$30 advanced, $35 at the door
General Admission (Standing, w/ some seats) - Doors open at 7PM

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In 1973 Ambolley exploded onto the Ghanaian scene with 'Simigwa-Do,' a half-sung, half-spoken jazz-highlife workout that gave its name to his signature style and dance. By his own account, and by the reckoning of many critics, the track predates The Sugarhill Gang's 'Rapper's Delight' by six years and stands as one of the earliest commercially recorded examples of rap anywhere in the world. His 1975 debut LP Simigwa, produced with Ebo Taylor and released on Ghana's legendary Essiebons label, is now regarded as a cornerstone of Ghanaian music.

Since his breakthrough in the early 1970s with his own Simigwa style he has shared stages and studios with some of Ghana’s greats like Ebo Taylor and Sammy Larteh with whom he played In the Uhuru
Dance Band. Together they founded the Apagya Show Band in 1974. He has since continued to push back boundaries, embrace, explore, create and cultivate an impressive catalogue of work. In recent times, he has become a go-to example of Ghana’s rich traditional music form, so much so that he has performed tirelessly through Europe and US and most notably at Utrecht’s Le Guess Who Festival and the Montreux Jazz Festival.