Keyboardist Tyrone Downie, also known affectionately as Jumpy and Organ D, died on Nov. 5 in a Kingston, Jamaica hospital. He was 66. He touched all of our lives with his magical style, performing on music by Taj Mahal, Steel Pulse, Peter Tosh, The Abyssinians, Beenie Man, Black Uhuru, Buju Banton, Junior Reid, Tom Tom Club, Ian Dury, Burning Spear, …
Ghanaian songwriter and singer, Kumi Guitar, has openly stated that most Ghanaian entertainers, especially musicians are unhappy people. The musician estimated that about ninety-eight percent of musicians are depressed. He made this known during an interview with Happy FM’s Doctar Cann on the ‘Showbiz Xtra’ show aired on Happy 98.9FM. “We entertain people. At times, we come smiling but we …
Legendary Ghanaian Gospel Musician, Noble Nketiah says most of the current gospel musicians lack the power to impact others with their songs. He observes that unlike the past crop of gospel musicians, the current ones are not committed to the ministry. He shared these thoughts during an interview with Happy FM’s Doctar Cann on the ‘Showbiz Xtra’ show. “In those …
Ghanaian musician Daud Agyeman, popularly known in musical circles as Daud has hailed Westside artistes for producing the best music content. In an interview with TJDJ of Y97.9FM Takoradi on the show TJDJ’s Fame in 5, he was asked what he makes of Taadi music to which he gave the reply that he has been following Westside music for a …
Are you surprised? It’s always slightly depressing when Forbes releases rankings of celebrities’ net worths or yearly incomes, but it’s hard not to click out of curiosity anyway. While we can usually expect Dr. Dre to top the lists, it’s interesting to see by how much and see all the people that fall below his fortune. Forbes just joined in on the decade recap fun …
Ghanaian musician Nana Richard Abiona, better known by his stage name Fuse ODG has launched a campaign on Twitter — that’s the #SupportUnderground agenda. With this, he seeks to sponsor some underground musicians and of course, he’ll cater for the cost of giving them a writing camp and a studio session. Just yesterday, Fuse ODG selected 5 underground musicians on Twitter — where he’s …
Lady Prempeh has expressed her disappointment on the neglect of gospel musicians when it comes to ambassadorial deals. The ‘Aseda’ singer in an interview with Adom FM which was monitored by zionfelix.net was not enthused about the development. She said the situation is very worrying looking at the impact gospel musicians over the years have had. “Yes, I am worried …
Medikal now charges $10,000 to feature on the songs of underground and it’s nothing less than that. The Arab Money Gang Business frontier in a video he shared on his Snapchat handle indicated so. He publicly declared that there is no way he will bless or promote any underground artist’s work again if it isn’t strictly based on business. He …
Music Producer and Gospel artiste, Nacee, has revealed that he quit working for female musicians years ago. According to him, he reached the decision following the series of complaints he received from the husbands of these female artistes concerning their studio sessions. The producer born, Nana Osei, claims that because his sessions mostly run late into the night, partners of …
Up and coming artist, Yaw Berk has called out A-list artists who propagate solidarity and the promotion of each other’s work yet they secretly undermine the same process in secrecy. A worried Yaw Berk told News-One in an interview the campaigners of ‘support your own’ don’t practice what they preach and this in a long run retards the growth …
