SEPTEMBER
Gal Level's launch on the 3rd September and its expected to the best ever in the country with artists coming from Africa including: Toniks (Uganda), Roberto & General Ozzy(Zambia), Kalahari-ans(Namibia) and many more from south Africa.

Apart from the launch itself, KN256 is lining up it's projects for recording and video shootings.
Money buy me Love-Toniks (Uganda) & Gal Level (Namibia) is to be shot from Namibia by the best producers around the continent according to Ogopa Butterfly Namibia.

Priceless-Toniks (Uganda) & Roberto(Zambia) is to to also be shot from the same country as decided by different african managers by Munyaradzi(Nigeria) and Hasz Media Ent. Africa from Uganda.

I was in the DC, Maryland, Virginia area in late July for an event and took the opportunity to see Kojo Antwi in concert again, which was organized by Special Kay Entertainment. I had already seen him at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Kumasi during the 2009 Christmas period. I was excited to see him in concert again but his music is great and evergreen. The show was scheduled to run from 10pm to 4am, because Kojo loves to leave it late. Late he did, he was on stage at 1am and performed for 3 hours. Till 4am! Even some of the concert goers got tired and went home and Mr. Music Man kept on going like an energizer bunny. He's truly the maestro.

Before Kojo was on stage, a couple of Ghanaian music acts preceded him. Koby Maxwell performed his popular tunes like Abiba and I'm aware while Papa Shee performed Koyon so, Ate pa, Atadwe amongst others. While introducing Kojo Antwi, the emcee said, "One of the most famous musicians from Ghana" in reference to Kwadwo. I thought this was a little disappointing. Kojo should be one of the most famous musicians from Africa, and not just Ghana. This is what he should strive for and he needs the support of Ghanaians everywhere as well. His singing in Twi is not the only limiting factor, Angelique Kidjo, Oliver Mtukudzi and Salif Keita have navigated that problem already.

I happened to catch the Okoye brothers, arguably Africa's best musicians, performing for the first time earlier this month in Oakland. The concert was organized by Eugene Entertainment at Historic Sweets Ballroom and the resident dj was my boy, Deejay Slim. I knew P-Square were one of the best performing African music acts and they lived up to the billing. They performed for two hours, gave out free t-shirts, cds and posters and even some of the things they were wearing. The girls were going crazy, and the guys were enjoying themselves. Definitely one of the best African music concerts I've been to.

As they sang in their song, Danger - "If them dey talk our agenda (agenda), Make them go check our calendar (calendar), Na different countries we dey enter (enter), From January to December, Omo, wahala dey". P-Square was on an American tour which had seen them already go to Los Angeles. I had heard the LA show flopped because they were only on stage for less than a hour. I prayed that wouldn't happen in Oakland. The show was advertised as from 7pm to 2am. I knew for a fact P-Square would not be on stage till 11:30pm at the earliest. My friends who didn't get that memo and got there at 7pm had to wait 4 hours for the performance. They did get to see P-Square rehearse, which was nice. :-) They performed with a whole band; a guitarist, a drummer, and a pianist. They had a couple more dancers who contributed to the choreography on stage. Did you see that? P-Square performed with a band! They are a level above all the other young hot African music acts of today. E no easy!

The musicians who performed at the FIFA World Cup™ Kick-off Celebration Concert included
Lira, Angelique Kidjo, K'Naan, Freshlyground, Soweto Gospel Choir, Parlotones, Amadou & Mariam, Hugh Masekela, Blk Jks, Tinariwen, Mzansi Youth Choir, Vieux Farka Toure, Vusi Mahlasela, Alicia Keys, Black Eyed Peas, Shakira, John Legend, etc

The first FIFA World Cup™ on the African continent may be scheduled to kick off on 11 June 2010 but the event begins in earnest the night before with the inaugural FIFA World Cup™ Kick-off Celebration Concert.

You can view the concert at this link

Watch Lira & Hugh Masekela perform at the concert

Mimi Divalish, Sarkodie, Samini, Obrafour join South African musicians in a World Cup bash at the start of the Mzansi Mundial, the 2010 FIFA World Cup which starts June 11th. The venue will be the Pretoria Show grounds. The event is being organized by FIFA in collaboration with Kofi Pinkrah media.

