Listening to Arnold J.’s new single, "Muddy Waters," isn't quite like anything else swirling around right now. It arrives with the gentle insistence of incoming tide, pulling you into its specific gravity. Arnold J., Ghanaian-born and now Canada-based, weaves a sound tagged as alt-country and folk, but those labels feel thin, like trying to contain smoke. There’s earthiness, sure, but his soulful vocal lines...

Bernard Opoku Agyemang (Ratty Ghana) is considered one of the major proponents of rap music in Ghana. The IDENTITY is a multipurpose music act committed to many subjects both local and international (social commentator) and also cuts across demographies with a unique sense of humour that attracts the likeness and enjoyment of people. Subjects such as gospel, sports, road safety, global sanity etc. He is classified...