Palm-wine music

Summary

Palm-wine music names related West African guitar-centered song traditions associated with convivial gatherings, social commentary and the movement of people along the coast. The name recalls places where palm wine was shared, but it does not mean that every performance requires alcohol or a bar. Its often light texture can conceal intricate coordination: a guitarist supplies bass and melody while a singer shapes a story and small percussion sustains the dance. The category includes regional variants rather than one uniform transnational repertoire.

Contemporary and trending

Palm-wine music has both continuing local lives and a substantial heritage-recording audience. Acoustic presentation can make it attractive to revival performers and new listeners, while everyday guitar practice may be less visible internationally than larger pop industries. Old recordings are valuable, but they should not become evidence that the tradition exists only in the past. Contemporary interest also ranges from faithful repertoire learning to new songwriting with similar fingerstyle resources. These activities share a vocabulary without necessarily sharing the original social settings or a single market.

History

Seafaring and coastal labor networks helped circulate guitars and playing approaches among Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana and neighboring areas. Local musicians combined these resources with their own languages and dance traditions. As guitar music traveled inland it became part of other social environments, contributing to the larger history of highlife. A port is therefore a point in a network, not a self-contained origin story. Commercial recordings later carried particular performers far beyond the communities in which their songs first made sense.

Musical characteristics

The guitar often separates a steady low accompaniment from a more active upper pattern. The resulting music can sound relaxed while maintaining a subtle cross-rhythmic pull. Rattles, hand percussion or a second instrument may make the pulse more explicit. Lyrics can be humorous, cautionary, affectionate or reflective; singing is not merely a decorative layer over virtuoso guitar. Listen to how a phrase lands against the repeated accompaniment and how a singer uses conversational timing. Regional language and accent contribute to a performance's identity as much as its chord pattern.

Geography and communities

The map represents a coastal and inland connected zone across Sierra Leone and Liberia, plus a Ghanaian guitar-song heartland. A broad shape is more useful than separate mushrooms around Freetown, Monrovia and a few recorded villages. It includes the routes, market towns and countryside through which songs and playing circulate. A lighter British field acknowledges a later adopted and diaspora listening circuit. The geographic treatment intentionally distinguishes this relatively intimate musical network from the much larger contemporary reach of African pop in general.

Eric Sunu Doe’s research describes Ghanaian palmwine continuity through community learning, Koo Nimo and contemporary ensembles, while recognizing roots in the hinterlands. This supports keeping Ghana’s field connected across rural and urban settings alongside the separate Upper Guinea history. The map does not turn every coastal guitar tradition into one uniform style or mistake a revival ensemble for the whole community of practice.

Artists

S. E. Rogie is a rewarding entry into Sierra Leonean palm-wine guitar and singing. Ebenezer Calendar offers a related but different historical ensemble voice. Ghanaian listening includes Kwaa Mensah and the broader guitar-song traditions that fed into highlife. These examples reveal how portability and personal style can coexist: one instrument can support a recognizable accompaniment while leaving room for an individual singer's humor and phrasing. Smithsonian's Ghana holdings also situate guitar songs beside other local performance practices, rather than presenting them as music without a surrounding culture.

Representative performances

These recordings offer listening examples of the genre. Notes identify the performance setting and any adaptation or mixed repertoire.

MuGlobe listening profile

Repertoire	Field use	Notes
traditional	regional	Comprehensive catalogue; recent discovery is prioritized and worthwhile older music remains playable. Preserve specific recording contexts and dates.

