Highlife
Ghana's century-old dance band sound
Is Highlife ceol damhsa na hAfraice Thiar a ghlac cruth i Gána go luath san fhichiú haois, ag teacht isteach in Akan traidisiúin melodic agus rithimeach chun an Iarthair rince-bhanna ionstraimí. Bhí sé ar cheann de na ceol ceoil bunaithe tóir ar an réigiún agus múnlaithe i bhfad ar cad a leanúint.
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.
Ealaíontóirí doiléire
Ar a dtugtar Ghanaian bandleader go minic an rí na highlife, lárnach chun a ré rince-bhanna.
Áit a bhfuil cónaí air
Cá dtagann na healaíontóirí seo ó
71 Highlife tá ealaíontóirí ar TimTim.Live, agus 70 acu Tá baile dúchais poiblí. Seo é an áit a dtagann siad ó.
Tíortha
- Gána30
- An Nigéir25
- An Ríocht Aontaithe6
- Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá3
- Béinis2
- Háítí1
- An Liotuáin1
- Sao Tome agus Principe1
- Siarra Leon1
Cathracha agus áiteanna
- Lagosfrance. kgm (city), An Nigéir7
- Accra, Gána4
- London, An Ríocht Aontaithe4
- Kumasi, Gána3
- Abia State, An Nigéir2
- Akim Oda, Gána2
- Ashanti, Gána2
- Ebonyi State, An Nigéir2
- Edo State, An Nigéir2
- Enugu State, An Nigéir2
- Lagosfrance. kgm (state), An Nigéir2
- Western, Gána2
Cuid de na healaíontóirí
- Adekunle GoldLagosfrance. kgm
- Aralola OlamuyiwaLagosfrance. kgm
- Ibibio Sound MachineAn Ríocht Aontaithe
- KaletaPorto-Novo
- KulioAn Nigéir
- Orlando OwohOsogbo
- Yemi AladeAn Nigéir
- Zak AbelLondon
- Holy BoyEbonyi State
- MugeezGána
- OsibisaLondon
- Ebo TaylorCape Coast
- GyakieKumasi
- Gyedu-Blay AmbolleyGána
- Huw Marc BennettLondon
- Uwa DivaEdo State
- KharismaLagosfrance. kgm
- KharismaAn Nigéir
- MarijataGána
- Orlando JuliusIlesa
- Pat ThomasAshanti
- Benny MorganAkim Oda
- CEEDI3GHAccra
- Randy WestonBrooklyn
Ceisteanna agus Freagraí
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.