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'PALM WINE, AKAN BLUES & EEARLY GUITAR HIGHLIFE, PT. 1' - The first part in a collection encompassing Akan blues, palm wine and early guitar-based highlife music, with recordings dating from the late 1920s through to the end of the 1950s. The music included here can probably all be said to have all stemmed from a style that initially took root in the Fanti region of coastal southern Ghana. Fusing local percussion instruments with the introduction of western (most notably Portuguese) guitars that had made their way to the Fanti region of southern Ghana via the Kru seamen of Liberia, who are said to have pioneered the distinctive two-fingered style of playing while sailing the high seas.

Price
€ 16.95
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Format
MC - 1 disk
Release date
03-11-2023
Label
Item-nr
540683
EAN
5050580816251
Availability
Exp. 03-11-2023
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