605633128024

The Rough Guide To Highlife

Various Artists

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: RGNET1280CD

Release Date:  25 June 2012

Label:  World Music Network

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  605633128024

Genres:  World Music  

  • Description

    This Rough Guide is jam-packed with some of the biggest hitters in highlife history. Enjoy Victor Uwaifo's Nigerian joromi stylings, the gentle Ghanaian palm-wine of Koo Nimo, and even an early recording of Afrobeat superstar Fela Kuti presenting a firmly highlife vibe.

    Bonus CD: Seprewa Kasa - 'Seprewa Kasa'
    The seprewa is not called the 'soul of highlife' for nothing - it is likely to be the greatest African instrument you'll ever hear. This fresh and delicate, but seriously endangered, Ghanaian instrument is a cousin to the ever-popular kora from Mali, with a more earthy sound. Three virtuoso musicians (Baffour Kyerematen, Alfred Kari Banaman and Osei Korankye) have shared their ideas and passion to re-explore the traditional sounds of seprewa and origins of highlife in an acoustic contemporary setting, with breathtaking results.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Fela Ransome-Kuti And His Koola Lobitos - Highlife Time
      • 2. Desmond Ababio, Lewis Wadawa & Black Beats Highlife Dance Band - Tsutsu Tsosemo (Old Time Training)
      • 3. Gentleman Bobby Benson - Taxi Driver
      • 4. Sweet Talks - Juliana
      • 5. Roadmaster & Agyemang - Akwasi Broni
      • 6. Francis Kenya's Guitar Band - Memia (I Am Too Broke)
      • 7. Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe - Osondi Owendi
      • 8. Sir Victor Uwaifo - Do Amen Do
      • 9. Celestine Ukwu - Igede
      • 10. Koo Nimo - Se Wo Nom Me (Tsetse Fly You Suck My Blood)
      • 11. Professional Seagulls Dance Band - Atabala Woman
      • 12. Dr Victor Olaiya - Pariboto Riboto
      • 13. Genesis Gospel Singers - Momma Mo Akoma Ntutu

      Disc 2

      • 1. Adowa (Otanfo)
      • 2. Dagomba
      • 3. Nkabom
      • 4. Seprewa Kasa
      • 5. Towoboase
      • 6. Nkasoo
      • 7. Agyese Wobre
      • 8. Barima Ye Na

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