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	NPR : Vintage Highlife and Afrobeat on 'Bokoor Beats'
		The Bokoor Band drew on Ghana's sunny "highlife" style, funky Afrobeat from neighboring Nigeria, and even the Latin-tinged soukous sound shimmying out of the Congo.
		All Things Considered, July 31, 2007 · In Ghana, the '70s was a time of political repression, high inflation, and funky pop music.
		They drew on Ghana's sunny "highlife" style, the funky, politically-edged Afrobeat from neighboring Nigeria, and even the Latin-tinged soukous sound shimmying out of the Congo.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=12382547 (465 words)

	ChiefreviewsSoundTime
		Highlife is dance music, and it has a bounce to it that should suggest the dance floor even to Western ears.
		One of the giants of Nigerian highlife music, Osadebe was a gold-selling pop star in his homeland from the mid-'60s well into the '80s, but his music has been almost entirely unavailable in the U.S. This collection, which condenses a 40-year career to seven tracks.
		Highlife music was born in Ghana during the 1920s, but a Nigerian big-band version had evolved by mid-century.
	www.afrodicia.com /chiefreviews_sound.htm (1542 words)

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		WebPage about African Highlife releases in UK : http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/african.htm Some reviews of African releases : http://www.slipcue.com/music/international/africa/aa_albums/A_01.html Listed at first will be at first highly original crossover styles and then the examples from Africa with complex hypnotic rhythms with a "psychedelic" effect.
		Track 7 has a funky wah wah electric guitar, flute, some extra band arrangements, a hypnotic repetitive rhythm, and a sax solo a bit further on.
		Their style on their second album was being described in the notes as "moving through a funk rock landscape where Grand Funk Railroad meets KC and the Sunshine Band...etc." It was influenced by Ginger Baker (Cream), who came to Lagos once.
	psychevanhetfolk.homestead.com /files/AFRICA2.TXT (3279 words)

	Rumor Mill of Friday, 20 October 2006
		Ghana in the 1970s was a period when highlife music was under threat as the big band era gave way to a mushrooming of discos playing imported music.
		With the influence of disco at it's height and the Ghana record industry in serious decline, due to overwhelming economic problems which began to affect the whole country, C.K. evaluated the situation, and quickly turned the 'disco threat' to his advantage.
		In the 1980s, C.K. Mann turned his attention to traditional gospel highlife, and spearheaded another development, which today, is one of the most popular forms of highlife music.
	www.ghanaweb.com /GhanaHomePage/rumor/artikel.php?ID=112436 (745 words)

	Benn loxo du taccu » Blog Archive » Highbeat
		Some started trying new forms of guitar-heavy highlife, dropping the horns and slow-dance rhythms of old in favour of a faster, harder music.
		He took the traditional Ghanaian osode highlife beat and remixed it for the new generation.
		In present-day Ghana highlife is alive and well, though gospel-highlife is the sound of the moment thanks in part to people like Mann.
	bennloxo.com /archives/2004/12/26/highbeat (555 words)

	MANN C.K. : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		MANN C.K. (b Charles Kofi Amankwaa Mann, '30s, Ghana) African singer-composer, guitarist, bandleader; highlife star in the '70s, credited with keeping it going during the rock/disco invasion.
		Formerly a seaman, he joined Kakaiku's Guitar Band in the '60s, establishing his own band the Carousel Seven '69 with hit single "Edina Brenya'; when highlife was under threat from other influences, a declining record industry etc he rejuvenated it with the osode beat, a trad.
		Party Time With CeeKay '73 was one of the biggest-selling LPs ever in Ghana, followed by Funky Highlife '75, With Love From C.K. '76; others were Menu Me, Womma Yengor and Osode (with Bob Cole).
	www.musicweb.uk.net /encyclopaedia/m/M298.HTM (145 words)

	Ghana - Music
		Upfront and Upbeat: West African guitars dance - The heyday of highlife was in the 1960s and 1970s, and the name describes and defines the popular guitar-led dance music of West Africa, primarily from Ghana and Nigeria.
		This CD transports you right back to those days, and if you weren't born then, this is the best shot at giving you a good selection on highlife music as it was then.
		Their blend of music which could best be described as a fusion Of Rock and Ghanaian Highlife with a jazzy Horn Section and Wicked Killer Percussion throwing in Santana-like Guitar Riffs validates This" Criss-Cross Rythyms That explodes with Happiness".
	www.africaguide.com /country/ghana/music.htm (825 words)

