A fine evening
of pure poetry, music and spoken word with an intonation of love (don’t forget
it’s February) was showcases on Saturday 9th February at Hush
Lounge. The evening witnessed scintillating performances and recitals from some
of Ghana’s finest poets and spoken wordists.
Put together
by 233LIVE and hosted by Antoinne Mensah, the evening opening
with a performance from Paul Forjoe
(100%) who treated the audience to two poems ‘To My Lady’ and ‘Ten
Pieces’.
The only
lady poet on the bill, Poetra Ama
Asantewa took to the stage and performed ‘Address Me’. Though an
old piece, it still evoked that refreshing feeling, sounding like a new
material.
Other
performers that night included Elikplim
Akorli, who with backing from saxophonist Martin and a guitarist
beautifully performed ‘Dawn Is Emotional’. A piece about
the beauty and inspiration that hour provokes in people.
KwameWrite, ably supported by HashMullah and Martin on strings and sax respectively recited two poems-‘Ghana
Guy’ and ‘Beauty And The Dreamer’. The latter could pass as one of his
best in recent times.
Selikem Geni took to the stage and gave the
audience a sexually laced poem ‘Laid’. His ability to paint the art
of poetry writing in such lewd terms is to say the least phenomenal.
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| HashMullah on his strings |
HashMullah laid down his guitar and delivered one
of his new poems ‘My GH Girl’ which touched on the issue of women and their love
for guys with fat wallets. Arguably, Ghana’s
rhyme king, RhymmeSonny exhibited
his artistry via his poem ‘Rolls Royce Phantom’, which drew
parallel between the features of the car and qualities of his lover. His
ability to employ the 26 English alphabets to convey love to an imaginary lady
was wittingly awesome.
Guest musicians that evening were Bebelino, who performed PhD (Pull Him Down) and ‘God
Over Money’; Johnny Boy did a song from his up-coming album; with EliMuzik doing ‘Alewomi’ and ‘Two
Things’ to the delight of all present.
The two-hour
show was wrapped up by Poetra Ama
Asantewa, whose poem ‘Sorry Is Not Enough’-about love gone
sour- got the audience cock-eared. Her ability to communicate her poems with
such passion makes her a delight to watch.
Despite the
low attendance, Love and Loud passed
as a success, performance wise. It has the prospect of growing into a bigger
event. Don’t hesitate to catch the show when it comes around sometime.
NOTE:
On March 9th, 2013, Ghana’s foremost poetry group People Of Equal Thought and Spirits
(P.O.E.T.S) will host a workshop for literary enthusiasts (writers, poets,
musicians etc) on the prospects of the arts in Ghana.
I really enjoyed myself. I wish it had started earlier though and the publicity was a bit poor. I only heard abt it on the day
ReplyDeleteyeah, heard nothing actually
ReplyDeletei heard it three days to the event plus some of the performers actually were told three days to the show. hope they do the right thing next time round
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