, 27 Jul 2009 07:14:15 +0100 0 The long awaited event is almost here as the first ever Ghana Day Parade will be taking place in the Bronx of New York City on Sunday August in Crotona Park in the BronxSince the dawn of Ghanas th anniversary a resounding rhythm had been beating that resonated in the hearts of Ghanaians in the United States There was a call to o ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/music/9648/3/ghanaians-to-showcase-cultural-heritage-in-the-bro.html http://www.modernghana.com/music/9648/3/ghanaians-to-showcase-cultural-heritage-in-the-bro.html http://www.modernghana.com/musicthread1/9648/3/#showcomments2 Sat, 24 Jul 2009 15:22:13 +0100 0 Rhyming Malaria Away is a special initiative of Miss Malaika Ghana Tamara Aku Dzormeku in collaboration with Nestle Ghana Limited Darling Wigs MTN ATL and Forever Easy It is a poem writing competition on malaria among some selected primary schools in the Greater Accra Region The competition was aimed at both encouraging the creativ ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/music/9626/3/malaika-poem-competition.html http://www.modernghana.com/music/9626/3/malaika-poem-competition.html http://www.modernghana.com/musicthread1/9626/3/#showcomments2 Fri, 23 Jul 2009 12:31:09 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/music/9617/3/takoradi-set-to-grab-the-mic.html http://www.modernghana.com/music/9617/3/takoradi-set-to-grab-the-mic.html http://www.modernghana.com/musicthread1/9617/3/#showcomments2 Thu, 22 Jul 2009 15:35:45 +0100 0 MNets starmaking model search Face of Africa is back bigger better and revamped And gorgeous Kate TachieMenson winner of the last episode has inspired a lot of changes with her success story after a previous failed attemptNow entering its th season MNet has announced the legendary search has metamorphosed from a fourpart ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/music/9594/3/kate-inspires-face-of-africa.html http://www.modernghana.com/music/9594/3/kate-inspires-face-of-africa.html http://www.modernghana.com/musicthread1/9594/3/#showcomments2 Wed, 21 Jul 2009 22:23:09 +0100 0 The nominees for the Channel O Music Video Awards were announced at a press conference at Melrose Arch Johannesburg Ghanas Okyeame Kwame recieved three nominations with his Woso Video The annual awards event has already stamped its mark on the continent as the most Afrocentric of them all and this year adding to that is the re ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/music/9554/3/3-channel-o-nominations-for-okyeame-kwame.html http://www.modernghana.com/music/9554/3/3-channel-o-nominations-for-okyeame-kwame.html http://www.modernghana.com/musicthread1/9554/3/#showcomments2 Sat, 17 Jul 2009 16:48:10 +0100 0 In a New York Times column Friday hours before Obama arrived in Ghana Bono wrote that if Americas first black president were making a sentimental journey to Africa hed have gone to Kenya the birthplace of his fatherHes made a different choice and hes been quite straight about the reason Bono added Despite Kenyas unspeakable bea ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/music/9530/3/rock-star-says-ghana-is-rebranding-africa.html http://www.modernghana.com/music/9530/3/rock-star-says-ghana-is-rebranding-africa.html http://www.modernghana.com/musicthread1/9530/3/#showcomments2 Wed, 14 Jul 2009 23:57:06 +0100 0