As modern sounds rise and fall, Highlife remains woven into daily life — not as nostalgia, but as a living cultural heartbeat ...

Sitting in an air-conditioned music studio, the afternoon heat of this African capital seems a universe away. From his very seat, next to a soundboard, Faisal Helwani has recorded some of the legends ...

On a humid Tuesday night in Accra, Zen Garden is alive with sound, movement and memory as Highlife melodies spill into the ...

So it’s been twenty years since Frederique Constant first launched its Highlife collection, which captured the collective imagination of watch lovers worldwide with—among other things—its integrated ...

Ghanaian highlife is one of the oldest popular dance-music styles of Africa. It emerged in the 1880s, a fusion of rhythms from the West African coast and those from Europe, and black people from both ...

The Creative Arts Agency is set to host a highlife festival in 2026 as part of its major programming for the year, according ...

Pat Thomas, a singer and bandleader from Ghana, is nearly 70. He's lived in England, Germany, Canada and the U.S. But these days he's back home, once again making the music that enshrined him in the ...

Ghanaian highlife musician Gilbert Otoo, known in showbiz as Gilly & The Stars, is steadily carving a space for himself as one of the country’s most compelling voices and songwriters. Celebrated for ...

Small and thin, eyes sparkling beneath his signature cloth cap, cigarette and guitar in hand, he's the oldest of the highlife stars still active on the music scene. From the 1940s to the 1960s, ...

Have you ever listened to a song that reminded you of the unforgettable past? Or song that made you forget your worries and stress after the day’s toiling? Maybe you play music to help you think ...

In March 2021, Channel 4 announced the commission of a new reality TV series, Highlife. Described as “the first Black British premium reality TV series”, Highlife will air this autumn – but what ...