MuGlobe representative performances

Artist	Performance / song / title	Embedded player URL	Notes	Repertoire kind	Repertoire date	Recording date	Format	Opening	Places	Fit	Evidence	Review note	MuGlobe favorite	Current hit	Authentic
Koo Nimo Palmwine Quartet	The Industry of the Ant — Hertme 2007	https://www.youtube.com/embed/DYJYFM2mAck	The festival’s own film represents Ghanaian palm-wine guitar, singing and small-ensemble interplay.	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	pending	Existing recording	Legacy accepted recording retained during curation-field migration; no new age or geographic claims.	false	false	false
S. E. Rogie	My Lovely Elizabeth	https://www.youtube.com/embed/ksoa7jSimtI	A credited catalogue release supplies the Sierra Leonean palm-wine-song tradition as a regional contrast to Koo Nimo; recorded audio.	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	pending	Existing recording	Legacy accepted recording retained during curation-field migration; no new age or geographic claims.	false	false	false
Victor Afari and ensemble	Palm Wine Medley - Victor Afari	https://www.youtube.com/embed/D-ghKdXh-jE	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: Victor Afari. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. PalmWineMedley: own actual live MelodiesofAfrica2026 praise-festival performance. Devotional setting does not disqualify specifically identified palmwine musical arrangement. One coherent medley,not original masters artificially attributed to singer. Video publication: 2026-05-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Ghana	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: Victor Afari. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. PalmWineMedley: own actual live MelodiesofAfrica2026 praise-festival performance. Devotional setting does not disqualify specifically identified palmwine musical arrangement. One coherent medley,not original masters artificially attributed to singer.	false	false	false
Ensamble Clásico de Guitarras de la Universidad Veracruzana	Palmwine Suite – Taiwo Adegoke | Ensamble Clásico de Guitarras (live)	https://www.youtube.com/embed/eQIZDSNi0Js	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: Ensamble Clasico de Guitarras de la UV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. PalmwineSuite: primary ensemble explicitly identifies composer TaiwoAdegoke and three-movement work based on WestAfrican palmwine styles,including Nigerian traditions. Actual Mexican university guitar ensemble performs,not composer assumed on stage. Contemporary concert arrangement retained explicitly rather than an unchanged Ghanaian village rendition. Source says19AprilXalapa,year not independently specified by session caption. Video publication: 2026-04-22; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	classical	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Nigeria	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: Ensamble Clasico de Guitarras de la UV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. PalmwineSuite: primary ensemble explicitly identifies composer TaiwoAdegoke and three-movement work based on WestAfrican palmwine styles,including Nigerian traditions. Actual Mexican university guitar ensemble performs,not composer assumed on stage. Contemporary concert arrangement retained explicitly rather than an unchanged Ghanaian village rendition. Source says19AprilXalapa,year not independently specified by session caption.	false	false	false
George Spratz	NYAME NKROFO (palmwine guitar style)	https://www.youtube.com/embed/M0wsUAc7kGA	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: GEORGE SPRATZ. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Current primary title NYAME NKROFO,palmwine guitar style in Odonson mood. Actual instrumental/musical rendition by named guitarist,not a spoken guitar lesson merely because channel also teaches. Cached listing’s earlier title YouAreTheOne is not substituted for fresh primary title. Video publication: 2026-01-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Ghana	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: GEORGE SPRATZ. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Current primary title NYAME NKROFO,palmwine guitar style in Odonson mood. Actual instrumental/musical rendition by named guitarist,not a spoken guitar lesson merely because channel also teaches. Cached listing’s earlier title YouAreTheOne is not substituted for fresh primary title.	false	false	false
Adwenkoro Palmwine Band	Adwenkoro Palmwine Band _ Palmwine Highlife	https://www.youtube.com/embed/H6c3kvgPiss	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: Adwenkoro Palmwine Band. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Own2026 coherent guitar/percussion/vocal palmwine programme. Source image shows actual ensemble performance; one longer programme retained rather than its apparent15-minute extract. Video publication: 2026-01-01; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Ghana	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: Adwenkoro Palmwine Band. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Own2026 coherent guitar/percussion/vocal palmwine programme. Source image shows actual ensemble performance; one longer programme retained rather than its apparent15-minute extract.	false	false	false
Legon Palmwine Band	Palmwine Highlife Live at Alliance Française Accra | Legon Palmwine Band (Full Concert)	https://www.youtube.com/embed/N8IQoRK3hrM	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: Legon Palmwine Band. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary ensemble’s complete AllianceFrançaiseAccra concert: specifically described contemporary palmwine/highlife guitar,vocal and storytelling arrangements,including adapted covers. One coherent performed programme,not a playlist of original artists’ masters. Own2026 constituent clips held to avoid whole-plus-identical-cuts inflation. Video publication: 2025-12-15; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Ghana	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: Legon Palmwine Band. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary ensemble’s complete AllianceFrançaiseAccra concert: specifically described contemporary palmwine/highlife guitar,vocal and storytelling arrangements,including adapted covers. One coherent performed programme,not a playlist of original artists’ masters. Own2026 constituent clips held to avoid whole-plus-identical-cuts inflation.	false	false	false
Kyekyeku and accompanying musicians	Palm wine music playing pepesua with kyekyeku on the Guitar	https://www.youtube.com/embed/hCuuweN4xJo	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: Thomas Nii Lantey Botchway(tombotch). Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary musician/recordist identifies actual guitar and pepesua palmwine ensemble performance,2025 source. No invented instrument roles for unnamed accompanying musicians. Video publication: 2025-01-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Ghana	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: Thomas Nii Lantey Botchway(tombotch). Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary musician/recordist identifies actual guitar and pepesua palmwine ensemble performance,2025 source. No invented instrument roles for unnamed accompanying musicians.	false	false	false
