Tuesday, 16 March 2010 00:24

The African skier known as the Snow Leopard can now add musician to his improbable list of accomplishments.

Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong has defied the odds by becoming the first person from the snowless African country of Ghana to qualify for the Olympics, and now he's entered the recording studio with Canadian fiddler Ashley MacIsaac to record a benefit song for his Olympic dream.

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Tuesday, 16 March 2010 00:24

One of the world’s biggest headline acts in the music fraternity, Rocky Dawuni, has been suggesting what he believes must transform the destiny of Africa.

Rocky Dawuni, who recently staged a show-stopping performance in Rome, says Africans must believe that they are in control of their own destiny and that whatever anybody would do for them will be a mere adjunct of their own effort.

Dawuni was speaking on Joy FM’s sister station Hitz FM’s Day Break Hitz morning show with Okyeame Quophi. 

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Tuesday, 16 March 2010 00:24

Every blessed day I tell my wife that I love her, so I don’t see why I should celebrate Valentine,” those were the exact words of Reginald Osei, nicknamed Reggie Rockstone, the hip-life Grand Papa, when the Entertainment Review Crew of Peace FM, sought to find his views on Valentine and how he intends spending the day with loved ones.

“I have never celebrated Valentine’s Day since I was born,” he stated. 

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Tuesday, 16 March 2010 00:24

Ghana’s reggae superstar Blakk Rasta will be one of the headline acts at the forthcoming reggae festival in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The festival, which comes off on the 6th of February, commemorates the birth of the reggae legend, Bob Marley.

Blakk Rasta is scheduled to present two speeches on pan africanism and two musical performances at the event, which he describes as a “pilgrimage” for the Rastafarian fraternity.

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