Near Death Experience's single, "Shake," arrived not so much as music, but as a sudden, urgent insistence. It’s London psych-rock-soul alright, but brewed with something fiercely immediate, demanding attention like a ringing telephone in an empty room. The core quartet – Ian Whiteling guiding the trip with vocals and guitar fuzz, Joshua Van Ness laying down a heartbeat that feels both frantic and locked-in,...

It’s official, The Hive Gh, a multi-faceted organization poised to promote the creative arts in Ghana and beyond will now be known as Amber Africa. With its inception in 2014, ‘The Hive Gh’ now Amber Africa has been focused on elevating and propagating the works of emerging artists in the creative industry. Thus making sure their talents are known to Ghanaians and the world at...