And so, what is a sequestered Francis Annan watching during a global pandemic? “A lot of older cinema,” he tells me on a recent Friday via video correspondence. The man, who recently released his highly suspenseful, already critically received debut feature Escape From Pretoria, is returning to masters as Robert…

WurlD knows a thing or two about soul. It’s apparent throughout his catalogue which now stands at seven EPs. A sonic hypnotist, the Lagos native, born Sadiq Onifade, has habitually offered a technique built on tailored calm, enhanced immersion, and inner awareness that results in effectual healing. Afrosoul, his latest…

Within the Afrobeats universe, West Africa may be the face, even habitually dictate tempo, but East Africans are the real sonic stylists, Sauti Sol, Harmonize, and Diamond Platnumz providing ready references. Today, however, let’s dwell on Sauti Sol, Kenya’s foremost band who, because their sound is propped on ethereal melody…

Sitting across from me this late afternoon, at the balcony of the GhanaWeb offices in Dzorwulu, where he currently works as a multimedia journalist and host of “Bloggers’ Forum,” Abrantepa Benefo Buabeng cuts his usual tidy look: a fresh haircut, short-sleeved African print, and spectacles. The man I have come…

Days ago, conversing with musician Kyekyeku, on Facebook, I ask: “why is the dirge absent from modern Ghanaian pop?” He had sent me a recent EP by Kpodo, an excellent five-song collection comprising entirely of funeral songs, and that set the tone for a long chat on music and death. …

A number of factors have ensured the sweeping success of TV3’s “Date Rush,” least of them being its organising principle. It may be many things, but a dating show? Sure, it is marketed as one, and on surface level, could pass off as one. Formatted very much like a game…

In performing, an artist honours one part of an unspoken covenant. The other bit of the undertaking rests with the audience before whom he presents. Few congregations exhibit this like Decemba 2 Rememba patrons, who are devoted participators of Citi FM’s annual Christmas eve tradition. Distinguished by its white top…

The template for “Bukom Banku Live,” one in a string of newly announced additions to GHOne TV’s programme line up starting next month, is, in itself, not new. Over at U TV, Akrobeto (Akwasi Boadi) enjoys incremental traction for something similar, hosting “The Real News,” a weekly satirical newscast whose…

Since his emergence a few years ago, via Lynx Entertainment, KiDi has enjoyed repute not only as the label’s most technically gifted crooner, but also among the country’s elite. Author of modern highlife classics like “Say You Love Me,” “Odo,” and months ago, the jolly “Enjoyment,” the man typically inhabits…