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17/06/2022 7:00 pm - 10:30 pm Santrofi Jazz Cafe, London
21/05/2022 - 22/05/2022 8:00 pm - 3:00 am Yaaba Funk + Chiminyo + DJ Conrad Olende The Jago, London
23/04/2022 - 24/04/2022 10:00 pm - 3:00 am Afla Sackey's Highlife Plus+ | Afrik Bawantu + Joro + Cal Jader The Jago, London
26/03/2022 7:00 pm - 10:30 pm Ghanaian Keyboard Wizard Kwame Yeboah Jazz Cafe, London
Kologo is far more than a two-stringed traditional lute from North-Eastern Ghana. It’s one of the most eloquent cultural expressions of the Frafra people and, to some extent, a way of life. In 2014, Arnold de Boer, music enthusiast, singer, guitarist (The Ex/Zea) and founder of Makkum Records, who arguably...
27/06/2020 5:00 pm - 10:30 pm Hi-Life Conversations (Live on Facebook)
Today, from 5PM, join us on Facebook for an afternoon and evening of Hi-Life sounds and words! Hi-life music originated in present-day Ghana early in the 20th century. It harnesses the melodic and rhythmic structures of traditional Akan music, but is played mainly with Western instruments. Hi-life is distinguished by...
![Album Review: Santrofi – Alewa [Outhere Records; April 2020]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/santrofi-alewa-cover-335x335.jpg)
Here to revive the golden era of highlife, box-fresh 8-piece Santrofi bridge the mid-century sound of Ghana with polished afrobeat and an azonto attitude (more on that later.) Assembled around bass player Emmanuel Ofori, whose credentials include playing with elders Ebo Taylor, and Pat Thomas and Kwashibu Area Band, the...
