‘’ THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT NORTHERN MUSIC ‘’ – Wiyaala
Few weeks to
the 2017 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, multiple award winning singer and
songwriter Neolla Wiyaala told Radio Tamale in an interview that ‘’ southerners
have the things they are special at doing, but there is something about
northern music that makes it very different ‘’
Last Saturday
saw Northern based musician fancy gadam taking home VGMA NEW ACT of the year,
beating the likes of Medikal, Rudebwoy Ranking, Eugy, Nii Funny, Article wan,
Ebony, Feli Nuna for the prestigious Best New Artiste Award.
Fancy gadam
is not the first Tamale based musician to win the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards,
in 2005 Doobia Sheriff Ghale, a Reggae musician won Reggae song of the year
2005. Deensi a music group based in Tamale also won the Vodafone Ghana Music Award for Traditional artiste(s) of the year 2014
Wiyaala
together with Rafiu Fishbone mentioned that even the first Ghanaian to receive a
Grammy nomination was Rocky Dawuni, a northerner from yendi. Fancy Gadam has
filled the Tamale sports stadium on 3 consecutive occasions and repeated same
at the national theater in Accra.
The Gadam
Nation boss, '' Fancy Gadam '' received a rousing welcome on Monday 10th April, with
the principal streets of tamale fully crowded with fans and friends.
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