2017. The Highlife Band is an authentic and unique reggae band from Seattle, Washington. Rhythms from the Spanish and French Caribbean are combined with Jamaican rockers, bif-baf, steppers, one-drop, and dancehall r..

2021. Ahemaa Nwomkro are Victoria Osei and Theresa Owusuaa. Nwomkro is an old Ashanti musical style, which played an influential role in the origin of the more roots-like Highlife style of Kumasi, the cultural capit..

2020. Possibly the best thing a compilation can do is open the door to a world of music that aside from being unknown to you, is high grade in quality, diverse and open to interpretation in as much as you are left w..

2020. The Ogyatanaa or Burning Fire Show Band was one of the more esteemed of the funky highlife groups that rocked the Ghanaian music scene during the 1970s. The band was formed in 1971 by diplomat-turned-composer,..

2020. Santrofi's debut album 'Alewa' brings a new wave of fresh highlife rooted in the past with a knowledge of the future directly from the streets of Accra. Santrofi was founded by bassist and producer Emmanuel Of..

2020. Afro-funk essential from Ghana, K. Frimpong's rare second album, recorded in 1975. As a prolific songwriter and singer, Frimpong brought a modern fusion of highlife and the traditional beat called "Ahyewa..

2020. Highlife was one of the results of the unprecedented blend of West African music traditions and various sounds and styles from the new world, especially jazz from America and calypso from the Caribbean. This c..

2020. First release in Dig This Way's maxi 12" series in the form of an experimental highlife/boogie called 'Imo Special Release' which includes some gems taken from two wonderful and unknown LPs from the heart..

2013. 'Shango' by Peter King is an album loaded with history. Originally recorded in 1974 in a Camden studio session funded by money from a TV soundtrack recorded by King a few years earlier, it remained unreleased ..

2020. Santrofi's debut album 'Alewa' brings a new wave of fresh highlife rooted in the past with a knowledge of the future directly from the streets of Accra. Santrofi was founded by bassist and producer Emmanuel Of..

2020. The first-ever reissue of the classic 1981 debut album from this much revered Ghanaian band. Vibrantly produced by British sound explorer Brian Eno in Accra, Ghana. Highlife meets Afro-funk. Spirited, horn dri..

2020. The first-ever reissue of the classic 1981 debut album from this much revered Ghanaian band. Vibrantly produced by British sound explorer Brian Eno in Accra, Ghana. Highlife meets Afro-funk. Spirited, horn dri..

2020. This classic 1974 Afro-funk delivery (originally on EMI Nigeria) gets a welcome reissue. It's no exaggeration to say that Geraldo Pino and his band the Heartbeats kickstarted the whole soul/funk/Afrobeat scene..

2013. Revered regionally for their mix of Saharan and West African sounds and for their intense guitar work and upbeat vibe, Tal National make striking music, despite a constant dearth of available instruments and a..

2018. The 1970s and 80s saw the rise of the Ukwuani style in Nigerian highlife. A funky fusion of the laidback, mellifluous guitar lines characteristic of Igbo highlife with the rugged, animated rhythm section of Ed..

2022. Amsterdam based Mauskovic Dance Band make madcap music intent on expanding musical universes. Powered by elastic rhythms and some potent dub wizardry, the five-piece are synonymous with flipping global music t..

2022. Amsterdam based Mauskovic Dance Band make madcap music intent on expanding musical universes. Powered by elastic rhythms and some potent dub wizardry, the five-piece are synonymous with flipping global music t..

2022. Introducing the Saltpond City Band, a buoyant 8-piece outfit hailing from Ghana, blending soulful highlife and percussive funk on their album 'Boko A Ko'. The Saltpond City Band was initially formed by Ghanaia..

2023. Put your dancing shoes and be ready to kill the dancefloor, the intoxicating highlife music known as Edo Funk from Benin City, Nigeria is back. Following the planetary success of Analog Africa's 'Edo Funk Ex..

2023. Helen Umebuani Nee Nkume was born in 1943 at Nbiabike Amekpu Ohafia. Though her father was a prominent member of the community, her family moved to the bigger city of Umuahia, capital city of Abia State, while..

2023. Repress with new master. 1974's 'Moving World' is a holy grail of Ghanaian groove alchemy. The title track and 'Brotherhood Of Man' are hard, grinding funk outings, while 'Jungle Music' has a more soulful gr..

2023. The 2023 studio album by the 13-piece Nigerian formation. Founded in 1996 by German-Nigerian lead singer Ade Bantu, this band have been among the up-and-coming West African acts ever since, transforming the le..

2023. The 2023 studio album by the 13-piece Nigerian formation. Founded in 1996 by German-Nigerian lead singer Ade Bantu, this band have been among the up-and-coming West African acts ever since, transforming the le..

2023. A household name in Nigeria, Dr. Orlando Owoh enjoyed a popularity that has cut across generational lines in his home country and beyond. Leading groups such as the Omimah Band and the Young Kenneries, Owoh re..

2024. This record captures the amazing live energy Santrofi, a young 7 piece highlife band from Ghana backed by a 14 piece brass orchestra from Berlin. Over 25 great musicians on stage all playing their hearts out. ..

2019. Reissue of the massively in-demand soca cover-version of Sade's classic cut 'Sweetest Taboo' by Caribbean band Rebles from 1986. In the late '80s, as electronic music permeated popular culture, Rebles helped d..

2015. A regular collaborator with Ebo Taylor, Thomas was a mainstay of the '70s and '80s Ghanaian highlife and the country's Afro-beat and -pop scenes, hitting big with the Ghana Cocoa Board-sponsored Sweet Beans ba..

2024. Jumbo System immerses in the world of Afrobeat, inspired by Fela Kuti and Tony Allen. At the crossroads of jazz, funk, highlife and traditional music. Combining this tradition with the power of a marching band..

