About

This site s dedicated to early West African popular music. From time to time, we will present here a recording, mainly on schellac at 78 rpm, digitized from a private collection, most of them from Ghana.

Our approach is to present this music in its respective socio-historical context and make the lyrics, usually in local languages, accessible to a wider audience. Thus, we will provide translations whenever necessary and possible as well as some background information. Your comments and your knowledge are explicitely welcome.

This site has no commercial intentions. Our ambition is to share our passion for the music. The soundfiles hosted on this website are for documentary purposes only and thus with low sampling rates. We do not sell any audio files and will not provide copies with higher bitrates.

If your music is posted on this blog and you would like it removed please email us.

Contact: info@palmwinemusic.com