Ghana Has Made It International With Her Music Son

Greetings to Ghanaians, those living in Ghana and those in the diaspora.

I am filled with much joy to present to you the king of highlife, danceable songs fused with Jazz, which weave a very pleasant mix of African rhythms and thought provoking Ewe lyrics -a blend of varied rhythms of Ewe traditional drumming with live instrumental backgrounds.

If U.S.A can boast of 50 Cent, R.Kelly, Usher, T.Pain, Jay Z, P Diddy, Beyonce, Michael Jackson and the likes, we can also boast of our king. He is no other than the heavyweight champ Godonu Kofi Srigboh, turning the world around and treating people to good music.

Born in Aflao in the Volta Region of Ghana, West Africa, Godonu who spent part of his childhood in Lome, Togo was bred in a family of mostly boys. With music running through their veins, Godonu and his brothers took it upon themselves to follow their family's music trend by learning how to play the 'Blekete' drums, made by their father.

Vovomelio as he is sometimes called has become a ?singing bird?, composing deep rooted Ewe lyrical music. His passion for music enabled him to become a composer and performer composing in his Mother tongue, EWE, a language spoken in south-eastern Ghana, Southern Togo and Benin in West Africa and then translating some of his lyrics into English, French, Spanish, Ga and Twi (languages).

His recent album, 'Can We All Just Get Along' touches on Love, Peace, Unity, Friendship, Social Issues and almost every song makes reference to the Supreme Being. The strong message in 'Can We All Just Get Along' makes anyone who listens to it ask, ?What prompted the composer to write such lyrics??

Sticking to his roots, the album is a fusion of Ewe traditional drumming flavours (Agbadza, Borborbor, Gahu and Kinka) fused with Jazz.

Not only does he do music but is a businessman as well. He works in the IT field and is also the entertainment co-ordinator of the Southern Volta Association of Canada, where he is presently based.

To contribute his quota to the development of the music industry, Godonu and his recording engineer Richard Amouzou are collaborating with up-coming musicians in the Eweland such as Frank 'Prophet' Narro whose 'NYE NUTOR PAA' album rocks the dance and party halls in Ghana, Togo, Benin and the diaspora and Richard 'Apoloh' Mandy, whose 'Ga Ye Nyo Na Ame' is also doing well back home. Other artistes include Maurice Yamany, Freedom Zacary, Frederic Kodzo Akpadje, Edem Kodjo (aka Kebe) Bedzra and Afi Tsogbe.

For more information, check out his website: www.egbeviwo.com or email him via info@egbeviwo.com.