News about Kojo Antwi
Why Kojo Antwi's latest album failed?
There has been a lot of wonder and ponder over the latest release of
Ghana?s maestro in music, Kojo Antwi. What a lot of Kojo?s fans and
Ghanaians have been asking is, how come the ?Tattoo? album failed to
leave a tattoo on their minds? The ?musicman? is known for hit albums
but this one doesn?t seem to be one of them.
Source : africahit.com | 2008-01-27 06:51:00.0
Kojo Antwi loses to Ofori Amponsah
Kojo Antwi, ?the music man?, who is known for his
annual December 24 musical concert where most of his fans turn up to
have a direct feel of him on stage, has thrown in the towel, giving
Ofori the green light on 24th night....
Source : africahit.com | 2007-12-21 13:32:00.0
Ofori Amponsah clashes with Kojo Antwi
Ofori Amponsah is going to share the December 24
market with the maestro, Kojo Antwi. There certainly are fans of Kojo
Antwi who love Ofori Amponsah and vice versa...
Source : africahit.com | 2007-12-08 07:20:29.0
Kojo Antwi in danger
P&P reports that in the face of the recent mysterious killings
of Ghanaians in what has become known as ?contract killings,? security
conscious people are now taking every threat with utmost seriousness.
Source : africahit.com | 2007-08-26 04:46:00.0
50 Arrested For Piracy
A combined team of Police personnel and members of the anti-piracy task force of the Ghana Association of Phonographic Industries (GAPI) and Musicians Association of Ghana (MUSIGA) has arrested 50 people suspected to be behind pirated musical works in the country.
The suspects were arrested from their hideouts at Bantama, Asafo, Koofrom and Atonsu, all in Kumasi.
The team seized empty and pirated audio compact discs, video compact discs (VCDs), CD bags, flat screen computers and accessories, television sets, equalizers and amplifiers and recording systems. The seized items were valued at over ¢800 million.
Seized pirated works from music shops and drinking spots included the compilations of Ofori Amponsah, Esther Smith, Diana Asamoah, Isaiah Kwadwo Ampong, Tic Tac, Daddy Lumba, Kojo Antwi, among others.
Source : ghanamusic.com | 2007-07-01 10:50:23.0
Kojo Antwi, Koo Nimo Perform At MASA
Two Seasoned highlife musicians, Kojo Antwi and Koo Nimo have been invited to participate in this year’s edition of Market for African Performing Arts (MASA) slated for July 27, in Cote d’lvoire.
Eddie Band, a musical dance group based in Ghana has also been invited to perform alongside the two Ghanaian artistes.
MASA is an international cultural programme created in 1993 in Cote d’lvoire for the development of African performing arts.
It has been designed to promote artistes and their works and incorporate them into international and socio-cultural development of Africa.
Source : ghanamusic.com | 2007-06-09 23:39:04.0
On Drums... Paa Kow!
Paa Kow’s attitude, when he sits behind a drum set, is to coax out everything the set can offer. He exhibits flexibility and finesse in his playing and those are the qualities that have made him the first choice drummer for Kojo Antwi, Amandzeba, George Darko and Amakye Dede.
He has toured Switzerland, Holland, England, Italy and France with those musicians but the last time an invitation came to travel abroad, it was from the University of Colorado in the United States. He spent ten weeks there working with the university’s highlife ensemble and a quintet called By All Means.
The University of Colorado has been inviting accomplished Ghanaian musicians to collaborate with its highlife ensemble since 2000. Previous invited artistes include Agya Koo Nimo, Okyerema Asante, Kakraba Lobi and Mac Tontoh. At 23, Paa Kow is the youngest guest to have taken part in the programme.
“I enjoyed being in America because there is so much variety of music to listen to everyday. The quintet comprised a saxophonist, bassist, two percussionists and myself on kit drums. We worked out our own material which seemed to go down well with patrons in the clubs where we played. We are planning to regroup sometime later to record some of the material.”
Source : ghanamusic.com | 2007-06-01 06:30:35.0
Can Mr. All-4-Real Pass The Test?
If there is one artiste who is most qualified to break the perceived Ghana Music Award’s jinx that has so far prevented any musician from winning the topmost award twice, that artiste is Ofori Amponsah.
Unlike his predecessors - Daddy Lumba, Kojo Antwi, Lord Kenya, Kontihene, VIP and Obuor - Ofori Amponsah’s song Emmanuella, coming so closely on the heels of Otoolege which won him the top award last year, the man appears miles ahead of his fellow nominees for the Most Popular Song award.
Curiously, none of the artistes who has ever made it to the top on the GMA awards list has ever repeated the feat. Not only do they not win the award again but indeed it has been observed that the winners’ careers take a dip soon after the award.
All that might change this weekend when Ofori Amponsah walks onto the podium to receive the Most Popular Song award for Emmanuella.
Source : ghanamusic.com | 2007-05-05 14:35:32.0
Kojo Antwi Turns To Sports
Kojo Antwi, the music maestro will be one of the special guests to compete in the first Accra International Marathon slated for September. The top musician told The Statesports that he loves sports and hopes many Ghanaians will come out of their homes to run or walk in the marathon.
"Sports is a great medicine and I pray that most Ghanaians would take to sports so that they live longer," he said.
Dr Anna Bannerman-Richter, the Projects Director of Fit 4 Life and CEO of The Longevity Project, organisers of the marathon said their vision and mission was to attract many participants and increase the life expectancy, currently about 56 years and quality of life of Ghanaians.
She noted that the walk would be part of activities to mark the nation's Golden Jubilee celebration and added that the occasion would be a good time to highlight the need to take aggressive action to increase the health and longevity of the population.
Source : ghanamusic.com | 2007-04-19 13:01:16.0
K. K. Fosu Doesn't Stop Singing On New Album - "6 O’Clock"
The young contemporary highlife singer who rose to stardom while still in his teens with the groundbreaking "Suudwe" and "Anadwo Yede" has entered the ranks of Kojo Antwi, Ofori Amponsah and Daddy Lumba.
“6 O’clock”, the eagerly-awaited album from K. K. Fosu, has been happily embraced by his fans in a good way.
"6 O’clock", the title track from K. K. Fosu's new album is already burning up radio airwaves coast-to-coast and is moving up the music charts.
K. K. Fosu celebrated the launch of the “6 O’clock” album with a special performance with the D Camp stars and Ghanaian hiplife artistes and an autograph party for lots of his fans, most of whom waited for hours for a glimpse of the superstar last year.
Source : ghanamusic.com | 2007-03-13 11:00:00.0