Kyekyeku	Kyekyeku "When All of This is Over"	https://www.youtube.com/embed/5VbQOB4i--E	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: Afropop Worldwide. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. WhenAllOfThisIsOver: primary Afropop producer identifies specific acoustic palmwine performance at EBU/WOMEXLisbon2022.2023 fundraising publication not session date. Documented performance/session: 2022. Video publication: 2023-07-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2022	live	unknown	country:Ghana	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: Afropop Worldwide. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. WhenAllOfThisIsOver: primary Afropop producer identifies specific acoustic palmwine performance at EBU/WOMEXLisbon2022.2023 fundraising publication not session date. Documented performance/session: 2022.	false	false	false
Kofi Bruce	KOFI BRUCE - Yellow (Visualizer)	https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZDhLqI-04jc	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: KOFI BRUCE . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary original artist sources plus MusicInAfrica artist interviews identify modern Ghanaian palmwine trilogy MarthaMatter/Philomina/Aketesia and Yellow. Keep one source per master; no Topic/audio/lyric duplicate counting.2021–2023 publication distinct from unknown sessions. Video publication: 2023-06-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	music-video	unknown	country:Ghana	supported	Recording/context source Recording/context source Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: KOFI BRUCE . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary original artist sources plus MusicInAfrica artist interviews identify modern Ghanaian palmwine trilogy MarthaMatter/Philomina/Aketesia and Yellow. Keep one source per master; no Topic/audio/lyric duplicate counting.2021–2023 publication distinct from unknown sessions.	false	false	false
Kofi Bruce	KOFI BRUCE - Mashke (Official Video)	https://www.youtube.com/embed/dDwlSpFttTo	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: KOFI BRUCE . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Mashke: own musical video explicitly connects actual performance to MarthaMatter/Philomina/Aketesia,with rhythmic Afrikyewa thumbbell and bass. Particular modern palmwine musical continuation,not commentary review. Video publication: 2023-01-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	music-video	unknown	country:Ghana	supported	Recording/context source Recording/context source Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: KOFI BRUCE . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Mashke: own musical video explicitly connects actual performance to MarthaMatter/Philomina/Aketesia,with rhythmic Afrikyewa thumbbell and bass. Particular modern palmwine musical continuation,not commentary review.	false	false	false
K. Gyasi and Ahyewa group	K Gyasi and Ahyewa group performs Agya Koo Nimo Akoko Bon (live)	https://www.youtube.com/embed/zTp5POcvHag	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: HAMMER TIME. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. AkokoBon: primary performance programme explicitly identifies actual group performing KooNimo repertoire. Composer/honouree not automatically current lead voice. Video publication: 2023-01-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Ghana	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: HAMMER TIME. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. AkokoBon: primary performance programme explicitly identifies actual group performing KooNimo repertoire. Composer/honouree not automatically current lead voice.	false	false	false
S. E. Rogie	Toomus Meremereh Nor Good	https://www.youtube.com/embed/0W9NwnzXnJ8	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: S.E. Rogie - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distinct named Toomus,Kpindigbi,DoMeJustice,AdviceToSchoolgirls,KluaKunde,PleaseGoEasyWithMe,ATimeInMyLife,AreSorryForYou,SheCaughtMeRedHot,KonehPelawoe and MuyeiSierraLeone masters. Primary reissue label documents1960s palmwine/highlife repertoire and later recordings remain worthwhile. Upload/reissue dates not new sessions; no whole anthology plus these cuts selected. Distributor release: 2022-03-04; reissue date does not establish original recording. Video publication: 2022-11-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	audio	unknown	country:Sierra Leone	supported	Recording/context source Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: S.E. Rogie - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distinct named Toomus,Kpindigbi,DoMeJustice,AdviceToSchoolgirls,KluaKunde,PleaseGoEasyWithMe,ATimeInMyLife,AreSorryForYou,SheCaughtMeRedHot,KonehPelawoe and MuyeiSierraLeone masters. Primary reissue label documents1960s palmwine/highlife repertoire and later recordings remain worthwhile. Upload/reissue dates not new sessions; no whole anthology plus these cuts selected. Distributor release: 2022-03-04; reissue date does not establish original recording.	false	false	false
S. E. Rogie	Kpindigbi	https://www.youtube.com/embed/HiGPhH9H1LU	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: S.E. Rogie - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distinct named Toomus,Kpindigbi,DoMeJustice,AdviceToSchoolgirls,KluaKunde,PleaseGoEasyWithMe,ATimeInMyLife,AreSorryForYou,SheCaughtMeRedHot,KonehPelawoe and MuyeiSierraLeone masters. Primary reissue label documents1960s palmwine/highlife repertoire and later recordings remain worthwhile. Upload/reissue dates not new sessions; no whole anthology plus these cuts selected. Distributor release: 2022-03-04; reissue date does not establish original recording. Video publication: 2022-11-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	audio	unknown	country:Sierra Leone	supported	Recording/context source Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: S.E. Rogie - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distinct named Toomus,Kpindigbi,DoMeJustice,AdviceToSchoolgirls,KluaKunde,PleaseGoEasyWithMe,ATimeInMyLife,AreSorryForYou,SheCaughtMeRedHot,KonehPelawoe and MuyeiSierraLeone masters. Primary reissue label documents1960s palmwine/highlife repertoire and later recordings remain worthwhile. Upload/reissue dates not new sessions; no whole anthology plus these cuts selected. Distributor release: 2022-03-04; reissue date does not establish original recording.	false	false	false
S. E. Rogie and the Morningstars	Twist With The Morningstars	https://www.youtube.com/embed/sWiXa7l5FjM	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: S.E. Rogie - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. TwistWithTheMorningstars: particular recorded palmwine/highlife ensemble repertoire,with explicit twist influence. Primary label situates these1960s solo and Morningstars masters in Rogie’s palmwine catalogue;1986/2010/2022 dates are releases/reissues,not new sessions. Distributor release: 2010-08-01; reissue date does not establish original recording. Video publication: 2022-11-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	audio	unknown	country:Sierra Leone	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: S.E. Rogie - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. TwistWithTheMorningstars: particular recorded palmwine/highlife ensemble repertoire,with explicit twist influence. Primary label situates these1960s solo and Morningstars masters in Rogie’s palmwine catalogue;1986/2010/2022 dates are releases/reissues,not new sessions. Distributor release: 2010-08-01; reissue date does not establish original recording.	false	false	false
