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 Ghana’s international music star Rocky Dawuni has leveraged his popularity within and without of the Continent to champion social causes and inspire a generation of artists and fans alike.
Dawuni’s eloquence as well as his successful melding of musical celebrity and social action has made him a spokesperson for various causes worldwide. Over the last few years, Rocky’s music and electric live performances have attracted thousands to his concerts. Superstars such as Stevie Wonder and Peter Gabriel have joined him on stage at his shows to tremendous response.
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Rocky recently completed his 5th studio album, Hymns for the Rebel Soul which was exclusively pre-released through Whole Foods Market in late 2009 and will be officially released in the United States on May 25, 2010. (The album was launched in Ghana in March 2010.) This new 11 song album was inspired and written over the course of his travels around the world particularly Israel, Finland, Jamaica, U.S. and Ghana in his quest to articulate and craft a record that reflected the common spiritual, political and social aspirations of ordinary folks around the world.
With the songs written, the main tracking and recording took place in Los Angeles during the transformative period of the 2008 U.S. presidential election and concluded on inauguration day. Rocky sees this album as a musical exploration in global consciousness.
Video Game Giant EA (Electronic Arts) has licensed the first track off the album Download the Revolution for their FIFA Soccer 2010 video game which has sold millions of copies already. EA has also licensed African Reggae Fever for their brand new FIFA World Cup 2010 video game which will be released in May 2010. (Two tracks from his previous recording Book of Changes were also featured on EA’s FIFA 2008 and Sims video games.)
In the US, Dawuni’s progressive fusion of Reggae, Soul and traditional African sounds, have been making steady inroads in the entertainment industry. He can be seen/heard alongside Bono from U2 in the video and song remake of War /No more Trouble for the highly successful Playing for Change: Songs Around the World album which was released by Concord Music in April 2009 and has sold over 300,000 copies.
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