Bassist and session musician Michael Rhodes, who was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame in 2019, has died. He was 69. A representative for Rhodes confirmed his death to Billboard. Rhodes passed away at his home in Nashville, Tennessee, Saturday morning (March 4). No cause of death was given at press time. Rhodes was born in Monroe, Louisiana, in …
Kim Simmonds, leader of the last post-Beatles wave of British blues bands with Savoy Brown, has died at the age of 75, the band announced. Simmonds died Tuesday, the band announced on Facebook on Thursday. The group had been together for more than 55 years. Simmonds had been battling stage 4 signet cell colon cancer, a very rare form that …
Ronnie Turner, the youngest son of Tina and Ike Turner who appeared in the 1993 biopic What’s Love Got to Do With it, died on Thursday according to social media posts from his mother and wife. He was 62. “Ronnie, you left the world far too early,” the 83-year-old R&B legend wrote Friday on her Instagram account. “In sorrow I …
Mickey Gilley, a musician who scored more than three dozen top-10 country hits and whose honky-tonk club inspired the 1980 film “Urban Cowboy” and the “cowboy chic” fashion trend that followed, died Saturday. He was 86. Gilley died “surrounded by loved ones,” according to a statement from Pasadena, Texas, Mayor Jeff Wagner, who added, “Our prayers for comfort and …
According to reports, legendary jazz and R&B musician James Mtume has passed away at 76. Philadelphia-born Mtume is best known for his 1983 hit single “Juicy Fruit,” which was sampled by Notorious B.I.G. for his breakout song “Juicy.” Following in the lineage of his father— legendary jazz musician Jimmy Heath, Mtume worked with other artists like Miles Davis, Pharaoh …
Celebrated sound engineer, Appiah Dankwah, popularly known as Appietus, has stated that he cannot forcefully pass on his knowledge in music to young talents on how to make good music. Appietus’ comment comes at the back of Doctar Cann’s question on Happy FM’s ‘Ayekoo After-Drive Show’ as to why he is not teaching upcoming music producers how to produce …
Ghanaian Hip-Hop/Afro-Pop artist from Kumasi, Linford Kennedy Amankwaa, better known by his stage name Ko-Jo Cue, has acclaimed highlife legend, Daddy Lumba, as the world’s most eminent musical act. The talented artiste made this huge statement and went on to add that the late pop legend, Michael Jackson has nothing on Daddy Lumba. “If Daddy Lumba was not born in Ghana then Michael Jackson …
One observation about Gospel music is that though it continues to grow and take different forms, it has not lost its roots. The sound of black gospel music may have evolved greatly over this period but the fundamentals remain the same. Gospel musician ERN, known in real life as Ruth Baidoo is in the news once again after taking a break …
Award-winning veteran Ghanaian musician Kwame Nsiah-Apau known by the stage name Okyeame Kwame has indicated that it is not every musician that must be on stage playing shows. While speaking in a radio interview which was monitored by Zionfelix, Okyeame Kwame indicated that he was targeting the upcoming musicians. According to him, music is not only about the stage but rather music can be …
Artiste manager and musician, Ogidi Brown has stated categorically that Ghana as a country has no music industry to boast of. Speaking in an interview on Accra based Kingdom FM, the CEO of OGB Music disclosed that there is no proper entertainment industry. Acording to him, most musicians are just doing anything to survive. To the best knowledge of Ogidi …
