Gyedu-Blay Ambolley Interprets Jazz Standards in New Album (Ghana) - Music Time in Africa
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Feature interviews include singer-songwriter Atemi Oyungu (Kenya) with Bill Odidi in Nairobi, and Gyedu-Blay Ambolley (Ghana) with host Heather Maxwell in Washington DC. Both artists have released new albums Mahaba Hewani and Gyedu-Blay Ambolley and Hi-Life Jazz (respectively). David Livingston (Uganda) is the challenger on Heather’s music listening quiz Drop the Needle and the playlist includes tunes by Drizilik and Idris Elba (Sierra Leone), Innoss'B (DRC), Safi Diabate (Mali) and more. And from VOA-exclusive Sarkisian Collection of African music, Heather brings you a Kenyan hit from 1974 by the Kawere Boys.