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Friday, February 22, 2013

BEVERLY AFAGLO LAMENTS ABOUT POOR SUPPORT FOR GHANAIAN MUSIC

The issue of Nigerian music dominating the airwaves of Ghana has come under scrutiny once again and this time the call is not from an artiste but an actress.

Beverly Afaglo, a Ghanaian actress, has bemoaned the apparent favoritism of Nigerian songs over those from Ghana by radio presenters and disc jockeys.

Speaking on Peace FM’s ‘Entertainment Review Show’ last Saturday, Beverly, who is married to Eugene Baah of Praye Fame, said it was a rarity to hear Nigerian radio stations play hip life/Ghanaian songs on their airwaves.

“I have been to Nigeria a lot of times and you hardly hear songs from Ghana being played,” she said. “Some few clubs and pubs choose to play Ghana songs”.

 This development, in her view, had often led to some artistes trying to sound like Nigerians just to get airplay and that “doesn’t help the growth of the music industry”.

She cited the difficulty rapper Trigmatic had in getting interviews when he once visited Nigeria.
According to her, VIP and Tic Tac enjoyed some level of airplay in Nigeria because they either featured some Nigerian artistes or had partnerships with some Nigerian labels.

In her estimation, lack of support for Ghanaian music would ultimately not augur well for the industry and appealed to radio stations to promote Ghana music.- enewsghana

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