{"id":69538,"date":"2021-01-19T19:07:30","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T18:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=69538"},"modified":"2023-08-04T12:41:52","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T10:41:52","slug":"florence-adooni-mam-peela-suure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/florence-adooni-mam-peela-suure\/","title":{"rendered":"Florence Adooni, the new queen of frafra-gospel music releases solo EP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Former member of Guy One&#8217;s band and chorister for Alogte Oho and its Sounds of Joy, Florence Adooni has unveiled a two-track solo EP which transports us to the savannahs of northern Ghana where the frafra-gospel genre has developed. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>It is from the northern regions of Ghana, where the Frafra people transmit their music on church pews surrounded by goats and sheep, that Florence Adooni sings her praises on a very personal frafra groove. Percussion, polyrhythm, synthesizers, delicate brass and psychedelic funk guitar give tempo and mood to these two tracks. Add a gospel voice and you\u2019re in heaven. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2727341707\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/florenceadooni.bandcamp.com\/album\/mam-peela-suure\">Mam Pe&#39;ela Su&#39;ure by Florence Adooni<\/a><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Since being a part of Guy One\u2019s band (a kologo hero), the singer has already shared a good deal of music from her personal history, notably with the Berlin label Philophon which has acted as a real springboard for international recognition. Florence Adooni\u2019s interstellar voice is the one you might have heard on the radio hit &#8220;Estre&#8221; with Guy One or on Alogte Oho&#8217;s Sounds of Joy&#8217;s album <em>Mam Yinne Wa<\/em>, a frafra-gospel with distant echoes of reggae across the Atlantic. Notably, Jimi Tenor also chose her for his modern classic &#8220;Vocalize My Luv.&#8221; In addition to all these contributions, Florence has released a series of albums locally under her own name and it is for all these reasons that she can undoubtedly be called the queen of Frafra-Gospel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Mam Pe&#8217;ela Su&#8217;ure&#8221; is a typical frafra-gospel hymn sung during Sunday services, supported here by Kumasi&#8217;s best high-life players, who turn the song into a huge groove wave. &#8220;Naba Aferda&#8221; is a tribute to the chief of Zuarungu, Florence\u2019s birthplace, which was also the birthplace of the legendary Christy Azuma, who became the first international Frafra-Star in the 1970s. Christy has always been a great inspiration to Florence and makes her proud to come from such a small village with such a decidedly talented population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EP will be released on March 12 via Philophon Records. 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