{"id":41330,"date":"2019-10-23T17:08:59","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T15:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/highlife-legend-gyedu-blay-ambolley-returns-with-new-album-11th-street-sekondi\/"},"modified":"2020-04-27T03:33:57","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T02:33:57","slug":"highlife-legend-gyedu-blay-ambolley-returns-with-new-album-11th-street-sekondi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/highlife-legend-gyedu-blay-ambolley-returns-with-new-album-11th-street-sekondi\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlife legend Gyedu-Blay Ambolley returns with new album, 11th Street, Sekondi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31436 pam-featured-content\"  src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Webp.net-compress-image-73.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"975\" height=\"819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Webp.net-compress-image-73.jpg 975w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Webp.net-compress-image-73-759x638.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Webp.net-compress-image-73-661x555.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Webp.net-compress-image-73-465x391.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Webp.net-compress-image-73-375x315.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Ghanaian highlife star and renowned saxophonist, singer and guitarist Gyedu-Blay Ambolley\u00a0returns with <em>11th Street, Sekondi<\/em>, his 32nd albums since his debut in 1973.<\/h4>\n<p>The Ghanian legend\u2019s latest release shows off a pride of heritage, and his honed talent for mixing highlife with other genres like rap, afro-funk and disc<span style=\"color: #333333;\">o.\u00a0<a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/blay-ambolley\/\">Ambolley<\/a>\u2019s la<\/span>test album, <em>11th Street, Sekondi<\/em>, named after the area of West<span style=\"color: #333333;\"> Ghana<\/span> in which he grew up, is a look back at the area and musical styles that shaped the musician\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BxHNnEH-af8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Black Woman&#8221;, is a funky number that opens the album with Ambolley on a tenor sax solo.\u00a0Soul, jazz, blues and comedy are present &#8211; in keeping with his fervent belief that music must always be entertaining for the listener.\u00a0The album is the second of his to be released on German label Agogo Records, after acclaimed 2017 hit, <em>Ketan<\/em>. It also stays true to highlife&#8217;s social ambitions, with reflections on the misguided pursuit of European ideals ahead of African values.<\/p>\n<p><em>11th Street, Sekondi<\/em>,\u00a0out on November 22 via\u00a0Agogo Records. Discover the artwork below and pre-order it <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/blayambolley.bandcamp.com\/album\/11th-street-sekondi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Gyedu Blay Ambolley &amp; His Sekondi Band will perform at<span style=\"color: #333333;\"> <a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?post_type=post&amp;s=guess+who\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Le Guess Who festival<\/a> i<\/span>n Utrecht, Netherlands on <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leguesswho.nl\/lineup\/gyedu-blay-ambolley-his-sekondi-band\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Saturday, 9th November<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31432\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/11th-Street-Gyedu-Ambolley-e1571819447572.jpg\" alt=\"11th Street Gyedu Blay Ambolley\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/11th-Street-Gyedu-Ambolley-e1571819447572.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/11th-Street-Gyedu-Ambolley-e1571819447572-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/11th-Street-Gyedu-Ambolley-e1571819447572-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/11th-Street-Gyedu-Ambolley-e1571819447572-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/11th-Street-Gyedu-Ambolley-e1571819447572-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/11th-Street-Gyedu-Ambolley-e1571819447572-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/11th-Street-Gyedu-Ambolley-e1571819447572-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/11th-Street-Gyedu-Ambolley-e1571819447572-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/11th-Street-Gyedu-Ambolley-e1571819447572-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian highlife star and renowned saxophonist, singer and guitarist Gyedu-Blay Ambolley\u00a0returns with 11th Street, Sekondi, his 32nd albums since his debut in 1973. 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