GHANA BIGSHOTS
Bio
The band was originally formed in 2008 and came to its present line-up five (5) years ago. One of the core objectives of the band is to research into Ghanaian folksongs, nursery rhymes, children rhythmic games (play songs) and re-arrange them so as to bring them to international repute. The band revives the Highlife and Afro-Jazz feel in Ghana’s popular music by creatively drawing on an immense musical tradition of Highlife greats, Ghana’s and West Africa’s Highlife and Afro-beat music. They do this with an elaborate approach to musical technique, playfulness, arrangement, sound and performance. In more than five years live playing in Ghana; the band has started to contribute their own style to contemporary African popular music and ‘world music’.