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Ghana Music Awards USA; Description: acknowledge the contributions of Ghanaian, African and international entertainers and artists: Country: United States of America/Ghana: Presented by: Ghana Entertainment Awards USA: First awarded: May 20, 2017; 7 years ago () Website: www.ghentawards.com
Black Music Month became African American Music Appreciation Month in 2009 by a proclamation from President Barack Obama. [4] In his 2016 proclamation, Obama noted that African-American music and musicians have helped the country "to dance, to express our faith through song, to march against injustice, and to defend our country's enduring ...
Music of Ghanaian Origin also known as MOGO is a celebration of music originating from Ghana. It started in 2007. It was initially an annual one-day event [1] [2] but in 2015 was extended into a one-week festival and named MOGO Festival. An awards show was also instituted as part of the celebration. [3]
In 2023, the spouses became the first Black duo to be nominated for the Country Music Association Award for duo of the year and same award for the Academy of Country Music.
Black Music Month was originally founded in 1979, but not by President Carter. ... founded in 1978, on the Country Music Association because he saw how much power and influence they held in the ...
There are many styles of traditional and modern music of Ghana, due to Ghana's worldwide geographic position on the African continent. [1] [2] [3] The best known modern genre originating in Ghana is Highlife. [4] For many years, Highlife was the preferred music genre until the introduction of Hiplife and many others. [5] [6]
The following is an incomplete list of country music festivals, which encapsulates music festivals focused on country music.This list may have some overlap with the larger topic list of folk festivals, and may also overlap with the related topics list of blues festivals, list of jam band music festivals, list of bluegrass music festivals, and list of old-time music festivals.
Vaudevillean Mamie Smith records "Crazy Blues" for Okeh Records, the first blues song commercially recorded by an African-American singer, [1] [2] [3] the first blues song recorded at all by an African-American woman, [4] and the first vocal blues recording of any kind, [5] a few months after making the first documented recording by an African-American female singer, [6] "You Can't Keep a Good ...