The Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) wishes to inform the music fraternity and all who contested in the Ghana audition for the Bob Marley Sing Alike Contest dubbed African Roots Revelation (A2R) and are looking forward to the grand finale which was scheduled to take place in Accra in August that the event has been […]
With two months to its national congress in October in the Eastern regional capital city of Koforidua, the Musicians Union of Ghana has rolled out plans for its congress and national elections. A statement signed by the Director of Communications and Special Projects for the Union, Ahuma Bosco Ocansey indicates that contestants for the position
Her Excellency Rev. Dr. Ocansey is challenging and encouraging today’s youth to build ‘Peace Chests’ instead of ‘War Chests’. The building of these Peace Chests she believes will help the youth to understand, develop skills to effectively prevent conflict and de-escalate existing conflicts. Dr. Ocansey made this appeal to members of the National Cadet Corps
The Rastafari Council, Ghana has met with outspoken radio presenter and musician Blakk Rasta to discuss the issue of decriminalizing the use marijuana and his appearance before the Parliament. The Vice President of the Council Mervin Palmer aka Ras Aswad Nana Nkrabeah who chaired the meeting said the decision to have the meeting with Blakk
The Administrator of the Ghana Music Rights Organization (GHAMRO) Abraham Nuertey Adjetey popularly known as Agya Abraham has said that some outstanding young “right owners” (artistes) have benefited from the first distribution of royalties this year. These artistes include BET Award winners Sarkodie and Stonebwoy. Speaking to BREEZE 90.9FM reporter, Ntewusu Philomina Lisa in
So much has transpired over the past twenty years on the music landscape that it’s amazing. On the heels of the burgher highlife explosion was hiplife with a whole new lifestyle and culture and becoming a source of livelihood for many Ghanaians and indeed foreigners alike. The likes of Native Funk Lords (NFL), Nananom and
There are certain striking features about the northern region. One of them is that a simple drive from one part of the region to the other is like a whole day’s trip. Tamale to Nalerigu and back or Tamale to Mole and back takes the better part of the day. In fact the Northern Region
The Musicians Union of Ghana would like to congratulate Livingstone Etse Satekla aka Stonebwoy Burniton for winning the 2015 Black Entertainment Television Awards (BET) Awards Best International Act: Africa category. Indeed your feat from a field that included AKA (South Africa), Fally Ipupa (DR Congo), Sauti Sol (Kenya), The Soil (South Africa), Wizkid (Nigeria) Yemi
The story about the June 3 Disaster at the Goil Filling Station in Circle, Accra was broken on social media. People who weren’t asleep were the first to witness the gory scenes via Whatsapp, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and the rest. The following morning, we woke up to the scary and gut wrenching images as they
Source: BBC Burkina Faso’s President Blaise Compaore is no longer in power, an army spokesman has told demonstrators in the capital, Ouagadougou. Mr Compaore had earlier said he would step down after a 12-month transitional government had ended. However, the opposition continued to demand that he resign, angry at his attempts to amend the constitution and
