Tag: akwaaba
Super Akwaaba Disco Caravan
by Boima Tucker
I done a mix for Akwaaba music’s podcast. It is their first episode, so it’s an honor to have Benjamin reach out to me for that. He asked me to do a mix incorporating songs from his next release, Chaleh Move It!, which is packed with dancefloor sounds from Ghana and Ivory Coast. He told me I could mix in anything else I want, so I did. Lately I’ve been hearing songs of all different genres in all parts of […]
Categories: Music, Tha Homies • Tags: akwaaba, mixes
Akwaaba Music Launch Party
by Boima Tucker
Akwaaba Music first album launch party this Friday night in Los Angeles! DJ’s Tom Schnabel, Jeremy Sole, Chief Boima and Benjamin Lebrave, at a place called Salt. Africa is here! Get the album on itunes or at Akwaabamusic.com
Categories: Gigs • Tags: akwaaba, Los Angeles
The Highlife: Saturday October 18th
by Boima Tucker
Highlife Music was one of the first African musics to take influences from American Sounds. In the 1920’s as urban areas in West Africa grew, Jazz, and Big Band arrangements fused with local Palm Wine and acoustic musics, and also mixed with Calypso, Cuban Son, and other musics from overseas. It was fun, uplifting music in the spirit of good times. These such fusions continue on through to today, and it is in that spirit of mixing and good times, […]
Categories: Gigs • Tags: akwaaba, Anu Bar, oro 11, shawn dub, The Highlife, Third Space
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