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In Ghana, Kwabena Nyama has been perpetuating the original form of a genre better known in its swinging orchestral shape: the Highlife. The traditional style has been maintained in rural environments. It is based on acoustic guitar, with the bass provided by the "pempensoa", a lamellaphone made of a sound box and metal tongues coming from the packaging of boat containers. For rhythm instruments they use a fork or a coin tapped on a bottle of Star or Gulder, the local brands of beer, and the kunkun, a scraper made from to cans rubbed against each other. This local blues style was prettily named "palm wine music" by westerners
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Our olaylist on Spotify, dedicated to P
re Minimalism, Minimalism and Post Minimalism.
PAOLO BONFANTI & MARTINO COPPO - You Were Right
from the CD "Pracina Stomp"
