GYEDU-BLAY AMBOLLEY & His Sekondi Band

TICKETS ON SALE 6/12 $30 advanced, $35 at the door General Admission (Standing, w/ some seats) - Doors open at 7PM In 1973 Ambolley exploded onto the Ghanaian scene with 'Simigwa-Do,' a half-sung, half-spoken jazz-highlife workout that gave its name to his signature style and dance. By his own account, and by the reckoning of many critics, the track predates The Sugarhill Gang's 'Rapper's Delight' by six years and stands as one of the earliest commercially recorded examples of rap anywhere in the world. His 1975 debut LP Simigwa, produced with Ebo Taylor and released on Ghana's legendary Essiebons label, is now regarded as a cornerstone of Ghanaian music. Since his breakthrough in the early 1970s with his own Simigwa style he has shared stages and studios with some of Ghana’s greats like Ebo Taylor and Sammy Larteh with whom he played In the Uhuru Dance Band. Together they founded the Apagya Show Band in 1974. He has since continued to push back boundaries, embrace, explore,… View Source