{"id":311076,"date":"2026-02-22T07:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T07:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/311076\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T07:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T07:17:08","slug":"gyakie-credits-ebo-taylor-for-shaping-her-sound-on-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/311076\/","title":{"rendered":"Gyakie credits Ebo Taylor for shaping her sound on BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/entertainment\/Gyakie-credits-Ebo-Taylor-for-shaping-her-sound-on-BBC-2022737?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/52228386.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ghanaian singer-songwriter Gyakie\" title=\"Ghanaian singer-songwriter Gyakie\" width=\"295\" height=\"190\" \/> <\/a>Ghanaian singer-songwriter Gyakie<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">Ghanaian singer-songwriter Gyakie has paid a heartfelt tribute to late highlife legend Ebo Taylor during an interview on BBC Focus on Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the BBC Mark Wilberforce, Gyakie opened up about the profound impact Ebo Taylor had on her life while growing up describing his music as an integral part of her childhood memories.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really felt this one because he\u2019s been part of my childhood memories. My dad used to play his music when we were young. His songs were inclusive,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cForever\u201d hitmaker expressed deep sadness upon hearing of his passing noting that although he is no longer physically present his legacy will endure through his timeless music.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHearing that he\u2019s no more with us, I felt really emotional and sad that we can\u2019t see him in person but his music will live with us forever,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Ebo Taylor widely regarded as one of Ghana\u2019s most influential highlife pioneers, inspired generations of musicians across Africa and beyond. <\/p>\n<p>For artiste like Gyakie his sound not only shaped the nation\u2019s music landscape but the entire world.<\/p>\n<p>AM<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, watch GhanaWeb\u2019s expos\u00e9 on the &#8216;dark side of Kayamata&#8217; and its devastating impact <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ghanaian singer-songwriter Gyakie Ghanaian singer-songwriter Gyakie has paid a heartfelt tribute to late highlife legend Ebo Taylor during&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-311076","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}