Six years of Kwanpa Music

 Sweet, Sweet palm wine Music!

What happened?

Kwanpa Music band celebrated six years of Ghanaian indigenous highlife music in August. They commemorated their anniversary with an exceptional performance at the Zen Gardens. While they have a weekly concert for Zen Garden and its audience every Tuesday, the sixth anniversary was well attended and curated to uplift their success in the music industry for six years.

What are people saying?

Over the years, the Kwanpa band has projected authentic highlife music and other traditional sounds in Ghana with their love and performances across Ghana. Audiences who have been lucky to experience Kwanpa in the last six years have had a great experience and cannot overlook their musical ingenuity.

The Talkative:

Six years of thriving and performing as a music band in Ghana is worth celebrating. Because of improper structures, the Ghanaian music ecosystem makes the sustainability of music groups almost impossible. It gets complicated when a highlife band is performing to a Ghanaian audience. The acceptance and appreciation of authentic highlife music outside of Ghana make most of such bands thrive more out of the shores of Ghana for their survival. 

However, since 31st July 2017, the four-person band has built an incredible portfolio and following for Palmwine music and the indigenous African sounds they usually perform. In the last six years, Kwanpa Band has succeeded in:

Connecting highlife to the younger Ghanaian generation:

One of the biggest challenges in projecting Ghanaian highlife music has been its acceptance and projection by the younger generation. Although the world of music is constantly changing, some national sounds that form the core and identity of the nation must be considered. Kwanpa has helped achieve that by performing at events with young listeners and active music users. Kwanpa has given highlife and mainly Palmwine music the leverage it needed to be enjoyed, just like current sounds like Afrobeats. The response of the young listeners during Kwanpa's performances proves that, done right, Ghanaian youth gives highlife music the attention it needs.

Building Love for the Indigenous Sounds:

Anyone who has experienced Kwanpa's performance at an event brings to life the highlife music that most young people consider old. The hailing of their performances and celebration of their songs rekindle the love for the indigenous Ghanaian sounds they touch.

Bringing life to events:

Aside from that, Kwanpa's excitement to event attendees is the same excitement most of these new school hitmakers bring to events when billed. The refreshing sound from the band is always something to get both young and old audiences on their feet dancing.

Congrats to Kwanpa for six years of pure, authentic highlife and traditional music. 

Written By:

Tilly Akua Nipaa