Amy Newman and Shasha Marley to be honoured at 610Music Western Music Awards

Rev. Mrs. Amy Newman

Westline Entertainment, organizers of the annual 610Music Western Music Awards have revealed that, renowned Gospel Artiste, Rev. Mrs Amy Newman and Reggae/Dancehall giant, Shasha Marley will be honoured with lifetime achievement awards at this year’s edition.

Slated for August 20, 2022 at the Best Western Plus Atlantic Hotel in Takoradi, the Public Relations Officer for the awards, Nana Kwesi Coomson said “our lifetime achievement award recipients for this year are ace gospel Artiste, Rev Mrs Amy Newman and Reggae/Dancehall legend, Shasha Marley. This is to honour them for their remarkable contribution to Western Music and inspiring the younger generation.”

“Being our flagship award, the lifetime achievement award targets Creative Arts Players from the Western Region who have made significant contribution to Western Music and Creative Arts and has been consistent and relevant for over 15 years” Mr. Coomson explained.

Shasha Marley

“Aside the honouring of the two legends, they will as well thrill fans to some of the popular songs,” the PRO hinted.   

Widely regarded as one of the greatest gospel musician Ghana, Amy Newman who hails from Essikado in Sekondi started her music career in the late 80s as a lead singer of a group and later went solo in 1994.

Shasha Marley who also hails from Takoradi has been singing since he was a teenager. He has won Best Male Vocal Performance and Best Reggae Song of the Year (Maata Family) at the Ghana Music Awards. He boasts as the only Ghanaian Artiste who has toured Australia extensively.

Amongst the reciepients of the lifetime achievement award of Western Music Awards include Paapa Yankson, C.K. Mann, Jewel Ackah, A.B. Crentsil, Safohene Gyeni, Wilson Arthur, amongst others.

The 610Music Western Music Awards will award Artistes in 30 categories at this year’s edition.

ABOUT: Nana Kwesi Coomson

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An Entrepreneur, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Communications Executive and Philanthropist. Editor-in-Chief of www.233times.com. A Senior Journalist with Ghanaian Chronicle Newspaper. An alumnus of Adisadel College where he read General Arts. His first degree is in Bachelor of Arts - Political Science (major) and History (minor) from the University of Ghana. He holds MSc in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Energy with Public Relations (PR) from the Robert Gordon University in the United Kingdom. He is a 2018 Mandela Washington Fellow who studied at Clark Atlanta University in USA on the Business and Entrepreneurship track.

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