For those who have been following, I did an un-boxing (post here) for for the surprisingly useful Huawei P8 Lite recently and I got quite a number of positive feedback from people who didn't know about the the phone either.

At Citi 97.3 FM's #D2R concert I decided to try-out the really awesome camera features that allow for low light photos and even better crisp intelligent video shots.

Bisa Kdei is one of the most well-received artists during Citi FM's #December2Remember concert December 2015

Photo shot with Huawei P8 in low light Bisa Kdei's performance at Citi FM's #December2Remember

And then I tried to be even more adventurous and recorded video with the Huawei P8 Lite's 13MP camera for maximum image resolution of 4160 x 3120 pixels tell me what you think of the video below:

If you were at the concert or have tried your hands at Huawei's P8 Lite, shoot me a quick message @eagamor and let's compare notes.

The first time I saw Sarkodie in concert was in DC, I remember wishing a lot more people had attended the event, I blogged about my first Obidi Pon Bidi live performance here: Sarkodie Rappaholic Tour - DC Edition. I did get the chance to take close-up pictures of the young Ghanaian rap phenom as he'd been nominated for local and international BET awards. In recent times, Sarkodie has carved a niche as the best wordsmiths in Ghana rap. The free concert in Kwahu during Easter was a reminder that he's still on top of his game and the crowd couldn't agree more.

 

 

 

More pictures here: 

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I've been a fan from afar of "Obidi" for a long time and when he came to the DMV for his concert I was front and center.




Follow my man @Sarkodie on twitter and my alter ego @KomlaRadio

If you're really interested download the interview I had with Sarkodie on the Drive Time Show here @Sunlightradio

My man Kwabena Kwabena finally performed in the States.



For those who aren't familiar with him yet, you've probably heard his songs: "Aso" with Kontihene, "Do no bi" which was the soundtrack for Shirley Frimpong-Manso's "Perfect Picture"



One of the things I like about Kwabena Kwabena, I had an opportunity to interview him on a radio show (Drive Time with Komla); is that he is humble, talented and a pleasant person to speak with.



What I didn't like though, as has become the constant with Ghanaians promoting artists abroad is, was the event venue and set-up. A live band, MTV-unplugged-atmosphere would have been way more ideal than a DJ set-up.

More grease to Kwabena Kwabena's elbows, if you love Ghanaian music and haven't heard of him/his songs, you definitely will soon enough.

The Ghanaian equivalent to Teddy P or Luther Vandross, Kojo Antwi is our multi-award winning romantic songs crooner who I grew up listening to.



One of the opening acts, Koby Maxwell...a local artist in the DMV.



Papa Shee was another opening act, and surprisingly introduced Mzbel who was in attendance.



Though the venue was trash & the sounds men were disappointing, Kojo Antwi did his thing. For an extensive review of the concert, you should read my man MIghTy African's blog post.

A friend from my old church happens to be the prez for True Worshippers....a group of young men and women in the DMV are who are dedicated to putting on an annual gospel concert during/around July 4th (held July 17th this year). I missed the first concert last year cos I was still residing in Florida. When buddy asked me to be the official photographer for the event I jumped at the opportunity to capture the moment, and have front row access to a wonderful praise & worship session.



Members of the True Worshippers team, including the prez Yaw Osei-Owusu(middle).



Paster Bezaleel started off with the praise and worship to set the tone of the event.



Some attendees engaged in the praise & worship session.



Moses O.K. a young gospel artist from Kumasi, Ghana led the charge!



Seasoned veteran and former leader of the Soul Winners group in Ghana, Kenneth Appiah took over.



Back-up singers for the event.



Nii Okai, another prolific Ghanaian gospel musician also took it home and ushered an anointed presence during worship.



All in all True Worshippers: A night in His presence 2010 was a fun, charged atmosphere and I had a phenomenal time.

Prior to the concert, Yaw brought Moses O.K. and Nii Okai to Sunlight radio station, one of the projects I'm working on with my dad at Media Afrika LLC, for an interview. Using my alias as Komla the OdadeE I had the opportunity to interview the guest artists before the concert date. To Yaw and True Worshippers thank you...for a concert very well done!

I didn't know I was a Maxi Priest fan till I was actually bobbing my head to familiar hit songs of his during the performance this past Saturday. The non-conventional Reggae artists with #1 hits including "Wild World", "Just a little longer" and "Close to You", had middle-aged women crooning to all his songs at Zanzibar On the Waterfront.
He's one of my dad's favorite artists and of course pops was shaking and bopping to all Maxi had to offer as well, sigh. Considering this was the first time I'd ever seen Maxi Priest in person, I could not help but find some resemblance with him and Ice Cube... Maybe a 'dreaded-up' Ice Cube could pass for a Reggae artist.

Gospel Explosion is one of the events that UF members of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. put on to herald their Blue and White summer week. I was at the event for a while, and then was griped by an unexpected flu. Full recovery is in order, and the laptop has returned from repairs!

Bob Marley & the Wailers are iconic and so were Al and Junior Marvin, I prayed my pictures would do them justice. This is my first reggae concert without my dad and I hope these pictures express my ten thousand words.

My homeboy Neil, prez of Caribsa, invited me to a concert his organization and SGP hosted at the Phillips Center on Friday night. I could not pass on the opportunity to photograph two former members of Bob Marley's band, Al Anderson and Junior Marvin. They are talented and the event was packed. I just had a nagging feeling that the music was good, but could have been better. Maybe it was because something was missing--perhaps, the rest of the group. (more pictures to come)