Legon Palmwine Band
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Summary
Legon Palmwine Band is a Ghanaian ensemble associated with the University of Ghana's Legon music community. It develops palm-wine music through contemporary performance, drawing on the tradition associated with Koo Nimo.[1]
History
The group emerged from university music-making in the mid-2010s. Its members' experiments alongside the Legon Highlife Ensemble developed into a separate band, as described in Eric Sunu Doe's research. Live appearances subsequently extended its reach beyond the campus.[2]
Music and repertoire
Fingerpicked guitar, percussion, Akan storytelling and vocal harmony shape the ensemble's interpretation of inherited music. This approach places revival inside ongoing composition and performance. Legon Abrabɔ, released in 2020, takes university life as its title; the later single 'Ɛtoɔ' addresses tax. The biography also documents an appearance at the 2022 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.[1]
Selected recordings in MuGlobe:
- Palmwine Highlife Live at Alliance Française Accra | Legon Palmwine Band (Full Concert) — Palm-wine music.
Members and collaborators
The published lineup names Samuel Agyeman Boahen on guitar and voice, Edwin Akwei Brown on percussion, Seth Kpodo on voice and frikyiwa, Albert Owusu Brown on voice, shakers and premprensiwa, and Eric Sunu Doe on guitar, voice and premprensiwa. These are the personnel documented in that account, rather than an assurance about every later performance.[1]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Music In Africa: Legon Palmwine Band. Accessed 23 October 2026.
- ↑ Eric Sunu Doe: Ghanaian Palmwine Music, indexed band-history and personnel passages. Accessed 23 October 2026.
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Source: Legon Palmwine Band — https://wiki.muglobe.com/wiki/Legon_Palmwine_Band