Essi

Afrobeat is a music genre that combines elements of West African musical styles such as Highlife, with American Jazz, Afro Pop, Soul R&B and Funk influences. The authenticity of the sound must be a lived experience that only an artist blessed with its deep cultural heritage can embrace. For singer songwriter Essi, Afrobeat is a consuming passion that has emerged from the vibrant fabric of her home town in Accra Ghana.

Releasing her debut track ‘Call on Me’, Essi has produced a song of complex intersecting rhythms and percussions with vocals that are music for the soul. With lilting guitars, smooth basslines and an infectious hook, there is no doubt that Essi is an artist that will grab the attention of audiences everywhere.

Inspired by Angelique Kidjo , Daddy Lumba, and Nana Ampadu , her music is the perfect antidote for today’s challenges. As 2021 rolls around to 2022, the world stage is her playground with many more songs in the bank to delight and entertain her expanding legion of fans.

Full of the joy and the bounce that Afrobeat brings to the soul, Essi is undeniably a talent that will forge a path over the distant horizon, and take audiences to places unimagined. Discover her world of addictive music and immerse yourself in the beauty of her sound. It is a place you will never want to leave.