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This is a list of notable past and present musicians in Ghana This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
This category relates to Gospel music singers who are natives or residents of Ghana. Pages in category "Ghanaian gospel singers" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
The Sound of Light: a History of Gospel Music. Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1990. iv, 267 p. ISBN 0879724986 pbk. Darden, Robert. People Get Ready: A New History of Black Gospel Music. Continuum International Publishing Group, 2005, ISBN 0-8264-1752-3. Downey, James C. The Gospel Hymn 1875–1930.
African Music (1957): 13-17. Oehrle, Elizabeth. Emerging music education trends in Africa. International journal of music education 1 (1991): 23-29. Turkson, A. R. "The Bi-musical approach of Ephraim Amu to music education in Ghana." Eleventh International Research Seminar in Ghana. 1986. promoted choral music in Ghana
The tradition of gyil music is also common, especially in northwestern Ghana around Wa and Lawra. Music in the northern styles is mostly set to a minor pentatonic or chromatic scale and melisma plays an important part in melodic and vocal styles. There is a long history of either griot or praise-singing traditions.
This list includes artists that perform in traditional gospel music genres such as Southern gospel, traditional black gospel, urban contemporary gospel, gospel blues, Christian country music, Celtic gospel and British black gospel as well as artists in the general market who have recorded music in these genres
In his early musical career, he composed largely secular songs before popularising the "gospel music" in Ghana in the 1980s and 1990s. Jewel Ackah played in live dance bands, alongside musicians like Elgrand Kwofie, C.K. Mann and Jos Akins as the master of the band. In 1965, he was a vocalist with the cover-version band the Pick-Ups.
Joseph Oscar Nii Armah Mettle, recognised by his stage name Joe Mettle, is a Ghanaian gospel musician and songwriter. On 8 April 2017, he made history by being the first Ghanaian Gospel musician to win the coveted Artist of the year award at the 2017 Ghana Music Awards. [1]