S. E. Rogie	Do Me Justice	https://www.youtube.com/embed/b2aVpasNXWY	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: S.E. Rogie - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distinct named Toomus,Kpindigbi,DoMeJustice,AdviceToSchoolgirls,KluaKunde,PleaseGoEasyWithMe,ATimeInMyLife,AreSorryForYou,SheCaughtMeRedHot,KonehPelawoe and MuyeiSierraLeone masters. Primary reissue label documents1960s palmwine/highlife repertoire and later recordings remain worthwhile. Upload/reissue dates not new sessions; no whole anthology plus these cuts selected. Distributor release: 2010-08-01; reissue date does not establish original recording. Video publication: 2022-11-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	audio	unknown	country:Sierra Leone	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: S.E. Rogie - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distinct named Toomus,Kpindigbi,DoMeJustice,AdviceToSchoolgirls,KluaKunde,PleaseGoEasyWithMe,ATimeInMyLife,AreSorryForYou,SheCaughtMeRedHot,KonehPelawoe and MuyeiSierraLeone masters. Primary reissue label documents1960s palmwine/highlife repertoire and later recordings remain worthwhile. Upload/reissue dates not new sessions; no whole anthology plus these cuts selected. Distributor release: 2010-08-01; reissue date does not establish original recording.	false	false	false
S. E. Rogie	Please Go Easy With Me	https://www.youtube.com/embed/onULCwS0MTI	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: S.E. Rogie - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distinct named Toomus,Kpindigbi,DoMeJustice,AdviceToSchoolgirls,KluaKunde,PleaseGoEasyWithMe,ATimeInMyLife,AreSorryForYou,SheCaughtMeRedHot,KonehPelawoe and MuyeiSierraLeone masters. Primary reissue label documents1960s palmwine/highlife repertoire and later recordings remain worthwhile. Upload/reissue dates not new sessions; no whole anthology plus these cuts selected. Distributor release: 2010-08-01; reissue date does not establish original recording. Video publication: 2022-11-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	audio	unknown	country:Sierra Leone	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: S.E. Rogie - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distinct named Toomus,Kpindigbi,DoMeJustice,AdviceToSchoolgirls,KluaKunde,PleaseGoEasyWithMe,ATimeInMyLife,AreSorryForYou,SheCaughtMeRedHot,KonehPelawoe and MuyeiSierraLeone masters. Primary reissue label documents1960s palmwine/highlife repertoire and later recordings remain worthwhile. Upload/reissue dates not new sessions; no whole anthology plus these cuts selected. Distributor release: 2010-08-01; reissue date does not establish original recording.	false	false	false
Kofi Bruce	KOFI BRUCE - Philomina (Official Audio)	https://www.youtube.com/embed/3d0q0kfwK7g	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: KOFI BRUCE . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary original artist sources plus MusicInAfrica artist interviews identify modern Ghanaian palmwine trilogy MarthaMatter/Philomina/Aketesia and Yellow. Keep one source per master; no Topic/audio/lyric duplicate counting.2021–2023 publication distinct from unknown sessions. Video publication: 2022-08-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	music-video	unknown	country:Ghana	supported	Recording/context source Recording/context source Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: KOFI BRUCE . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary original artist sources plus MusicInAfrica artist interviews identify modern Ghanaian palmwine trilogy MarthaMatter/Philomina/Aketesia and Yellow. Keep one source per master; no Topic/audio/lyric duplicate counting.2021–2023 publication distinct from unknown sessions.	false	false	false
Kofi Bruce	KOFI BRUCE - Martha Matter [Official Lyric video]	https://www.youtube.com/embed/wf2nXo10s6A	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: KOFI BRUCE . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary original artist sources plus MusicInAfrica artist interviews identify modern Ghanaian palmwine trilogy MarthaMatter/Philomina/Aketesia and Yellow. Keep one source per master; no Topic/audio/lyric duplicate counting.2021–2023 publication distinct from unknown sessions. Video publication: 2022-06-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	music-video	unknown	country:Ghana	supported	Recording/context source Recording/context source Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: KOFI BRUCE . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary original artist sources plus MusicInAfrica artist interviews identify modern Ghanaian palmwine trilogy MarthaMatter/Philomina/Aketesia and Yellow. Keep one source per master; no Topic/audio/lyric duplicate counting.2021–2023 publication distinct from unknown sessions.	false	false	false
Palmwine Band at VGMA23 (members uncredited)	Performance in honor of Agya Koo Nimo By Palmwine Band at the #VGMA23	https://www.youtube.com/embed/a8ORIet7o8c	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: Charterhouselive. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary award-event organiser specifically identifies palmwine band performing for KooNimo. Honoured master not assumed present lead voice; source2022 distinct from exact session date. Video publication: 2022-05-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Ghana	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: Charterhouselive. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary award-event organiser specifically identifies palmwine band performing for KooNimo. Honoured master not assumed present lead voice; source2022 distinct from exact session date.	false	false	false
Westcoast Ebusua	Efie ne fie[ Version 5- Palm wine music]	https://www.youtube.com/embed/MxXduiNEeno	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: Westcoast Ebusua. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. EfieNeFie version5: own specifically labelled palmwine musical rendition,coherent programme rather than lesson. Exact session date unknown. Video publication: 2022-03-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Ghana	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: Westcoast Ebusua. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. EfieNeFie version5: own specifically labelled palmwine musical rendition,coherent programme rather than lesson. Exact session date unknown.	false	false	false
Kofi Bruce	KOFI BRUCE - Aketesia (Young Lady)	https://www.youtube.com/embed/MWDB5m0VwyI	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: KOFI BRUCE . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary original artist sources plus MusicInAfrica artist interviews identify modern Ghanaian palmwine trilogy MarthaMatter/Philomina/Aketesia and Yellow. Keep one source per master; no Topic/audio/lyric duplicate counting.2021–2023 publication distinct from unknown sessions. Video publication: 2021-11-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	music-video	unknown	country:Ghana	supported	Recording/context source Recording/context source Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: KOFI BRUCE . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary original artist sources plus MusicInAfrica artist interviews identify modern Ghanaian palmwine trilogy MarthaMatter/Philomina/Aketesia and Yellow. Keep one source per master; no Topic/audio/lyric duplicate counting.2021–2023 publication distinct from unknown sessions.	false	false	false
