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The President of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), Bessa Simons, has commended your Super Station Joy 99.7 FM for instituting a policy to play more local music in March.
As part of Joy FM's move to project Ghana's culture and heritage during the Ghana Month celebrations, will be playing 99.7% of music from Ghana. Ghanaian songs playlisted from genres such as highlife, hiplife, reggae, dancehall, gospel, and folk music, will be played on the radio.
Speaking to Nana Ansah Kwao IV during the launch of Ghana Month on Joy FM, Bessa indicated that this project is in tandem with MUSIGA's advocacy to promote more Ghanaian music.
MUSIGA intends to initiate a project called Let's Play Ghana Music on March 11, 2024, to rekindle people's love for Ghanaian music. He noted that another concert at the Gold Coast Restaurant on March 30, 2024 will promote highlife.
"I am happy that Joy FM is doing this [promoting Ghanaian music] already so I am hoping that when the time is due, I can come back here and talk about it," he noted.
Bessa Simons also said that the union will be holding a concert for up and coming musicians in Ghana on March 6, 2024.
This announcement was made by the President of the Union, Bessa Simons during the launch of Ghana Month on Joy FM.
"We are collaborating with the Akwaaba Festival to have a show at the forecourt of the National Theatre and what we are doing is, the young, up and coming musicians who don't normally have big stages, light, Facebook thing for them, they will come and showcase their talents," he noted.
According to Bessa Simons, this is a move to give young talents a platform to showcase their potentials.
"We are inviting the managers, corporate world, just look at them and see if you can do business with them, because these are the future the we have," he said.
Bessa also mentioned that as part of their activities for the month, there shall be a music and tourism workshop and health screening for musicians at the Accra Tourist Information Centre on 5th March, 2024.

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