	Various Artists \| Nigeria 70: The Definitive Story of Funky Lagos
		The rich drumming traditions of Ghana and the New World African diaspora filtered through to Nigeria in the early '50s through highlife (introduced by E.T. Mensah, who on one occasion performed upon request with Louis Armstrong).
		Highlife fused the rhythms and styles of calypso, Cuban and Antillean music, and other traditions with Ghanaian drumming.
		Highlife was (and is) a music of social commentary, creative instrumentation, and an unshakable groove.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /reviews/r0902_114.htm (722 words)

	eBay - funky ... lp, Records, CDs items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		funky ZITA Francois Da Roubaix PHILIPS OST LP
		Mood Mosaic 12-Mondo Porno-70s weird funky tunes LP
		James Brown ' Ain't It Funky ' 12" LP
	search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=funky+...+lp&newu=1&krd=1 (502 words)

	HIGHLIFE WORLD MUSIC
		Utilizing their home-made instruments (thumb pianos, megaphones and percussion made from old car parts) as well as funky hand-crafted microphones and amps, this is compellingly edgy, powerful music unlike anything else out there.
		The fifth CD by the ever-popular Vancouver based West African artist is again produced by Highlife‚s own Kevin Finseth (their last two collaborations, The Message and The Journey, both won Juno awards).
		The fourth CD of original material by these Highlife faves is another rewarding set of tunes, this time incorporating guest vocalists David Byrne, Perry Farrell, Gigi and The Flaming Lips, among others.
	www.highlifeworld.com /june2005.html (1536 words)

	Releases
		Known as âthe evil genius of highlifeâ, Victor Olaiya was one of the biggest names in Highlife with a career spanning the 60s and 70s.
		Augustine was the leader of the 187 Garrison Army Band, a group of military highlife musicians who turned out a solitary funk track on their 1971 10â lp, originally released on Philips Nigeria.
		The style of the Afro-Sounders is a fusion of Highlife, Jazz, Funk, and traditional Yoruba culture from the west of Nigeria.
	www.soundwayrecords.com /releases.cfm (1983 words)

	Afropop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Alhaji K. Frimpong of Ghana recorded Kyenkyen Bi Adi Mawu ("Public Demand") in 1976, breaking a sound he called "funky highlife." Stern's is now distributing a terrific remix of the session.
		Like Fela, Frimpong latches onto American funk, but he works it into his slinky big-band highlife sound with a more subtle hand.
		Highlife's regional dominance was coming to an end at this point, so Frimpong's sound embodies both the full flower of highlife and an attempt to invent the future.
	www.bostonphoenix.com /alt1/archive/music/reviews/12-26-96/AFROPOP.html (682 words)

	Dan Boadi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Under the hue of late 70's disco production, the LP's two funk/disco cuts, "Money is the Root of Evil" and "Play That Funky Music" launched the propulsive Afro-Beat of Nigeria's Fela Kuti into the magestic, psychedelic abandon of the American dancefloor...
		Boadi stated, "At that time highlife music and other indigenous African musics were not very popular because the competition between African music and American music was so great.
		Both tracks are great -- a mixture of African-inspired percussion and funky jazz jamming, in a mode that really reflects some of the deep cultural experiments in Chicago by groups like The Artistic Heritage Ensemble and The Pharoahs.
	home.wanadoo.nl /dvanengelen/funkyafrikadanboadi.htm (578 words)

	Awesome Tapes from Africa
		It sounds so home-made funky yet spooky, like a warped Prince protege from Africa by way of 1986 Chicago.
		Highlife is no longer the music of the youth.
		He was involved in many other essential Ghanaian highlife, afro-rock, and afro-pop albums through the 60s, 70s and 80s.
	awesometapesfromafrica.blogspot.com (933 words)

	Various Artists The Shrine Presents Afrobeat CD
		This is the sound of a supremely funky musical insurrection sweeping across the African continent.
		C.K.Mann gave Highlife the Funk and dominated the Ghanaian charts in the mid seventies.
		This sublime slice of highlife funk was recorded in London, with the help of Teddy Osei and Mac Tontoh from Osibisa.
	www.unionsquaremusic.co.uk /title.php?ALBUM_ID=175&LABEL_ID=4 (1279 words)

