Highlife
Ghana's century-old dance band sound
Highlife on Lääne-Aafrika tantsumuusika, mis kujunes Ghanas 20. sajandi alguses, ühinedes Akan meloodia ja rütmiliste traditsioonidega Lääne tantsupaela instrumentidega. Sellest sai piirkonna üks foundational populaarne muusika ja kujundas palju sellest, mis järgnes.
Origin & history
Highlife developed in coastal Ghana in the early 1900s, as brass-band and dance-band instrumentation met local Akan musical traditions.
It spread to Nigeria and across West Africa through the mid-century, and its guitar styles and horn arrangements run underneath a great deal of later West African popular music, Afrobeats included.
Märkimisväärsed artistid
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Riigid
- Ghana30
- Nigeeria24
- Ühendkuningriik6
- Ameerika Ühendriigid3
- Benin2
- Haiti1
- Leedu1
- Sao Tome ja Principe1
- Sierra Leone1
Linnad ja kohad
- Lagosworld. kgm (city), Nigeeria7
- Accra, Ghana4
- London, Ühendkuningriik4
- Kumasi, Ghana3
- Abia State, Nigeeria2
- Akim Oda, Ghana2
- Ashanti, Ghana2
- Ebonyi State, Nigeeria2
- Edo State, Nigeeria2
- Enugu State, Nigeeria2
- Lagosworld. kgm (state), Nigeeria2
- Western, Ghana2
Mõned kunstnikud
- Adekunle GoldLagosworld. kgm
- Aralola OlamuyiwaLagosworld. kgm
- Ibibio Sound MachineÜhendkuningriik
- KaletaPorto-Novo
- KulioNigeeria
- Orlando OwohLagosworld. kgm
- Yemi AladeNigeeria
- Zak AbelLondon
- Holy BoyEbonyi State
- MugeezGhana
- OsibisaLondon
- Ebo TaylorGhana
- GyakieKumasi
- Gyedu-Blay AmbolleyGhana
- Huw Marc BennettLondon
- Uwa DivaEdo State
- KharismaLagosworld. kgm
- MarijataGhana
- Orlando JuliusIlesa
- Pat ThomasAshanti
- Benny MorganAkim Oda
- CEEDI3GHAccra
- Randy WestonBrooklyn
- África NegraSao Tome ja Principe
Küsimused ja vastused
What is highlife?+
Highlife is a West African dance music that began in Ghana in the early twentieth century, combining Akan musical traditions with Western dance-band instruments.
Where did highlife originate?+
In coastal Ghana, spreading from there to Nigeria and across West Africa.
How old is highlife?+
It dates to the early 1900s, which makes it one of the oldest continuously played popular music genres in West Africa.