1993. One of Ghana's finest producer and arrangers, Ebo Taylor was involved in a lot of the afro-funk to emerge from the country in the '70s working with bands such as Apagya Show Band and fellow musicians such as C..

2015.  Released for record store day 2015-first come, first served.  From bright nigerian highlife horns to ethiopian fuzz-tone guitar riffs, this 'rough guide' presents a broad selection of rare..

2011. Second volume of Vampisoul's comprehensive Highlife Time series, which guides the listener into the highlife world far enough to show that there are indeed a host of different angles and approaches representin..

2010. Segun was born in 1946 into a well regarded Lagos musical family who were church singers and organists. He started to play box guitar and the piano at nine years old. Two years later, he got to lead his first ..

2010. Segun was born in 1946 into a well regarded Lagos musical family who were church singers and organists. He started to play box guitar and the piano at nine years old. Two years later, he got to lead his first ..

2011. Second volume of Vampisoul's comprehensive Highlife Time series, which guides the listener into the highlife world far enough to show that there are indeed a host of different angles and approaches representin..

2011. Available again! Rob "Roy" Raindorf, born on the 13th of May 1949 in Accra, is definitely one of the most enigmatic artists to come out of Ghana. He appeared from nowhere with a unique and twisted so..

1993. 'Appia Kwa Bridge' is a strident return from the Ghanaian highlife guitar legend. Featuring six new compositions, his sound is more dense and tightly locked than ever with Berlin-based musicians Afrobeat Acade..

2012. Price much higher, all orders cancelled. A true gem from the excellent and lively Nigerian '70s scene. Originally released in 1978 on EMI Nigeria, this awesome LP -the band's second full length- effectively gl..

2013. "London Is The Place For Me' Afro-Cubism, Calypso, Highlife, Mento, Jazz. The Music Of Young Black London, vol. 5. Tracks: Buddy Pipp's Highlifers - Cuban Nightingale / George Browne - Calypso Mambo / ..

2013. 'Shango' by Peter King is an album loaded with history. Originally recorded in 1974 in a Camden studio session funded by money from a TV soundtrack recorded by King a few years earlier, it remained unreleased ..

2009. "Modern Highlife Afro-Sounds & Ghanaian Blues". Soundway Records step back into Africa with thirty three original and previously un-reissued tracks from Ghana delivering a follow on of sorts from..

2015. A regular collaborator with Ebo Taylor, Thomas was a mainstay of the '70s and '80s Ghanaian highlife and the country's Afro-beat and -pop scenes, hitting big with the Ghana Cocoa Board-sponsored Sweet Beans..

2013. One of Ghana's finest producers and arrangers, Ebo Taylor was involved in a lot of the Afro-funk to emerge from the country in the '70s, working with bands such as Apagya Show Band and fellow musicians such as..

2018. The Afro National band was formed in Freetown, Sierra Leone in 1972. Their inspirational leader, Sulay Abu Bakarr accompanied by his wife Patricia and Ayo Roy Macauley split from the Sabanoh Jazz Band to form ..

2016.  First ever career retrospective of key ghanaian highlife figure.  Includes two previously unreleased tracks.  - broadway dance band - go modern,ogyatanaa show band with pat thoma..

2017. A reissue of the sought-after 1980 LP by Nigerian guitarist JOE KING KOLOGBO and his backing band The High Grace. The album can be regarded as an experimental mixture of highlife and disco.

2016. Reissued on vinyl, 1974's 'Moving World' is a holy grail of Ghanaian groove alchemy. The title track and 'Brotherhood Of Man' are hard, grinding funk outings, while 'Jungle Music' has a more soulful groove. Th..

2016. Reissued on CD, 1974's 'Moving World' is a holy grail of Ghanaian groove alchemy. The title track and 'Brotherhood Of Man' are hard, grinding funk outings, while 'Jungle Music' has a more soulful groove. Th..

2017. This classic 1974 Afro-funk delivery (originally on EMI Nigeria) gets a welcome reissue. It's no exaggeration to say that Geraldo Pino and his band the Heartbeats kickstarted the whole soul/funk/Afrobeat sc..

2008. Nigerian & Ghanaian Sounds from the 60's and early 70's. Highlife, dance music played mostly in Ghana and Nigeria, represents one of the century's first fusions of African roots and western music, and befo..

2013. 'London Is The Place For Me'. Afro-Cubism, Calypso, Highlife, Mento, Jazz. The Music Of Young Black London vol. 6. Tracks: Dizzy Reece - The Escape / Mighty Terror - Life In Britain / Lord Kitchener - Roman..

2014. Reissue on CD of a great and unbelievably rare Afro Rock LP, licensed directly from Pazy (band leader of the Hippies). Pazy from the Black Hippies started playing music in the Fire Flies in the city of Warri i..

2013. 'Return Flight To Ghana 1974-1983'. From the coastal cities of Accra and Cape Coast, basked in a tropical sound heavily influenced by highlife, to the semi-Saharan cities of Tamal and Bolgatanga (part of a ..

2013. 'Return Flight To Ghana 1974-1983'. From the coastal cities of Accra and Cape Coast, basked in a tropical sound heavily influenced by highlife, to the semi-Saharan cities of Tamal and Bolgatanga (part of a sel..

2018. As the lead singer of George Darko's legendary Burger-Highlife hit-band, Lee Dodou became the number one voice of '80s highlife. Born in Kumasi, the epicenter of Ghanaian Highlife, he came to Berlin in the lat..

2015. A special triple 180-gram vinyl release, presented in a gatefold sleeve. The included 45rpm 7-inch includes the two first ever recordings by a certain Fela Ransome Kuti with his band The Highlife Rakers. Recor..