Audio By Carbonatix
Chairman of the Ghana Music Rights Organisation (GHAMRO), Rex Omar, says award show organisers should scrap the Gospel Music category from their schemes.
According to him, there is no such thing as Gospel music adding that it is something people just created.
Speaking on Showbiz A-Z, Rex Omar stated that no genre of music is determined by its lyrical content.
“So are you saying that we don’t have Reggae music that are being sang in Gospel? Will you call them Gospel music? They are Reggae. If I play Jazz and I decide to sing it in Gospel, it is Jazz,” he told George Quaye host of the show.
He said that the argument that Gospel is about the message and nothing else is flawed.
The Highlife artiste said that Ghanaian Gospel artiste should not be allowed to determine what the rules should be.
“It is a global rule, we have genres of music,” adding that there are songs in different genres that are strictly Gospel but Gospel is not the genre.
Latest Stories
-
Calls grow for NHIS to cover prescription glasses after over 500 miss free eye care in Bono Region
42 minutes -
Nkwanta South: Death toll from Odomi attack now 4 as curfew takes effect
44 minutes -
Impakers Creative Hub earns Trade Minister’s praise at Ghana–Italy Circular Economy Dialogue
52 minutes -
Coderina EdTech donates STEM materials to support ICT, coding education in Ghana
56 minutes -
Iran recloses Strait of Hormuz, citing Israeli strikes on Lebanon
58 minutes -
Hackman Owusu-Agyeman backs St Augustine’s teachers’ housing project by APSU 2002 to mark 97th anniversry
1 hour -
GIPC CEO courts Canadian investors in Toronto
1 hour -
Harry and Meghan offered royal accommodation during UK visit
1 hour -
Ntim Fordjour demands answers over Australia drug seizure linked to Ghana
1 hour -
West Hills Mall to celebrate fatherhood with ‘Dad’s Day Out’ campaign
1 hour -
FIFA Ranking: Black Stars move eight places up after World Cup win over PanamaÂ
1 hour -
Google unveils biggest-ever Street View expansion in Ghana with sharper imagery and wider coverage
2 hours -
There is ‘zero chance’ Mahama will appoint a politically neutral EC deputy chairperson — Kofi Bentil
2 hours -
Sophia Akufo proved political appointees can remain impartial – Kofi Bentil
2 hours -
APSU 2002 launches GH¢5.4m teachers’ apartment project ahead of St Augustine’s 97th anniversary
3 hours