Published
6 years agoon
By
Frimpong
It was a night full of music and exclusive information as multiple award-winning Ghanaian born reggae/ragga & dance-hall warrior, livingstone Etse Satekla, professionally called Stonebwoy, was hosted in a 2-hour virtual album listening session live on on the largest independent commercial media and entertainment network in Ghana, Multimedia Group Limited (parent company of Hitz 103.9 FM and Joy Prime)
The event which was streamed live via Stonebwoy’s Youtube page, Joy Prime’s social media pages respectively, and transmitted via Hitz 103.9 FM witnessed the Black Entertainment Tv (BET) award-winning artiste taking consumers, entertainment critics and the entire music populace down the lane to “Anloga Junction”, with discussion being centered on his forthcoming studio album, but not limited to promotional strategies, collaborations, productions and inspiration behind the whole theme, thus, “Anloga Junction”.
Hosted by Jay Foley and Kpekpo Maxwell Justice (KMJ) who empaneled Mark Okraku Mantey, Cookie Tee, and Doreen Avio, “Road To Anloga Junction” saw the most revered dance-hall artiste delivering an electrifying performance with his BHIM Band, with only two crew members (Keyboardist and Guitarist) representing. For the first time, he performed the three singles (Understand, African Party and Good Morning) and track-15, Strength and Hope, off the album. This was after he shared two singles each from the last three albums, thus, Grade 1, Necessary Evil, and Epistles of Mama (EOM).
Speaking on the unconscious burst of creativity on the subject of his forthcoming fourth studio album, Stonebwoy revealed that, he needed to get people wondering about themaster piece just by hearing the name. He explained that, “Anloga” (a town in Keta District of the Volta Region in southeast Ghana) represents the inspiration from home, where as “Junction” represents the inventiveness from the western world. He however gave props to his late mother for being part of his artistic journey.
On the issue of production, mixing and mastering, the Nickelodeon Kids Choice (NKC) award-winning artiste stated that, in 2019, Burniton Music Group – BMG (his management) knew they had to put a project for 2020, and for this particular project, his administration handpicked some of the the topmost producers in the world to Ghana’s home-grown masterminds.