Koo Nimo; Pat Thomas	The leading folk musician Palm wine music, Agya Koo Nimo performs with High life legend Pat Thomas	https://www.youtube.com/embed/f32f1QBitYc	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: KNUST-TEK TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary KNUST broadcaster explicitly identifies particular palmwine musical performance with actual two musicians. Not all PatThomas highlife career imported. Video publication: 2020-11-26; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Ghana	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: KNUST-TEK TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary KNUST broadcaster explicitly identifies particular palmwine musical performance with actual two musicians. Not all PatThomas highlife career imported.	false	false	false
Koo Nimo and the Adadam group	Odonson Medley/Atene By Ko Nimo And The Adadam Group - Ghana Highlife	https://www.youtube.com/embed/LoWuHniOzVk	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: Ken_Yatta. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. OdonsonMedley/Atene: explicitly identified LP programme OdonsonNkoaaPartOne. One coherent musical source retained,not arbitrary album fragments as additional masters. Video publication: 2019-10-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	audio	unknown	country:Ghana	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: Ken_Yatta. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. OdonsonMedley/Atene: explicitly identified LP programme OdonsonNkoaaPartOne. One coherent musical source retained,not arbitrary album fragments as additional masters.	false	false	false
S. E. Rogie	S.E.Rogie-My Lovely Elizabeth (live)	https://www.youtube.com/embed/AkV5M9YQY0E	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: James Walton Ingham. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. MyLovelyElizabeth: original event account dates solo performance to SierraLeone30th-independence gala at OdeonLeicesterSquare1991. Distinct live rendition from preserved earlier studio source ksoa7jSimtI,not duplicate upload of that master. Documented performance/session: 1991. Video publication: 2019-07-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	1991	live	unknown	country:Sierra Leone	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: James Walton Ingham. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. MyLovelyElizabeth: original event account dates solo performance to SierraLeone30th-independence gala at OdeonLeicesterSquare1991. Distinct live rendition from preserved earlier studio source ksoa7jSimtI,not duplicate upload of that master. Documented performance/session: 1991.	false	false	false
The Liberian Palm Wine Experience (George Dunbar Knuckles Sr.; ManJah Doughba Carmo Caranda II; Charles Synclair Neal III)	The Liberian Palm Wine Medley	https://www.youtube.com/embed/V1FDHS_TYu4	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: Charles Neal. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary participating musician names actual trio and specifically Liberian folk-song palmwine medley. One coherent musical programme,not original individual songs counted as invented videos.2017 upload separate from unknown session. Video publication: 2017-07-26; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Liberia	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: Charles Neal. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary participating musician names actual trio and specifically Liberian folk-song palmwine medley. One coherent musical programme,not original individual songs counted as invented videos.2017 upload separate from unknown session.	false	false	false
S. E. Rogie	S.E.Rogie - Are Sorry For You	https://www.youtube.com/embed/kyILcOJ-hiU	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: James Walton Ingham. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distinct named Toomus,Kpindigbi,DoMeJustice,AdviceToSchoolgirls,KluaKunde,PleaseGoEasyWithMe,ATimeInMyLife,AreSorryForYou,SheCaughtMeRedHot,KonehPelawoe and MuyeiSierraLeone masters. Primary reissue label documents1960s palmwine/highlife repertoire and later recordings remain worthwhile. Upload/reissue dates not new sessions; no whole anthology plus these cuts selected. Video publication: 2014-11-25; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	audio	unknown	country:Sierra Leone	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: James Walton Ingham. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distinct named Toomus,Kpindigbi,DoMeJustice,AdviceToSchoolgirls,KluaKunde,PleaseGoEasyWithMe,ATimeInMyLife,AreSorryForYou,SheCaughtMeRedHot,KonehPelawoe and MuyeiSierraLeone masters. Primary reissue label documents1960s palmwine/highlife repertoire and later recordings remain worthwhile. Upload/reissue dates not new sessions; no whole anthology plus these cuts selected.	false	false	false
Koo Nimo	Egya Koo Nimo plays "aban kaba da me nsa" @ Ashesi	https://www.youtube.com/embed/pp3kQRnPU54	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: Kpanie Addy SJ. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. AbanKabaDaMeNsa: actual named palmwine guitar/song performance at Ashesi,recordist explicitly identifies form. Video publication: 2014-11-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Ghana	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: Kpanie Addy SJ. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. AbanKabaDaMeNsa: actual named palmwine guitar/song performance at Ashesi,recordist explicitly identifies form.	false	false	false
Ebenezer Calendar and his Maringar Band	ebenezer calendar & his maringar band - lumley	https://www.youtube.com/embed/1NcXqjjXDQM	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: cattleandcane. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Lumley: explicitly identified SierraLeone maringa/palmwine band song,older master retained. Earlier cross-batch successful proof reused; no new unnecessary playback test. Video publication: 2014-03-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	audio	unknown	country:Sierra Leone	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: cattleandcane. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Lumley: explicitly identified SierraLeone maringa/palmwine band song,older master retained. Earlier cross-batch successful proof reused; no new unnecessary playback test.	false	false	false
Sierra Leonean palmwine guitarist and singer (uncredited)	Sierra Leone Palm Wine Guitar Woman	https://www.youtube.com/embed/3WQmNtSyHy0	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: The Kamara Family. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Original community recordist explicitly identifies woman’s SierraLeone palmwine guitar performance. Short musical performance retained; no invented name from KamaraFamily uploader. Video publication: 2013-09-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Sierra Leone	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: The Kamara Family. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Original community recordist explicitly identifies woman’s SierraLeone palmwine guitar performance. Short musical performance retained; no invented name from KamaraFamily uploader.	false	false	false