	CD Review of Various Artists - Because You're Funky on Lo Recordings @ jazzreview.com
		Now the folks at Lo Recordings with the help of The Rustler (rumored to be electronic musician Luke Vibert) have collected the rarest of the rare, the gonest of the real-long-gone Instrumental FUNK 45s from the 1970s.
		I know the purist are wincing, but like it or not there’s been many areas where funky R&B and jazz have overlapped.
		For those that treasure the nearly lost art of funk as put forth by BANDS, not DJs and digital samplers, Because Your Funky is a killer treasure trove of rare earthy delights.
	www.jazzreview.com /cdreview.cfm?ID=2801 (325 words)

	Dusty Groove America - Global Grooves CD
		Singing in his native Bete and incorporating the funky, slightly herky-jerk bounce of ziglibithy, Djedje forged a stunning mix of deep soul, Congolese rumba, Afrobeat, and rock, but it's all 100% Ivorian.
		The music is a mixture of highlife, South African soul, and a good deal more funk than Fela's every given credit for during the 60s.
		Blending Caribbean and African rhythms with West African melodies in the accessible Highlife style helped Gnonnas achieve worldwide renown throughout the 70s, which is when we think these recordings originate from, though they might be of a more recent vintage.
	www.dustygroove.com /globalcd.htm (9468 words)

	Afro Organic House: The New Era of World Music is Here (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Afroganic (www.afroganic.com), a concoction of sweet melodies fused with infectious Funky House music and African music that breaks away from the confines of ‘world music’, releases its new album ‘The House that Funk Built in Africa’.
		The result is an unrehearsed, unprocessed and unpretentious interpretation of funky house and rare grooves.
		Unlike the current trends on the market, Afroganic has moved away from the drum-drenched African music or world music sampled to offer an ethic alternative and actually delivers what it promises.
	www.prweb.com /releases/african_music/world_music/prweb428013.htm (730 words)

	Rass Kwame and Ananse - Minneapolis, MN based Band :: Twin Cities Music Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Ananse band leader, Kwame Wood, hails from Ghana, West Africa, where he has been playing drums and singing since he was a wee 12 year old.
		In 1990, he came to North America on tour with CK Mann, the Highlife King of Ghana.
		Ananse performs original Rass Kwame tunes and carefully selected covers, rocking the house with a roots reggae flavored with the rhythms of Ghana, interspersed with funky traditional Highlife songs.
	www.tcmusic.net /musician618.html (234 words)

	Tune Your World: Bokoor Beats - Highlife, Afrobeat and Afro-rock
		This piquant selection of highlife, afrobeat, and afro-rock from the 70s and early 80s in Ghana puts a personal spin on the history and lore of the legendary Bokoor Recording Studio.
		Ten years before there was a studio, there was a band, the Bokoor Band, founded in 1971 by a twenty-something British émigré, John Collins, and his Ghanaian guitarist friend, Robert Beckley.
		These Bokoor versions are joyously funky, with male-female, vocal cross talk, chicken-scratch rhythm guitar, searing harmonica filling in for the brass section, and deep pocket grooves.
	calabash.typepad.com /world_music_advocate/2007/06/bokoor_beats_hi.html (487 words)

	MisterLUCKY: Music Reviews 53
		Ghanaian highlife is a danceable pop music drawn from multiple sources, including traditional folk music, Liberian sea shanties, and British colonial brass bands.
		In the 1970s, Ghanaian highlife was strongly influenced by American jazz and soul, and acts such as Santana and Nigeria's Fela Kuti, and highlife artists created new genres, including a highlife-influenced funk style.
		These early funky sides convey a wonderful party atmosphere and stand up against the best of the era produced by Kool and the Gang, Ohio Players, and other heavyweights.
	www.mrlucky.com /html/music/rev53a.htm (891 words)

	Fela Ransome Kuti Discography - Joe Sixpack's African Music Guide
		This disc has a solid, funky groove running throughout, with soulful keyboards that anchor the whole sound, and less emphasis on the aggressive baritone sax lines that dominate most of Fela's music.
		Also, the decision to sing the songs in English may be a drawback, both because Femi seems uneasy with the rhythm of the language, and because the baldness of his revolutionary politics comes off as belaboured and a bit flat aesthetically -- distracting, overall.
		But for those of us looking for a funky soundtrack to the revolution that will not be televised, this could certainly fill the bill.
	www.slipcue.com /music/international/africa/aa_artists/fela.html (1841 words)