Mimi is a former Big Brother Africa Housemate and released a successful debut album called Music in me. Check out her two new singles Shayo and Kiss and tell. She is the only female artiste on the show.

Sarkodie is the reigning Ghanaian artiste of the year who also doubles as the best new African artiste at the recently ended Museke Online Africa Music Awards (MOAMas). Samini won the best dancehall song in the same MOAMAs while Obrafour, a Ghanaian rap legend, made a great comeback last year with his Kasiebo winning collaboration of the year at the Ghana Music Awards.

Transplanted from Accra City, Ghana to Brooklyn at the age of 12, Blitz makes a particular brand of hip-hop, recorded and performed with his live band The Embassy Ensemble, and influenced by the High Life sounds he grew up around in Ghana. His debut album, Stereotype [LISTEN HERE], hit Top Ten on iTunes Hip-Hop chart with no label support, and the video for his song "Breathe" was in rotation on MTV2 this past summer, which led to a 'Live Sessions' recording for MTVU featuring John Forte. He just released a live album, Stereolive [LISTEN HERE].

He has performed with artists like Nas, The Roots, Mos Def, Akon, Fabolous, Rakim, Slick Rick, Styles P, Rakim, and has headlined venues all over the country, recently coming back from a West Coast Tour. This summer, in NYC he'll be opening up for PUBLIC ENEMY at Central Park Summerstage on August 15th

Watch Blitz live in action HERE: http://www.vimeo.com/channels/blitz

K'Naan, Freshlyground, Soweto Gospel Choir, Hugh Masekela, Mzansi Youth Choir have been named to the final line-up of African and South African artists for the FIFA World Cup Kick-Off Celebration Concert. FIFA and Control Room, a producer of global music events, today made the announcement.

Kwadwo Antwi, one of the most famous musicians from #Ghana will be touring the USA this summer. He will start in off in New York City at Gauchos, 488 Gerard Avenue, in the Bronx. His recent album, Mwaah, was released last year and had hit songs like Adiepena, Sho'naa and Happy anniversary. Click this link to listen to a playlist of Kojo Antwi songs.

Stay tuned to this page for more updates.

COME AND SEE KOJO PERFORM THE SONGS WE ALL HAVE GROWN TO LOVE.....

NEW YORK SATURDAY JULY 3 2010

ATLANTA SATURDAY JULY 10 2010

MARYLAND SATURDAY JULY 24 2010

Kwabena Kwabena - Game Changer for African Music

Kwabena, Kwabena will be making his first appearance in America in New York City, on Saturday, March 20, 2010 at the Park Central Ballroom courtesy of Boogie Down Nima Productions.

If there is a face to African indigenous soul music movement, it is probably Kwabena Kwabena. The respect he receives from other artists has been driven by his uncompromising success as well as from the unselfishness he has shown in support of other up-and-coming singers and musicians. A tirelessly touring artist, Kwabena, Kwabena vocals can be heard on countless albums by other artists such as Daddy Lumba, Okyeame Kwame , Tinny , Kontihene , Castro, and Obrafour. That peer love appears to only be exceeded by the near fanatical following he has among a surprisingly large fan base, both old and young, making him a sort of Highlife soul royalty. Kwabena, Kwabena has dominated African radio and he is quickly changing the game and the sound of African Highlife music.

I've always wanted to attend a Kojo Antwi concert. Every time he had one of those 24th night shows in Accra, I was in Kumasi with my family for Christmas. So when I saw the poster for his 2009 festive season concerts, I wished he'd be in Kumasi as well. My brother pointed out to me that he'll be live at Golden Tulip Kumasi City Hotel on the 26th of December. I was not going to miss out. Yes, I wasn't going to attend the concert with my girlfriend like I always planned but I was going to be there to sing along to all of Kojo Antwi's songs. Kojo Antwi is arguably the biggest Ghanaian musician ever. He's the music maestro, Mr. Music Man. He's awesome, his rasta is evermore and his music is timeless.