Daasebre Gyamenah - How Far?

Thanks to my colleague Nii, I have some Ghanaian high life to share with you today. This album, from 2004, is really charming. Soothing and light like an ice-cold chablis. The really understated, slightly over quantised, production contributes to the effect, but it's the singing & harmonies that steal the show. I don't know much about him, but a web search brings up stories of his arrest on drug charges after stepping off a flight in London in July '06. Rather than coming across as a bad boy though, disarmingly, his lawyer says Daasebre does not want people to visit him “because he is scared. He has not gone through this kind of situation before and he does not exactly know what is happening." It appears he is still remanded in custody, with a verdict expected in May.

Daasebre Gyamenah - Onongbo
Daasebre Gyamenah - Enye Aduro
Daasebre Gyamenah - Odo Bekase Makye