	Myjoyonline.com Ghana News :: Vintage Highlife on ‘Bokoor Beats’ ::: Breaking News \| News in Ghana \| entertainment
		The Bokoor Band has drawn on Ghana’s sunny “highlife” style, funky Afro beat from neighboring Nigeria, and even the Latin-tinged soukous sound shimmying out of the Congo.
		In Ghana, the ’70s was a time of political repression, high inflation, and funky pop music.
		Among the musicians working the clubs in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, was a young British émigré named John Collins.
	www.myjoyonline.com /entertainment/200708/7160.asp (409 words)

	Radio National - The Planet 10/10/2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Our featured album on the Planet today, ‘Nigeria 70: The Definitive Story of 1970s Lagos’ gives us a broad view of Nigeria’s thriving music scene after their terrible civil war.
		You have the old style — Highlife, as well as emerging ones — Fela Kuti’s Afrobeat, Fuji and Juju music.
		And rock, soul and even country music movements in the country offer us some surprising sounds from this vital period.
	www.abc.net.au /rn/music/planet/stories/s959315.htm (772 words)

	Chata Addy Details on Motherland Music
		SUSUMA, which means soul in Ga, is a contemporary Afro/Reggae Funky Highlife Band.
		Steps and songs associated with a traditional social dance from Ghana are taught during a one-hour dance workshop.
		After a brief 15-20 minute aerobic warm-up to selections from the sounds of reggae, funky and world beat contemporary dance music, Chata breaks down the various dance elements into individual steps that the students can learn.
	www.motherlandmusic.com /chata.htm (1159 words)

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		Well, besides the usual updates to some of the sections, we finally got the production item up.
		Funky monkey!!@(^_^)@ Remember to tell us what you think!
		The site is still under development, but I have my friend Rusty ANGEL working on it, so be ready for the 'leet new design!
	www.angelfire.com /pop/highlife (211 words)

	Tune Your World: Afropop Worldwide
		Zuco 103 is a slick, funky Brazilian/European techno-pop act that draws on so many sources at once it's dizzying.
		Just when you think that Brazil must surely have exhausted its supply of irresistibly jazzy, funky, sexy, soulful electro-pop singer-songwriters, someone like CeU comes along and makes you think that maybe that particular well is bottomless after all.
		Loose, open lines work through the songs, the percussion section is jamming on layers of rhythms, and the horns and soulful vocals work through the mix.
	calabash.typepad.com /world_music_advocate/afropop_worldwide (8282 words)

	Junkmedia: Gerry Hemingway \| Gerry Hemingway : Devil's Paradise
		The idea of a small jazz combo going back to re-record its basic songbook might not sound especially eventful, but when it is someone like percussionist Gerry Hemingway this becomes a cause to celebrate.
		The tunes here are a virtual cross-section of Hemingway's writing abilities, from swaggering blues marches and sumptuous ballads to propulsive swing and funky free jazz, even classic African highlife.
		While many jazz tunes can sound like mere head arrangements ripe for endless soloing, Hemingway's tunes are built on actual melodies, and memorable ones at that.
	www.junkmedia.org /index.php?i=750 (267 words)

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	www.funkyfarmers.com /htm/content1c.htm (588 words)

	Africafunk - The original sound of 1970s funky Africa :: Africanhiphop.com :: Hip hop from the motherland :: African Rap
		Harmless Recordings, U.K. Someone in the not too far past told me that 'Africa can never be on the same level in hip hop as the Americans, for the simple fact that they never experienced the Funk Era, thus would have to miss out on the whole feeling of the funk groove'.
		Other favorites included early work by Babatunde Olatunji (his version of 'Soul makosa'), the heavy breakbeat of 'Funky Highlife' by C.K. Mann, and the much sampled 'Kasalefkut Hulu' by Mulatu of Ethiopia.
		It is in the light of the sample mania that was first instigated by hip hop production, that recently many obscure funk and jazz-albums have been rereleased.
	www.africanhiphop.com /index.php?name=Sections&req=viewarticle&artid=14 (922 words)

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