This is the part of Music Arena Ghana where we discuss, write about, and evaluate new music from emerging musicians as well as those who are already well-known.
When archival recordings gather dust in academic vaults, they lose the sweat, the laughter, and the shared breath that originally gave them purpose.
Folk music...
When language fails to capture the sheer scale of human suffering, art steps into the void to document the fallout.
Throughout history, protest music has...
Independent Nottingham-based folk singer-songwriter Laura Williams has released a deeply affecting new single, "After All These Years." A full-time primary school teacher, Williams navigates...
It takes a certain kind of ideological whiplash to shift from navigating corporate property deals to aggressively narrating the downfall of humanity, but at...
Faint Halos smash headlong into our digitally fragmented reality with "I Don't Want to Know," an urgent, anxiety-laced blast of alt-rock.
The Philadelphia band steered...
French composer, producer, and singer Franck Rapp has emerged from the cinematic background to share "Love on the Rocks (Stellar Version)", a stunning electronic...
Independent Oxford singer-songwriter Carmen Rose Davidson confronts the wreckage of generational addiction on her agonizing new single, "Whiskey & Sin." Released deliberately to coincide...
Independent multi-instrumentalist Cheryl Craigie has returned with a synth-pop cover of the classic soul staple, "What's Going On". Performing every vocal line and instrument...