King Ayisoba slams self styled legends and admits lack of creativity crooker in the industry
Ghana’s traditional song mogul, King Ayisoba, has challenged his compatriots to aspire for uniqueness and says that is the only route to gain legendary status in the world.
The outstanding musician from Northern Ghana has returned home after he performed in major concerts in Danish capital of Copenhagen.
This year’s mega concert attracted musicians from across the globe who entertained their audience with their rich collection of both continental African music and contemporary western songs.
King Ayisoba, whose song ‘I Want To See You My Father’ won the Popular Song Of The Year award in 2007, performed alongside other popular musicians from Europe and other parts of the world to promote the African and in particular Ghanaian arts and culture.
His performances attracted a great number of audiences to the African market side where African products, cultural and traditional wear were being displayed for sale and for exhibition purposes due to the kind of instrument- kologo- he used in his performance.
But after returning from the European country, Ayisoba admits there is more work for his folks back home to do and be recognized worldwide and says they must keep their eyes on the ball.
“I want to advise them to try create their own exclusivity since that will catapult them to the top” Ayisoba told Yaw Sakyi on the Rundown show on Wednesday night.
“You travel outside the country and you’ll realize that almost all our current musicians are not known. Nobody simply knows them but they sit here and think they’re stars”
“They only talk about Osibisa and that is it. That is why my creativity is now given me a lot of leverage. Some of our people go to Europe, play in front of small people at club and they say they went to play in some big gig”
“We’re deceiving ourselves. We need to create our own unique style rather than copying the foreign way of doing songs” he added.
King Ayisoba is from the Upper East Region of Ghana. He is a singer, lyricist and musician.
Singing in English, Twi and Frafra, King Ayisoba has struck a chord with the Ghanaian as well as international audience and has embraced his Kologo with great passion.
As a master in playing the Kologo, he has already done lots of collaboration with many local artistes like: Batman, Sidney, Kontihene and the late Terry Bonchaka. His style can be classified as a unique form of Afro-beat with an emphasis on traditional music, which has captured fans around the globe.
