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THE entertainment business has this uncanny way of investing artistes with nick names that have stuck – to the point of eventually replacing their real names. Nigeria’s saxophone…
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THE legendary status of Rex Jim Lawson continues to reign. He was a virtuoso who stood out like a colossus; and played highlife so creatively well that his music has become a…
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THE origin of highlife is associated with the guitar in its palm wine style, a West African phenomenon that was simultaneously experienced along the major coastal cities of West Africa…
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A MAJOR reason why big band highlife held so much charm and attraction for audiences in those days was that the various outfits were seen as cohesive units where all the members each…
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Palm wine which has become another name for highlife took its root from some of the sociological events of the 1920s. The music was mostly played in clubs where palm wine was the…
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