Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Palm wine music also known as Gbema music genre also inspired the evolution of HipCo music in Liberia. [4] Past and present musicians include Fatu Gayflor and Miatta Fahnbulleh. The country's most renowned radio station is ELBC, or the Liberian Broadcasting System. Rap and pop music are also performed in indigenous languages across the country.
Instead, music for Liberian Muslims is based on Quranic citations, adhan and music related to everyday life called suku. Aside from religious and traditional music, rap and Highlife are widely popular genres, especially with younger Liberians and American music aficionados, and can be heard in discothèques, parties, clubs and on radios ...
Eric Tarh, who is better known as Eric Geso, is a Liberian singer and songwriter. He is the recipient of several accolades, including Male Artist of the Year at the 2015 Liberia Music Awards and Best New Artist at the 2016 Liberian Entertainment Awards.
Pages in category "Liberian styles of music" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. P. Palm-wine music
Palm-wine music [1] [2] (known as maringa in Sierra Leone) is a West African musical genre.It evolved among the Kru people of Liberia and Sierra Leone, who used Portuguese guitars brought by sailors, combining local melodies and rhythms with Trinidadian calypso to create a "light, easy, lilting style".
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
Fatu Gayflor (born 1966) is a Liberian singer. Dubbed "Princess Fatu Gayflor, the golden voice of Liberia", she has performed at major music venues and festivals throughout the world and has made a number of recordings. Born in the village of Kakata in northwestern Liberia, Gayflor is a member of the Loma ethnic group.
Billema Kwillia, or Belema Kwelea, or Belema Kollia (born c. 1925) is a teacher and composer from Liberia. She composed the hymn "A va de laa" which was translated to English from Loma as "Come, Let Us Eat", and features in several modern hymnals.