Artist
Ebo Taylor
Ebo Taylor appears 2 times in our Afrobeat and The Waxonia Desk — One Subject lists, placing as high as No. 6. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.
- Ranked entries
- 2
- Appears on
- Afrobeat and The Waxonia Desk — One Subject
- Year
- 1977
- Highest placing
- No. 6 in Afrobeat
- Updated
- 2026-08-29
Appears on
Heaven
1977
Ranked No. 6 in Afrobeat
Ghana's answer, and a reminder that highlife was never only Nigeria's inheritance. Taylor's guitar is looser and jazzier than Lagos allowed, and the record swings where Fela's marched.
Also on The Waxonia Desk — One Subject
Heaven
1977
Picked by The Waxonia Desk — One Subject
Ghana rather than Nigeria, and looser than anything Lagos allowed. Much of what reached Britain as afrobeat was highlife that nobody had bothered to distinguish.
Also on Afrobeat