This week our guest is Rocky Dawuni, a singer/songwriter from Ghana. Dawuni’s 2015 album Branches of the Same Tree received a Grammy nomination for reggae album of the year. He is the first Ghanaian to be nominated for a Grammy and only the second person from the continent of Africa to be nominated in the reggae category. While his roots are in the African style of High Life and Afro-Beat, Dawuni’s music pulls from many styles and his videos are epic cinematic events, and we feature two in this episode. We talk to Rocky about growing up in Ghana, music, early influences, the first time he heard a Bob Marley song, his videos, muses for certain songs and we ask him about the state of cannabis legalization in Ghana and Africa. Tune in for an amazing, ground-breaking episode from the Cali High Backyard Series.