S. E. Rogie	S.E. Rogie -- A Time In My Life (1995)	https://www.youtube.com/embed/HmRzxFlwS68	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: invernessfalls. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distinct named Toomus,Kpindigbi,DoMeJustice,AdviceToSchoolgirls,KluaKunde,PleaseGoEasyWithMe,ATimeInMyLife,AreSorryForYou,SheCaughtMeRedHot,KonehPelawoe and MuyeiSierraLeone masters. Primary reissue label documents1960s palmwine/highlife repertoire and later recordings remain worthwhile. Upload/reissue dates not new sessions; no whole anthology plus these cuts selected. Video says1995 while primary discography dates final album1994; exact session remains unknown,not fabricated from either reissue. Video publication: 2013-04-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	audio	unknown	country:Sierra Leone	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: invernessfalls. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distinct named Toomus,Kpindigbi,DoMeJustice,AdviceToSchoolgirls,KluaKunde,PleaseGoEasyWithMe,ATimeInMyLife,AreSorryForYou,SheCaughtMeRedHot,KonehPelawoe and MuyeiSierraLeone masters. Primary reissue label documents1960s palmwine/highlife repertoire and later recordings remain worthwhile. Upload/reissue dates not new sessions; no whole anthology plus these cuts selected. Video says1995 while primary discography dates final album1994; exact session remains unknown,not fabricated from either reissue.	false	false	false
S. E. Rogie	S.E. Rogie - Advice to Schoolgirls	https://www.youtube.com/embed/yws7FsyLw7Y	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: Tristan Ludlow. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distinct named Toomus,Kpindigbi,DoMeJustice,AdviceToSchoolgirls,KluaKunde,PleaseGoEasyWithMe,ATimeInMyLife,AreSorryForYou,SheCaughtMeRedHot,KonehPelawoe and MuyeiSierraLeone masters. Primary reissue label documents1960s palmwine/highlife repertoire and later recordings remain worthwhile. Upload/reissue dates not new sessions; no whole anthology plus these cuts selected. Video publication: 2013-03-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	audio	unknown	country:Sierra Leone	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: Tristan Ludlow. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distinct named Toomus,Kpindigbi,DoMeJustice,AdviceToSchoolgirls,KluaKunde,PleaseGoEasyWithMe,ATimeInMyLife,AreSorryForYou,SheCaughtMeRedHot,KonehPelawoe and MuyeiSierraLeone masters. Primary reissue label documents1960s palmwine/highlife repertoire and later recordings remain worthwhile. Upload/reissue dates not new sessions; no whole anthology plus these cuts selected.	false	false	false
S. E. Rogie	S.E Rogie-- Klua Kunde	https://www.youtube.com/embed/axSzWZYO2aQ	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: Ngombu-Kabu. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distinct named Toomus,Kpindigbi,DoMeJustice,AdviceToSchoolgirls,KluaKunde,PleaseGoEasyWithMe,ATimeInMyLife,AreSorryForYou,SheCaughtMeRedHot,KonehPelawoe and MuyeiSierraLeone masters. Primary reissue label documents1960s palmwine/highlife repertoire and later recordings remain worthwhile. Upload/reissue dates not new sessions; no whole anthology plus these cuts selected. Video publication: 2012-11-21; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	audio	unknown	country:Sierra Leone	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: Ngombu-Kabu. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distinct named Toomus,Kpindigbi,DoMeJustice,AdviceToSchoolgirls,KluaKunde,PleaseGoEasyWithMe,ATimeInMyLife,AreSorryForYou,SheCaughtMeRedHot,KonehPelawoe and MuyeiSierraLeone masters. Primary reissue label documents1960s palmwine/highlife repertoire and later recordings remain worthwhile. Upload/reissue dates not new sessions; no whole anthology plus these cuts selected.	false	false	false
S. E. Rogie	S.E. Rogie - She Caught Me Red Hot	https://www.youtube.com/embed/n-35RRDm768	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: zacsimile. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distinct named Toomus,Kpindigbi,DoMeJustice,AdviceToSchoolgirls,KluaKunde,PleaseGoEasyWithMe,ATimeInMyLife,AreSorryForYou,SheCaughtMeRedHot,KonehPelawoe and MuyeiSierraLeone masters. Primary reissue label documents1960s palmwine/highlife repertoire and later recordings remain worthwhile. Upload/reissue dates not new sessions; no whole anthology plus these cuts selected. Video publication: 2012-10-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	audio	unknown	country:Sierra Leone	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: zacsimile. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distinct named Toomus,Kpindigbi,DoMeJustice,AdviceToSchoolgirls,KluaKunde,PleaseGoEasyWithMe,ATimeInMyLife,AreSorryForYou,SheCaughtMeRedHot,KonehPelawoe and MuyeiSierraLeone masters. Primary reissue label documents1960s palmwine/highlife repertoire and later recordings remain worthwhile. Upload/reissue dates not new sessions; no whole anthology plus these cuts selected.	false	false	false
Akompi’s Guitar Band	Akompi's Guitar Hits - Akompi's Guitar Band	https://www.youtube.com/embed/abwUUzD80iY	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: Wabangi Video. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific1962 DeccaWestAfricanEP programme,source cataloguenumber supplied. Older guitar-band palmwine/highlife repertoire retained; one coherent record programme counts once. Video publication: 2012-07-26; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	audio	unknown	country:Ghana	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: Wabangi Video. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific1962 DeccaWestAfricanEP programme,source cataloguenumber supplied. Older guitar-band palmwine/highlife repertoire retained; one coherent record programme counts once.	false	false	false
S. E. Rogie	S.E.Rogie-The Importance Of Children	https://www.youtube.com/embed/m7RTwIvZauo	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: James Walton Ingham. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. TheImportanceOfChildren: original recordist explicitly identifies CommonwealthInstituteFebruary1990 live performance.2012 publication not session. Documented performance/session: 1990-02. Video publication: 2012-06-25; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	1990-02	live	unknown	country:Sierra Leone	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: James Walton Ingham. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. TheImportanceOfChildren: original recordist explicitly identifies CommonwealthInstituteFebruary1990 live performance.2012 publication not session. Documented performance/session: 1990-02.	false	false	false
Sammy Odoh	Palm Wine Guitar Music (Awieye)	https://www.youtube.com/embed/Kr0Ewt27pzY	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: sammyodohquitar. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Awieye: actual artist’s named musical palmwine-guitar performance,with primary first-person learning/career account. His teaching career does not turn this musical piece into an instruction lesson. Video publication: 2012-03-14; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Ghana	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: sammyodohquitar. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Awieye: actual artist’s named musical palmwine-guitar performance,with primary first-person learning/career account. His teaching career does not turn this musical piece into an instruction lesson.	false	false	false
