Raquel set to fly high with ‘odo’
She has amazing talent, a silky voice, impressive versatility and elegant personality- these accolades could best describe Ghana’s new sensation Raquel Ammah who believes she has the magic touch to bring revolution into the Ghanaian music industry.
Appearing on the Rundown on Wednesday night for the first time, the soft but well-spoken artiste expressed her readiness to take the music industry by storm with her genre of music.
‘It’s going on very well. We’ve just started with the promotion and already it getting a lot of reviews on Youtube and many people are using as their ringtone on Vodafone, MTN, Zain, Tigo and the rest and that obviously makes me ready for the challenge ahead’ she told Yaw Sakyi
‘I’m still learning ad given the opportunity to see things now, it has offered me the best platform to new things as well. My style is soul and I believe the root of music comes from the soul. I like highlife, reggae. I like to infuse soul music and every other genre of music and that makes it special.
Asked whether she feels threatened by the huge presence of compatriot Eazzy, Mzbel and the rest she retorted by saying they were all unique in their own ways likewise her.
‘I think most musicians when you ask them they will tell you they’re unique in the own way. Am not sure what mine would be so different from theirs. I was brought up on different genre of music and because we have different classes of people in society, I dwell mostly on something simple but what can make one happy.
She added: There are people who want to listen to inspirational songs, others about hippop, hiplife and club music but mine is a mixture of all and that makes your own kind of versatile.
Raquel, who is in her early twenties, was born to Mark and Dinah Asabea Ammah in London but said she came back home almost every other year for vacation.
She attended West Thames College where she obtained a diploma in Performing Arts and the first person to be awarded a triple distinction in the 2004/2005 academic year.
Her first major gig in London was when she opened the 2005 Miss Ghana UK beauty pageant.
She took a little break from music to concentrate on her education when she gained admission to the University of Surrey, Roehampton to study Drama, Theatre and Performing Arts, graduating in 2008.
It was after her university education that she came back for vacation in Ghana again and then one thing led to another – she being invited to perform at shows and recording in the studios such that she decided to stay and concentrate on her music career.
She also competed in “Grab The Mic” a show which sought to hunt for Star’s Brand Ambassador last year where she was the first runner up.
Raquel’s hit release, ‘This Is me’ featured in Shirley Frimpong-Manso’s movie – ‘A Sting In A Tale’. She also featured on Obrafour’s current album with a track called ‘Tell Me’.
Since recording in Ghana, the songstress has been actively featured by a host of talented artist in the Ghana music industry. Raquel has worked with the likes of Quata, Trigmatic, D Black, EL, Guru, Saccade, JAB, Rakimilist, Squint (Anansedemz), Edem, Jazzy, Obinini, Jah Seed, Black Sheperd and many more.
