Gyedu-Blay Ambolley – Simigwa-Do

https://amf.didiermary.fr/gyedu-blay-ambolley-simigwa-do/

Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, the versatile, irrepressible singer, songwriter, producer and Ghanean “musical- life-force” exploded on the music scene in 1973, with a jazzy Highlife sound he called “Simigwa-Do”. Simigwa-Do – version d’origine (1973) Ambolley taught himself to play the flute as a first instrument in his early years of musical interest dating back to the…

Chief (Commander) Ebenezer Obey

https://amf.didiermary.fr/chief-commander-ebenezer-obey-aimasiko/

Ebenezer Obey (born in April 1942), aka Chief or Chief Commander, began his professional career in the mid-1950s after moving to Lagos. After tutelage under Fatai Rolling-Dollar‘s band, he formed a band called The International Brothers in 1964, playing highlife–jùjú fusion. [...]

Kokoroko - Sweetie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDrS1qrHllE

London-based octet announce their second studio album, Tuff Times Never Last, with the release of “Sweetie.”

More music: https://amf.didiermary.fr/?s=kokoroko

I've just added "Nigeria 70 (No Wahala: Highlife, Afro-Funk & Juju 1973-1987)" by Various Artists (12'', 2019) on #Strut to the @musicbrainz database.

https://musicbrainz.org/release/2cb42a07-428f-47cf-841f-ce861694fcbe

♬〜 Victor Olaiya - Invitation Highlife Three Decades Of Highlife - The Best Of...
#Highlife #African #Jazz #Nigerian #NowPlaying