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NaaNa Blu releases maiden EP, “This Is Highlife”, on September 30
Musician and songwriter, NaaNa Blu who is signed to the Quophimens Musiq Label, has revealed that her much awaited maiden EP, dubbed This is highlife’ would be released on September 30, 2020.
According to the “No Pressure” singer, the EP would have five highlife songs.
Revealing the inspiration behind ‘This Is Highlife’ EP, to The Spectator, she said, “I grew up listening to highlife music, my grandparents loved the highlife sound.
“It is also to honour that childhood memory but most importantly it is to pay homage to the forebears of highlife music in Ghana.”
She further noted that the EP was to reignite the genre and have people of her age enjoy the beautiful sounds and story lines often associated with highlife.
NaaNa Blu has given the strongest indication through her previous songs that given the needed attention, she would produce classic songs, and become a household name.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
Entertainment
Ghana need industry bank to fund talents — Rocky Jigga
Ghanaian UK-based afrobeat singer, Emmanuel Rocky Gyeniaw Jnr known in entertainment circles as Rocky Jigga has expressed the need for an industry bank to fund talents.
According to him, this will help Ghanaian musicians to compete effectively with their foreign counterparts.
Rocky Jigga believes that many talented musicians have coiled back into their shells due to funding challenges.
“There’s more room for improvement. The industry needs more investors from both the government and private sector at large. We need an industry bank that funds talents, events and everything entertaining,” he said.
Rocky Jigga recently released ‘Slow Down,’ featuring Ball J.
The song which came with its video was produced by B Boat and it emphasised a man’s preference for an ideal woman irrespective of the size.
Entertainment
Israel Ofori releases ‘My Everything’ single
Gospel artist, Israel Ofori has released a new single titled ‘My Everything.’
The song is already making waves on various music platforms.
Speaking to The Spectator after the release, he said he was inspired by the words in Psalm 42 vs 1 “As the deer pants after water brooks, so pants my soul after thee, O God.”
He acknowledges God as his source, and everything, thereby encouraging all Christians and the human race to see God as their source.
In the song, Israel Ofori encourages Christians and lovers of gospel music to acknowledge God as their source of everything, saying “when you put God first, everything will align in favour.
“As 2025 unfolds it is important for people especially Christians to yearn for God and recognise Him as their source and everything,” adding that the song was timely and will help listeners in their daily walk with God and bring them to a point of surrender.”
The song is available on all digital platforms including Youtube, Boomplay, Spotify, Amazon and Apple music, Deezer and Tidal.
By Jemima Esinam Kuatsinu
