“I wanted to go back to a highlife feeling
with this album,” explains Ebo Taylor. “The songs are very personal and
it is an important part of my music to keep alive many traditional Fante
songs, war chants and children’s rhymes.”
‘Appia Kwa Bridge’, released this April, 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 Academy, a rock solid unit since regular touring worldwide following his ‘Love And Death’ album in 2010, including a string of dates for WOMAD. Jochen Stroh works his analogue magic once more from his base at Berlin’s Lovelite Studios.
‘Appia Kwa Bridge’, released this April, 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 Academy, a rock solid unit since regular touring worldwide following his ‘Love And Death’ album in 2010, including a string of dates for WOMAD. Jochen Stroh works his analogue magic once more from his base at Berlin’s Lovelite Studios.
The album features a number of special guests within the credits
including incomparable drummer Tony Allen, original Africa 70 guitarist
Oghene Kologbo and conga maestro Addo Nettey a.k.a. Pax Nicholas.
Representing the younger players, keyboard genius Kwame Yeboah, son of
Ghanaian legend S.K. Yeboah, makes full use of Lovelite’s famed
collection of Farfisa and Wurlitzer organs.
Ebo Taylor’s ‘Appia Kwa Bridge’ is released on Strut as a 1CD, 2LP and digitally . He will be touring worldwide from May 2012.
Ebo Taylor’s ‘Appia Kwa Bridge’ is released on Strut as a 1CD, 2LP and digitally . He will be touring worldwide from May 2012.
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