Music of Thursday, 14 July 2011

Source: Ameyaw Debrah

Cabo Snoop joins the bill for Mario/ J Holiday Concert

The sensational Angolan artiste Ivo Manuel Lemus, alias Cabo Snoop who has taken Africa by storm with his hit tracks “Pracatatumba” and “Windeck” is set to perform at the Mario/ J holiday 233Connect concert.Event organizers, 233Connect have announced that the very versatile and energetic artiste who recently caught the eye of US hiphop heavyweight, Fat Joe is the latest addition to the July 30 concert at the Dome of the Accra International Conference Centre.

Cabo’s genre of music Kuduro, an eclectic up-tempo, energetic, and danceable type that gained roots in Angola in the 1980s and reinvented in Portugal, has won him the hearts of millions of music lovers all over the continent. Last year, he won the best Lusophone award at the 2010 MTV Africa Music Awards, and has since that time, not looked back. He is a perfect definition of creativity and energy which when infused into music, gets everybody dancing.

Meanwhile, 233 Connect has also announced that telecommunications company, Tigo would be sponsoring the concert. Tickets for the event are available at the Silverbird Lifestyle store, Koala, OSU, Joy Fm, Airport Shell and online at Ticketdoug.com and Ticketghana.com.