Kwame Yeboah (musician)
Kwame Yeboah | |
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| Born | 14 November 1977 Ghana |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, producer, recording engineer, instrumentalist |
Kwame Yeboah (born 14 November 1977) is a Ghanaian musician, guitarist, keyboardist, producer, recording- engineer and multi-instrumentalist currently based in London, UK. Originally from a village in Western Ghana, his love for music led him all around the world working with international artists and back to his home country where he currently operates his recording studio, Mixstation, and is gaining growing success with his band Ohia b3y3 ya.
Early life
His father a veteran highlife musician, A.K. Yeboah, and his maternal uncle, the late Paa Gyimah, who was the guitarist for several bands and musicians, among those being Senior Eddie Donkor who´s neighboring house he spent a lot of time in, Kwame grew up surrounded by music, playing drums by age 5 and guitar by age 7, soon moving on to keyboards.[1] At age 18, Kwame moved to Denmark to study Music (Arrangement and Harmony) and took up workshops with Jazz Artists and music tutors such as Michel Camilo and Danilo Pérez.[2]
Career
Kwame Yeboah relocated to the UK after being invited to work with Award-winning British Urban artist Ms. Dynamite, which was followed by many TV appearances and live shows. Now based in London, he moved on to working with many British artists such as MPHO, Daniel Bedingfield, Jamie Scott, Rhian Benson, Mis-Teeq, R'n'B/Garage heartthrob Craig David who he recently accompanied on his 2013 World Tour.[3]
Having toured and worked with artists such as Stevie Wonder, Omar, Shaggy, Another Level, Ken Boothe, Tom Jones and many more, Kwame is currently a member of the Supowers working and touring with Sierra Leonean-German Reggae/Soul artist Patrice Bart-Williams[4] as well as Yusuf/Cat Stevens´s Roadsters.
Despite not being in the same country for more than a month going from his home in London to stages all over the world, Kwame is continuously active in his home country Ghana and the Ghanaian music business. He has been known as the keyboardist and music director for Ghana´s number 1 selling artist Kojo Antwi. He is also a part of the Ghanaian Afro-pop band Osibisa.[5]
A priced musician in Ghana, winning the 2010 Ghana Music Award for Best Instrumentalist,[6] Kwame operates his Mixstation Studio out of Accra, Ghana producing and promoting African artists such as Wunmi, Becca, Nana Yaa and Efya. As a musical director, he was responsible for shows like Vodafone Icons Reality Show[7] and Red Lipsticks Concert.[8] His Ohia b3y3 ya Band, also known as OBY, released their first single "Only you" in 2013.[9]
In 2014, he started the sega/reggae fuison band "the sYnergee" with fellow musicians and friends Eric Appapoulay (Vocals and guitar), Joshua McKenzie aka MckNasty (drums), Rick Leon James (bass), Marcina Arnold (percussion) and Karlos Edwards (percussion).[10]
References
- ^ Nuhhu, Hadiza (2013-02-05). "HADIZA'S BEAT: Kwame Yeboah — Master keyboardist". Hadizasbeat.blogspot.de. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
- ^ "Kwame Yeboah". UKStop. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
- ^ "Craig David Concert!". davehoangmusic. 2013-04-02. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
- ^ "Patrice Bart-Williams, les musiciens". Patricebartwilliams.free.fr. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
- ^ "Kwame Yeboah Credits - ARTISTdirect Music". Artistdirect.com. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
- ^ "Sarkodie Wins Artist Of The Year Award". Deadlineentertainment.com. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
- ^ "Ludacris, Sarkodie to rock Ghana @ Vodafone's 020 Live concert". Ghanaianagenda.com. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
- ^ Yaw, Nana (2011-08-29). "Kwame Yeboah To Stun Red Lipsticks Musical Concert". ModernGhana.com. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
- ^ "Kwame Yeboah's band ready with single | Entertainment News". Graphic.com.gh. 2013-04-13. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
- ^ "the sYnergee".
External links
- Kwame Yeboah on Facebook (official)
- Kwame Yeboah's OBY Band Youtube Channel's channel on YouTube