I still don’t know why, whenever there is a new trend in Ghana music, people start saying a whole bag of stuffs about it, it happened when Ghana music changed to Hip Hop and what people called “Crunk”. I think music is dynamic as “Obrafour” said, even Hip Hop, Reggae, Dancehall, Dance, Pop, Techno, House music have been in existence since and follows same trend but I don’t remember when anyone said it should change or it’s one way, one thing I love about “Azonto” is, it’s original, straight
from Ghana and no copy and paste and I won’t mind if it stays forever. Well according to BroadwayGhana.Com, Ghanaian music has seen some appreciable growth over the years. 2011 has seen ‘Azonto’ emerging as the dominant groove thanks partially to Castro, Asamoah Gyan and Sarkodie. Award winning R&B crooner, Chemphe, believes good music is dying in Ghana. In an interview with BroadwayGhana, he urged Ghanaian artistes to work harder and produce better songs. Chemphe believes
there’s no good music in Ghana anymore. “ It’s all about rhythms that move people, no good content”, he said. BroadwayGhana caught up with Joy FMs drive time host, CEO of Empire Entertainmnet and MTN Voice Ambassador , Kwabena Anokye Adisi aka Bola Ray, to seek his comments on Chemphe’s statement. “He is partially right. Many now follow rhythmic beats and they don’t really care to decipher content and originality. Once it follows a particular style and order and good to go, they care less
about content. That’s why we have a lot of party anthems with many churning out thrash”, the experienced broadcaster explained. When asked whether the trend is good for the industry, Bola said “it puts food on the table of many, it gets them the desired recognition, the masses love it, and who am I to pass a verdict? The industry can get better anyway.” “A passing trend it (AZONTO) is but admittedly making huge and commendable waves”, added Bola. Do you agree with Chemphe and Bola Ray?
SOURCE : BROADWAYGHANA.COM
One of Ghana’s enterprising RnB singers, Henry Agyekum aka Chemphe, will embark on a two-nation tour of Kenya and South Africa, where he thrill a section of music fans in the two countries.
The RnB singer is expected to perform in some selected cities in Kenya and three other destinations in South Africa, namely Soweto, Durban and Johannesburg, alongside some of the lead music icons in those countries.
Chemphe, who made these known in an interview on Hitz TV’s ‘Countdown’ programme on Multi TV, noted that apart from his two-nation tour, he was working tirelessly to launch his fourth album in January next year.
The young singer and songwriter disclosed that his love for music dated back to his childhood days. His love for music led him to join the school choir, where he added lyrics to every song he sang. He later joined a music group but left the group after a year.
Hitting the limelight in 2007 with his first album titled ‘No Pampanaa’, Chemphe has over time developed his own kind of music which he calls Urban Life, a fusion of R&B and Ghanaian grooves.
The only male in a family of 7, Chemphe has gradually earned himself the accolade of being a ladies’ man, thanks in part to his songs which border on love, unity and other social issues.
Chemphe, who is the Africa region ambassador for YMCA, is fast becoming an international icon having performed on international platforms in Korea and recently at the Global Festival in Norway, where he launched his third album ‘New Day’.
A fourth studio album titled ‘Hidden Emotions’ is in the works for the ‘No Pampanaa’ hit maker, who also has other hit songs such as ‘Why You Dey Treat Am Bad’ and ‘One People’ to his credit. ‘Hidden Emotions’ will feature some of Ghana’s rap artistes such as D-Cyrme, Tic-Tac and Trigmatic.
