Highlife
Ghana's century-old dance band sound
Highlife hija mużika taż-żfin Afrika tal-Punent li ħadet forma fil-Gana fil-bidu seklu għoxrin, jingħaqdu ma melodic Akan u tradizzjonijiet ritmika għall-istrumenti Punent żfin-band. Dan sar wieħed mill - mużika popolari fundamentali tar - reġjun u sawwar ħafna minn dak li kien hemm wara.
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.
Artisti notevoli
Il-bandleader tal-Gana spiss imsejjaħ ir-re tal-highlife, ċentrali għall-era żfin-band tagħha.
Fejn jgħix
Fejn dawn l-artisti ġejjin minn
71 Highlife artisti huma fuq TimTim.Live, u 70 minnhom għandhom belt pubblika. Hawnhekk huwa minn fejn ġejjin.
Pajjiżi
- Il-Gana30
- In-Niġerja25
- Ir-Renju Unit6
- L-Istati Uniti3
- Il-Benin2
- Il-Ħaiti1
- Il-Litwanja1
- Sao Tome u Principe1
- Is-Sjerra Leone1
Bliet u postijiet
- Lagos (city), In-Niġerja7
- Accra, Il-Gana4
- London, Ir-Renju Unit4
- Kumasi, Il-Gana3
- Abia State, In-Niġerja2
- Akim Oda, Il-Gana2
- Ashanti, Il-Gana2
- Ebonyi State, In-Niġerja2
- Edo State, In-Niġerja2
- Enugu State, In-Niġerja2
- Lagos (state), In-Niġerja2
- Western, Il-Gana2
Xi wħud mill - artisti
- Adekunle GoldLagos
- Aralola OlamuyiwaLagos
- Ibibio Sound MachineIr-Renju Unit
- KaletaPorto-Novo
- KulioIn-Niġerja
- Orlando OwohOsogbo
- Yemi AladeIn-Niġerja
- Zak AbelLondon
- Holy BoyEbonyi State
- MugeezIl-Gana
- OsibisaLondon
- Ebo TaylorCape Coast
- GyakieKumasi
- Gyedu-Blay AmbolleyIl-Gana
- Huw Marc BennettLondon
- Uwa DivaEdo State
- KharismaLagos
- KharismaIn-Niġerja
- MarijataIl-Gana
- Orlando JuliusIlesa
- Pat ThomasAshanti
- Benny MorganAkim Oda
- CEEDI3GHAccra
- Randy WestonBrooklyn
Mistoqsijiet u Tweġibiet
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.