Koo Nimo	Koo Nimo in Chicago, 2012.MP4	https://www.youtube.com/embed/frIB66HJyN8	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: Catalina Maria Johnson. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Recordist identifies actual OldTownSchoolofFolkMusic Chicago2012 world-music performance by Ghanaian palmwine master. Diaspora venue does not imply adoption throughout USA. Documented performance/session: 2012. Video publication: 2012-01-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2012	live	unknown	country:Ghana	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: Catalina Maria Johnson. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Recordist identifies actual OldTownSchoolofFolkMusic Chicago2012 world-music performance by Ghanaian palmwine master. Diaspora venue does not imply adoption throughout USA. Documented performance/session: 2012.	false	false	false
S. E. Rogie	S.E. Rogie - Please Go Easy With Me Live	https://www.youtube.com/embed/Jd_-p2R0U3w	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: anabezcurry. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. PleaseGoEasyWithMe: explicitly identified live rendition249seconds,distinct from selected200-second studio master. Original session date unknown. Video publication: 2011-12-08; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Sierra Leone	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: anabezcurry. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. PleaseGoEasyWithMe: explicitly identified live rendition249seconds,distinct from selected200-second studio master. Original session date unknown.	false	false	false
S. E. Rogie	Koneh Pelawoe - S.E. Rogie	https://www.youtube.com/embed/IGW7OJYNnAs	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: KaibaraCity. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distinct named Toomus,Kpindigbi,DoMeJustice,AdviceToSchoolgirls,KluaKunde,PleaseGoEasyWithMe,ATimeInMyLife,AreSorryForYou,SheCaughtMeRedHot,KonehPelawoe and MuyeiSierraLeone masters. Primary reissue label documents1960s palmwine/highlife repertoire and later recordings remain worthwhile. Upload/reissue dates not new sessions; no whole anthology plus these cuts selected. Video publication: 2011-10-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	audio	unknown	country:Sierra Leone	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: KaibaraCity. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distinct named Toomus,Kpindigbi,DoMeJustice,AdviceToSchoolgirls,KluaKunde,PleaseGoEasyWithMe,ATimeInMyLife,AreSorryForYou,SheCaughtMeRedHot,KonehPelawoe and MuyeiSierraLeone masters. Primary reissue label documents1960s palmwine/highlife repertoire and later recordings remain worthwhile. Upload/reissue dates not new sessions; no whole anthology plus these cuts selected.	false	false	false
S. E. Rogie	S.E. Rogie--Muyei Sierra Leone (Sierra Leone, Our Nativeland)	https://www.youtube.com/embed/WlXMq9tQ-Ps	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: Ngombu-Kabu. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distinct named Toomus,Kpindigbi,DoMeJustice,AdviceToSchoolgirls,KluaKunde,PleaseGoEasyWithMe,ATimeInMyLife,AreSorryForYou,SheCaughtMeRedHot,KonehPelawoe and MuyeiSierraLeone masters. Primary reissue label documents1960s palmwine/highlife repertoire and later recordings remain worthwhile. Upload/reissue dates not new sessions; no whole anthology plus these cuts selected. Video publication: 2011-07-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	audio	unknown	country:Sierra Leone	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: Ngombu-Kabu. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distinct named Toomus,Kpindigbi,DoMeJustice,AdviceToSchoolgirls,KluaKunde,PleaseGoEasyWithMe,ATimeInMyLife,AreSorryForYou,SheCaughtMeRedHot,KonehPelawoe and MuyeiSierraLeone masters. Primary reissue label documents1960s palmwine/highlife repertoire and later recordings remain worthwhile. Upload/reissue dates not new sessions; no whole anthology plus these cuts selected.	false	false	false
Palm Wine Band Toronto	Palm Wine Band-Konko	https://www.youtube.com/embed/Iod4X4lu4-4	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: 1maafo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Konko: actual band/source identifies SierraLeone50th-independence celebration inToronto,distinct diaspora musical rendition. Named diaspora group,not a claim recorded in SierraLeone. Video publication: 2011-05-02; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Sierra Leone	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: 1maafo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Konko: actual band/source identifies SierraLeone50th-independence celebration inToronto,distinct diaspora musical rendition. Named diaspora group,not a claim recorded in SierraLeone.	false	false	false
S. E. Rogie	S.E. Rogie 'I wish I was a cowboy' Dutch TV live 1989	https://www.youtube.com/embed/4kbtH5aDlSg	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: waaghalsrecords. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. IWishIWasACowboy: source explicitly identifies distinct live DutchTV FirmaOnrust performance1989. Country-music influence described within particular palmwine singer’s arrangement,not original session misdated from2011 upload. Documented performance/session: 1989. Video publication: 2011-01-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	1989	live	unknown	country:Sierra Leone	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: waaghalsrecords. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. IWishIWasACowboy: source explicitly identifies distinct live DutchTV FirmaOnrust performance1989. Country-music influence described within particular palmwine singer’s arrangement,not original session misdated from2011 upload. Documented performance/session: 1989.	false	false	false
Kwame Asare / Jacob Sam	Kwame Asare: 01 - Yaa Amponsah Pt 1	https://www.youtube.com/embed/abEImhTW_Zw	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: YourHighlifeMusic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. YaaAmponsahPart1: named historical foundational guitar recording,one discrete commercial side. No matching full programme/same master part also selected. Video publication: 2011-01-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	audio	unknown	country:Ghana	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: YourHighlifeMusic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. YaaAmponsahPart1: named historical foundational guitar recording,one discrete commercial side. No matching full programme/same master part also selected.	false	false	false
Hot Buttered Rum	"Limbs Akimbo and the Ghanaian Palm Wine Highlife Groove" - Hot Buttered Rum | Relix	https://www.youtube.com/embed/Mpbiwkrp5yM	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: Relix. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. LimbsAkimbo and GhanaianPalmWineHighlifeGroove: original Relix concert publisher specifically identifies this palmwine/highlife-informed arrangement by actual American band. Explicit contemporary cross-style rendition,not performer nationality or a claim every band track is Ghanaian repertoire. Unknown session date,2010 upload distinct. Video publication: 2010-02-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	popular	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Ghana	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Palm-wine music musical recording. Source: Relix. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. LimbsAkimbo and GhanaianPalmWineHighlifeGroove: original Relix concert publisher specifically identifies this palmwine/highlife-informed arrangement by actual American band. Explicit contemporary cross-style rendition,not performer nationality or a claim every band track is Ghanaian repertoire. Unknown session date,2010 upload distinct.	false	false	false

