SANATU ZAMBANG STUDIOS (Podcast)

Northern region capital has seen tremendous growth in its music scene this year, one can boldly say the music scene has grown faster this year than expected. Fancy Gadam and Maccasio have been the talk about artiste over the past few months, both artiste have the largest fan base in the region, which of cause over shadows some classic, talented and mind blowing artiste in the region.  These artiste are facing the hype over talent virus, Sanatu Zambang might not have the resources to cure this epidemic, but we sure can do our research and share with the public our findings. Our list also considers the impact these artiste have made throughout 2016.  Here are the TOP 11 artiste from the northern region, Tamale. Some of these struggling artiste have managed to achieve local recognition, whiles the others have had worldwide recognition without a huge fan based and with less airtime on radio and television. One can’t imagine the kind of...

The 2016 4stye Music Video awards; an award scheme dedicated to awarding musicians and video directors.  The launch saw acts such as Shatta Wale, Kwaw Kese, Feli Nuna, Ebony Reigns, Sister Derbie, Medikal, Petra O and more repping in their numbers. The nominees for this year’s event was made known to the public. Wiyaala has been nominated in category of the Most Influential Artist; she faces stiff competition as the likes of Shatta Wale, Dblack, Sarkodie, Manifest, Stonebwoy, VVIP and EL are all in the same category competing for the  Most Influential Artist  .  Multiple award winning songstresses, Wiyaala has not only invested in her videos but also her brand as well. The jigwe female artiste of the year has also spent lots of her time advocating for child rights, and ending child marriage.   The songstress and ‘’ lioness of Africa ‘’ has in the past months toured Europe and gave a stunning peformance at the Vodafone Legends...

Rocky Dawuni was adjudged the prestigious Kwame Nkrumah Award (Artiste Of The Year) at the just-ended BASS Awards ceremony at the National Theatre in Accra. Ghana’s 1st GRAMMY Nominee, Rocky Dawuni, copped 3 plaques at the 2016 Bass Awards, beating off competition from Knii Lante, Samini, Stonebwoy, and Ras Kuuku for the award.   Other winners on the night include Black Santino (who walked him with the lifetime achievement award) Stonebwoy, Jupitar, as well as Fancy Gadam, who won Discovery of the Year. The night also saw performances from Ras Kuuku, Jupitar, Mr. Logic, AK Songstress, Luther, Fancy Gadam , among others. Rocky won the prestigious “Kwame Nkrumah Award,” otherwise known as the “Artiste of the Year.” He also won the award for “Album of the Year” with his GRAMMY nominated album “Branches of the Same Tree” as well as the “Reggae Artiste of the Year.” Elorm Beenie at Bass Awards 2016 In a press statement he issued via his Ghanaian publ...

Miss Rahama Zakaria Rahama Zakaria is a media pundit and entertainment reporter for Graphic Showbiz . The well respected entertainment reporter hails from Yendi in Northern Ghana. in recent months the northern region capital has received mix reviews from, in, within and outside the region. one of the major problems the young emerging showbiz industry in the Northern region is facing is Talent over Hype or Hype over Talent.  Miss Rahama Zakaria writes a humble and insightful letter to the  the young emerging showbiz industry   the Northern region. '' Your talent is nothing if you cannot hype it. Stay in your little corner and keep saying #TalentOverHype and see where you will be. In showbiz, it is all about hype if you really want to be on top. Your talent is the product that you have to market for people to like and buy. When you have proven yourself, then you don’t need that much of a hype again. But now, you need it most t...

Still haven’t bought a loved one or yourself a gift this holiday season? Rather than snagging a gift card or “I owe you,” take a vacation. Shabasa has introduced a more affordable package for budget-conscious travelers. ''This Monday 26 th  Shabasa Travel and Tours is organizing a Tour to both Kintampo waterfalls and Mole National park on the 26th of Dec. 2016. Interested persons can come to our premises at Lamashegu for registration. You can also contact us on 0249005221 or 0547007005 for more information.'' -  Abu Maria staff at Shabasa travel and tours You got to take advantage of this last-minute trip  with Shabasa before the holiday ends. ‘’Shabasa travel and tour is an agency that operates in Tamale. Shabasa travel and tours has been in the industry for a while. And has since chalked many success in the industry. Our service is second to non in the industry’ ’.  Sule Yogu, Director at Shabasa travel and tours. Shab...

From a rocky bumpy start of 2016, music in Northern regions has seen great improvement even though there is more and more room for improvement.   2016 featured a lot of music videos from Northern regions artiste that went beyond our expectations to refine the art and culture form and redefine how the world sees music genius from the Northern Regions. This article considers music videos that features northern Ghana artiste. These are the year's 10 best 1- One Song from SHANTI SAMSARA by Ricky Kej, based on the Indian classical music Desh raag. One Song begins with just a simple melody sung by Charanraj accompanied by an Indian choir. Gradually, the music expands to include the sitar, bansuri, harmonium and S. African flute by Grammy® Winning Wouter Kellerman, mesmerizing vocals by Grammy® Winning songstress Darlene Koldenhoven, and a lush string orchestra. Bringing all these elements together is the warm, inviting voice of Grammy® nominated Ghanaian Reg...

A  professional woman  is known for her personality, beauty and of course the talent. It is estimated that women work harder than the men to keep up the graph of their popularity high, but in this male dominating society they are still putted behind the race in one way or the other.  To much extent, today’s woman has been able to maintain her value, charm and repute and it won’t be wrong to say that even some of the celebrities, female players and  fashion models  are much more successful than the men. It is not that a celebrity, fashion model or female player is known only for her performance, but also what makes her recognizable is her personality, beauty and of course the hot appeal.  I must say there are various  hot and sexy women in the world  who have been able to increase the level of their fame with their hot outlook as well as talent, and  Comfort Kuulabio   comes to mind when one takes a deep look at ...

Wiyaala, Sarkodie, President Elect Nana Akufo Addo, H.E John Mahama, Ameyaw Debrah, Fancy Gadam, Berla Mundi, DKB, Joselyn Dumas were among the winners at this year's Jigwe Awards. The award scheme organised by Viasat 1 is a parody event which intends to recognize some key personalities that have not only appeared on the show but individuals, organizations and events that have attracted the most headlines and have been the most talked about for various reasons this year. The third edition of Jigwe Awards came off this Thursday at the Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel Accra. Wiyaala has named female artiste of the year, at the just ended 2016 Jigwe Awards, with Sarkodie taking home the male artiste of the year, while Tamale, Fancy Gadam took home discovery of the year. After a stunning performance at the Vlisco  170 Anniversary in Togo few days ago, the multiple Award winning Afro Pop songstress and lioness of Africa has thri...