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Accra, June 26, 2020 — Ahead of a rumoured new album later this year, Edem, the contemporary, genre-fluid rapper-singer announces a six-track audio-visual EP called ‘Mood Swings’. When it does arrive, the project will be his first collection in five years. The work, while it speaks to a multiplicity of themes, is, at its core, homage to his mum, who …

Reggie Zippy & Trigmatic Ghana Music Rights Organisation (GHAMRO) has over the years been the association in charge of securing musical royalties for their copyright owners for songs produced by performing artistes. GHAMRO however has come under massive criticisms from Ghanaian artistes, casting doubts on their effectiveness and ability to deliver.  In a June 12, 2020 interview monitored by TheAfricanDream.net …

As part of its measures to bring about positive changes in the Ghana music industry, ALLIANCE FOR CHANGE IN GHANA MUSIC (AFGHAM) is launching THE MUSIC MINDS CAMPAIGN, an initiative to educate and implement strategies to enhance the careers of both artistes and stakeholders of the industry. In a bid to learn more about THE MUSIC MINDS CAMPAIGN, TheAfricanDream.net spoke …

Warner Music Group is investing an undisclosed sum into Africori, a  digital music distribution, music rights management and artist development company that calls itself “the home of African music.” Africori is the largest digital music distribution company in Sub-Saharan Africa, and has worked with both major and independent record labels. L2R: Nviiri the storyteller, Charisma, Sho Madjozi, Nabila, and Gemini Major …

The Alliance For Change In Ghana Music (AFGHAM) is a collection of creative arts stakeholders who believe in creating a thriving and prosperous music industry. AFGHAM is set to array modern ways of generating income for the music industry and Ghana as a whole through the creative arts, making the Ghana music industry attractive for investors again. It also seeks …

Tecknikal has always had a passion for music since his early school years where he used to perform freestyles on stage during entertainment nights back when he was a student at Kumasi Anglican Senior High School around 2012 in Ghana. Tecknikal who was born Earl Owusu Ankrah, moved to Columbus, Ohio in the United States at age 15, and continued …

Earl Owusu Ansah, the US-based singer from Ghana known as Tecknikal, signed unto Mugeez’s Extrial music Label has released visuals for his new song. The track titled ‘Chan Chan Lady’ is a romantic and catchy Afrobeats song produced by iPappi who is known for his production on Stonebwoy’s ‘Ololo’. The music video was shot and directed by David Duncan, who …

The Tropical House Cruises To Jamaica album which has been in the making for a few months is scheduled to drop in a few days according to the executive producer Sean ‘Contractor’ Edwards. Produced by a collective that includes Contractor Music Group, Golden Child Records, Beatbopper Records, and Kohanim Records, the project is titled Tropical House Cruises to Jamaica: The Reggae Collector’s …

Now, what’s cooler than getting music coupled with education and inspiration in times like these? Well, popular reggae artiste, Don Dada gives us just that in an interview conducted via zoom with Ghanaian-American storyteller Oral Ofori. Starting music at age 13, Menelik Nesta Gibbons aka Don Dada grew up in the Southern part of Johannesburg in a Forest Hill Turffontein from …

Grammy-nominated reggae musician and activist Rocky Dawuni of Ghana has a new single out amid Covid-19 that is accompanied by a visually appealing music video and titled “Champion Arise” from his current and seventh studio album, Beats of Zion. In an interview from Ghana, Rocky told TheAfricanDream.net that his desire is for people who listen to Champion Arise or watch …