{"id":98157,"date":"2015-03-10T12:08:31","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T12:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=98157"},"modified":"2015-03-10T12:08:31","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T12:08:31","slug":"citi-fm-announces-headliners-for-mogo-festival-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=98157","title":{"rendered":"Citi FM announces headliners for MOGO Festival 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The annual Citi FM Music of Ghanaian Origin (MOGO) Festival is set to take over Ghana from Saturday March 21 to 28 with a series of events to celebrate music of Ghanaian origin.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Some of the best music moments would occur during the festival with the biggest names in indigenous Ghanaian music lined up to perform throughout the week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The MOGO Festival begins with the <strong>Accra Music Expo <\/strong>at Mantse Agbonaa on Saturday March 21 with some of the best indigenous Ga bands and musicians as well as a hotly contested \u2018Jama\u2019 Competition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Accra Music Expo would be a huge open air party with the likes of Tinny, Adane Best, Dzajeloi and a host of others taking their turn to thrill patrons at Mantse Agbonaa &#8211; Jamestown.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">On Sunday March 22, ten deceased musicians will be remembered and honored at a special <strong>MOGO Memorial Service. <\/strong>The event is to immortalize the musicians and honor them for the contributions to Ghanaian music.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The late musicians to be honored at the Memorial Service are Dr. K. Gyasi, Dr. Paa Bobo, P. K. Nyamoah, Rev. Kusi Berko, Terry Bonchaka, Mac Tontoh (Osibisa), Jerry Hansen (Ramblers), Ampofo Agyei, Michael Dwamena and Alex Konadu.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Some living legends will also be honored at a special event dubbed the <strong>3 Nights with Highlife Greats. <\/strong>An exceptional musician will be hosted by 97.3 Citi FM from 23<sup>rd<\/sup> March to Wednesday 24<sup>th<\/sup> March at the plush Alisa Hotel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The legends will take turns to tell their life stories, with a band in the background performing their hits intermittently. Nana Kwame Ampadu, Ben Brako and Paapa Yankson will take turns each night to tell their stories and be honored.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_98161\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98161\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Jazz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-98161\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Jazz.jpg\" alt=\"African Jazz Jamboree: One of the events you cannot afford to miss\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-98161\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">African Jazz Jamboree: One of the events you cannot afford to miss<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">On Friday March 27, Ghana will get groovy with the <strong>African Jazz Jamboree (<\/strong><em>Jazz\u2019in the Citi). <\/em>The event will bring together a host of Africa\u2019s most captivating jazz musicians &#8211; Gyedu Blay Ambolley, George Spratz, Aka Blay, Kollaboration, Constant Boty and B.B. Blues. &#8211; to give patrons a night to remember.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MOGO-Awards.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-98165\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MOGO-Awards-663x1024.jpg\" alt=\"MOGO ART022\" width=\"620\" height=\"958\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The <strong>MOGO Festival <\/strong>will be climaxed on Saturday March 28\u00a0 with the <strong>MOGO Awards <\/strong>at the Accra International Conference Center. Paapa Yankson, Adane Best, Pat Thomas, Nana Kwame Ampadu, Okyeame Kwame, Samuel Owusu and the Ramblers Internatizonal Band.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Ten individuals or groups will walk home with one of the prestigious <strong>MOGO Awards 2015 <\/strong>on the night. The <strong>MOGO Festival 2015 <\/strong>is powered by <strong>97.3 Citi FM.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">By: Kojo Akoto Boateng\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annual Citi FM Music of Ghanaian Origin (MOGO) Festival is set to take over Ghana from Saturday March 21 to 28 with a series of events to celebrate music of Ghanaian origin. 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