An Ode to Highlife Articles

Highlife Bands (Dance, Guitar and Concert Party Bands)

DANCE BANDS It is very easy to associate Dance bands to the more urban and elite classes in the Gold Coast and Ghana. Dance Bands were...

E.K Nyame’s Concert Party Band

‘I was having the idea of modernizing the music.’ .-E.K NYAME E.K Nyame is considered as one of the godfathers of modern Highlife music...

Adom Professionals – The Blind Concert Party

In general, people living with disabilities often find it twice as hard to break through the creative industries. While their...

THE BLACK BEATS BAND

Another successful highlife dance band was the Black Beats band. A band set up in the 1950s by two spectacular musicians King Bruce and...

Kakaiku’s Guitar Band

Kakaiku’s Guitar Band has been credited for taking inspiration from E. Nyame’s pioneering changes in Guitar bands and evolving it. While...

THE UHURU DANCE BAND 1964-early 1980s

The Uhuru Dance Band owes a huge part of their existence to the genesis and resilience of the Broadway Dance Band. In 1964, the Broadway...

BROADWAY DANCE BAND 1958 – 1964

One of the most popular songs from the 1960s was the song Wofa Nono, a danceable tune with humorous lyrics that describes a man who loves...