Ghanaian singer, songwriter and producer Josh Black, nominated for Greatest Male Vocal Efficiency on the twenty seventh Telecel Ghana Music Awards, on Friday launched his four-song stay EP ‘HighLife Sunday Service (Stay)’.
The EP was recorded in a single stay session with no studio overdubs and options Runaway, OMW2 Africa, Edey Jorm and Magic In Me. Distributed by Rainlabs and out there on Spotify, Apple Music, Audiomack, Boomplay, and different main streaming platforms.
This launch concludes probably the most constant runs by a Ghanaian unbiased artist in latest reminiscence. His 2025 album Catch-22, launched with out main label backing, has been streamed over 500,000 instances.
On the energy of that challenge, he accomplished a 16-date European tour via Germany and the Netherlands, together with a headline efficiency at Hamburg’s Reeperbahn Competition, probably the most revered showcases on the worldwide music trade calendar.
After returning to Japan, he carried out on the residences of the German, Dutch and Israeli ambassadors in Accra. Apple Music named him an Up Subsequent artist in June 2024, putting him in a program recognized for spotlighting artists earlier than they break into the worldwide mainstream.
A nod to TGMA joins the checklist. On the twenty fifth version of the awards in 2024, Josh Black was nominated in three classes: Greatest Male Vocal Efficiency, Report of the Yr, and Audio Engineer of the Yr, successful collectively with engineer Richard Nwankwo.
Often known as the originator of the excessive soul sound that fuses Ghanaian highlife, soul and jazz in English, Tweet and different languages, Josh Black has constructed a fame for his stay performances and vocal vary. Excessive Life Sunday Service (LIVE) is in a very good place to deliver this case earlier than TGMA voters, with the naked minimal preparations in place.
“This EP is a Sunday service. It isn’t simply music. It is a gathering. 4 stay information which can be like a ceremony. Simply the room, the music, and the reality,” the singer stated.