Related genres

Highlife is the closest broader relative, especially its guitar-band strands. Sierra Leonean maringa and other local labels can overlap with palm-wine but should be explained in their own contexts. The genre's apparent acoustic simplicity does not make it a universal African folk music. Its coastal histories, language-specific songs and relationship to sociability are particular. Listening onward to Jùjú or amplified highlife reveals how related guitar resources can support much larger ensembles, different patronage systems and a different sense of musical duration.

References and further reading

• S. E. Rogie — biographical overview

Hotspot mushrooms

The key geography is a networked coastal guitar-song culture with inland continuities, especially Sierra Leone–Liberia and Ghana. Fields follow those broad landscapes rather than individual recorded guitarists.

These fields are editorial illustrations of musical affinity and cultural reach, not listener statistics. Radius marks the zero edge of the fade; overlapping fields of this genre combine by maximum.

Africa completion review: The connected regional fields are retained; their intensity expresses qualitative musical affinity and is not an audience estimate.

The fields express editorial judgments about relative musical affinity and reach, not measured audience shares. Radius is the zero edge of a linear fade; same-genre overlaps combine by maximum.

MuGlobe hotspot mushrooms

ID	Location	Latitude	Longitude	Radius (km)	Strength	Notes
palm-wine-upper-guinea	Sierra Leone–Liberia guitar-song landscape	7.5	-10.5	650.0	1.0	Coast, small towns and inland connections.
palm-wine-ghana	Ghanaian palm-wine and guitar-song landscape	6.5	-1.5	510.0	0.9	A second related regional tradition.
palm-wine-british-circuit	British diaspora and acoustic revival circuit	52.0	-1.2	250.0	0.3	Smaller adopted listening scene.