Ghana: High-Life and Other Poc

Nonesuch Explorer Series
Nonesuch/Atlantic
World | Jul 2003

Reviews

Decca
Reviewed 2003-09-02
Orig. released in 1969, great sampling of the popular music of Ghana. Everything from happy high-life party music to traditional folk songs. Read the notes. Great stuff.

1. Uptempo dance w/a happy sound.
*2. Shakers, male vox, perc. Mid-tempo & spare.
*3. Fun uptempo romp w/orchestral sound.
4. Drums in counterpoint. A great instrumental.
*5. Happy, happy high-life w/a calypso feel.
6. Mid-tempo & light w/good percussion.
*7. An uptempo Afro-jazz jam for horns/perc. Great drum break.
8. Forest sounds, flutes, perc, chorus. From quiet to dramatic.
9. Another bouncy high-life track.
10. A jazzy, big-band sound. Mid-tempo. Cool vibes.
11. Mid-tempo w/male vox singing in Ga.
12. Light & swaying w/orchestra, chorus. Good percussion.
13. Mid-tempo w/percussion, chorus. Kind of catchy.
Sept. 2003

Recent airplay

Bus Conductor
Congo Beat
The Dog and Pony ShowSep 09, 2004
Concomba
At the Cafe BohemianOct 28, 2003
Congo Beat
Morning GloryOct 11, 2003
Sugar Soup
Fly By NightOct 06, 2003
Ebony
Morning GlorySep 27, 2003

Charting

2003-09-08 — 2003-11-10 Reggae/World
Week EndingAirplays
Nov 2 1
Oct 12 3
Sep 28 3
Sep 21 2
Sep 14 2

Track listing

1. Sugar Soup
2. Down the Congo
3. Saturday Night
4. Drum Festival
5. Concomba
6. Beyond Africa
7. Congo Beat
8. Echoes of the African Forest
9. Bus Conductor
10. Ebony
11. Kenya Sunset
12. Awuben
13. Akudonno