Dela Botri
Hewale Sounds, a neo traditional/contemporary music, together with flutist Dela Botri, Danish saxophonist Katrin Suwalski, Gyedu Blay Ambolley and Amandzeba Brew will on Thursday, April 13 perform at the +233 Jazz Bar and Grill in Accra.
The performance forms part of the 21st anniversary celebrations of the group, which also include workshops and seminars in a number of venues, with various artistes drawn from Accra and other parts of the country.
A workshop with the Central Police Band will be held at the Police Depot in Accra on Monday, April 10 with Katrin Suwalski, flute dynamo Dela Botri and Superintendent Dr Frank Hukporti as moderators.
Alliance Française in Accra will host a saxophone workshop on Tuesday, April 11 for local saxophonists by Suwalski, while the group will rock the Piano Bar in Accra with a performance on Friday April 14.
Hewale Sounds will on Saturday, April 15 equally treat contemporary music lovers with some of their recent compositions at the Royal Senchi Hotel in Akosombo. A final concert will take place at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Accra on Sunday, April 16.
Hewale Sounds is an ensemble that specialises in playing traditional and highlife music with their contemporary extensions. It has performed to highly enthusiastic audiences and participated in some major arts festivals in Europe and the United States.
Currently based at the WEB Dubois Centre in Accra, the group has been experimenting a vigorous blending of jazz with diverse traditional Ghanaian rhythms, which they have dubbed ‘Hi-Jazz’.
Hewale Sounds has performed to enthusiastic audiences in Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Guinea, Mauritania, Egypt, South Africa, Jordan, Norway and the United States.