Rocky Dawuni's anthem African Soccer Fever/African Reggae Fever featured on the FIFA WORLD CUP 2010 videogame now available on iTunes
Posted 01.31.2012
Rocky Dawuni has been invited back to the beautiful Balispirit Festival held each year in center of the spiritual community in Ubud, Bali! This is an unforgettable event folks...seriously. You do not want to miss this! Read More
Posted 01.31.2012
Rocky Dawuni was invited to perform live at the "Marley Safehouse" in the exclusive enclave of Aspen, Colorado as part of the X-Games for his first shows of 2012! Read More
Posted 12.12.2011
Celebrated Ghanaian and international Reggae artist, Rocky Dawuni, has been listed in CNN’s ten of the African continent's most famous and much-loved musical exports! Read More
Posted 11.01.2011
A VERY Special Pre-Thanksgiving WEDNESDAY Evening Edition of Afro Funke' @ Zanzibar entitled "GIVIN UP FOOD FOR FUNKE!" featuring Intimate, rare live performance by ROCKY DAWUNI + Afro Funke' Sound System w/ DJs Jeremy Sole & Glenn Red *Bring a canned good for charity and be entered into a raffle with prizes. Pre-sale tickets available now! http://templebarconcepts.tickets.musictoday.com/TempleBarConcepts/calendar.aspx Let's gather in our numbers to elevate consciousness!!! Read More
Posted 10.12.2011
International Reggae Star Rocky Dawuni was recently in his home country of Ghana to hold a series of meetings to discuss a broad range of issues with Ghana’s top leaders. Dawuni met with the Vice President of Ghana, His Excellency John Dramani Mahama, and former Presidents of Ghana; His Excellency Jerry John Rawlings and His Excellency John Agyekum Kuffuor. The celebrated Ghanaian musician, who was recently the focus of CNN’s African Voices celebrated program, was in Ghana’s capital, Accra during a break in touring. Read More
Posted 08.23.2011
Ghana's Afro Roots Reggae star, Rocky Dawuni, will be featured on CNN International's "African Voices" on Saturday, August 20, 2011. CNN International's "African Voices" highlights Africa's most engaging personalities. This episode will shed light on Dawuni's growing global profile as a musician and a champion for social causes.The show will feature excerpts from the Ghanaian star's recent show stopping performance at the historic Hollywood Bowl at KCRW & Rickey Minor's "Global Soul" night featuring Stevie Wonder, Janelle Monae, Sharon Jones and more. Read More
Posted 07.26.2011
Reggae Star Rocky Dawuni and Stevie Wonder light up historic Hollywood Bowl on July 24, 2011 to capacity crowd!! Read More
Posted 07.12.2011
ROCKY DAWUNI's LOS ANGELES SUMMER 2011 STAND!!! Read More
Posted 05.31.2011
Ghana's International Reggae star and Tourism Ambassador Rocky Dawuni won the "Best African Artist" Award at the 30th Annual International Reggae & World Music Awards (IRAWMA) held in Port of Spain, Trinidad on Saturday May 28th, 2011. Dawuni was nominated in this category as well with other African stars including King Sunny Ade, K'Naan, Angelique Kidjo and 2Face Idibia.Rocky was also nominated in the "Best Album" category for his new hit album "Hymns for the Rebel Soul." This album has also received nominations by the prestigious NAACP Image Awards as well as the Ghana Music Awards. Read More
Posted 04.19.2011
GHANA'S MINISTRY OF TOURISM APPOINTS ROCKY DAWUNI AS "GHANA'S AMBASSADOR OF TOURISM" Read More
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The weekly club, Afro Funke', which celebrated its 8th anniversary in May 2011, was the brainchild of Afro Roots star, Rocky Dawuni, who realized LA's need for a night dedicated to African music, culture and art and it's far reaching legacy around the world. Dawuni, who's based in LA and his native Ghana, together with talent booker and photographer Cary Sullivan created Afro Funke', bringing on board resident DJ and partner DJ Jeremy Sole. Each week Afro Funke’ presents international guest DJs, live band performances, guest musicians, dancers, cutting edge films, record release parties, fundraisers, fashion shows, art installations, crafts and much more! More
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