Borax Ghana Music Awards 2000-2002 winner of Best Instrumental Album, Kojo Folson a.k.a Borax began his musical life from early childhood when he took piano lessons for about five years until the age eleven. Thereafter he had a brief stint with the clarinet while in public school in Brooklyn, New York. While in High school, he studied theory from the Royal Academy of Music Program.
Borax took up the guitar during the final years in the secondary school and immediately began to realize his natural potential for the instrument. In learning the popular radio songs of the time and playing with the Calvary Road Singers in Ghana, he further opened up his musical tastes by recording and playing with different groups as a university student in Nigeria, at home in Ghana and with the Ouagadougou Band in Burkina Faso.
His professional music career took off eight years ago during which he had established the Arts-D or Guitar School at Abelemkpe, Accra where he has trained over 250 students. Being the busiest guitarist on the Ghanaian music scene for some time now, he has played in so many recording studios as a session musician.
Apart from having performed as a guitarist with every major artiste or group, he has been on tours with the Joyful Way Incorporated, Tagoe Sisters, Francis Agyei and Daughters of Glorious Jesus on various occasions in the UK, U.S.A. and Canada.
Borax matured into a musical artiste in his own right way when he recorded his first solo guitar album that was the "African Guitar Collection" in 1997 and followed up with his second, the "Mebo Me Guitar". He then unveiled himself as a performer extraordinaire with some concerts of his own, first at the British Council hall and University of Ghana, Efua Sutherland studio, as well as the Alliance Francaise during the Wednesday evening Pilot sessions, and during the Fete De Musique Celebrations in 1999.
He has had more concerts of his own at the Lancaster Gate, and in the Euston hotel, both in London, as well as the Troy Hill Centre, Maryland in the U.S.A.
Borax' latest album, "Senkusem" takes the listeners on an instrumental journey through African musical landscapes ? from Southern Africa through the Northern, Central, Western and Eastern parts.
Other highlights on the album include what he calls, 'African music from the Diaspora' where he delves into jazz, blues and heavy metal rock music. The most captivating aspect of the album can be found in the sweetness of the melodies and the variety of style employed authoritatively by the artiste.
Most importantly, the music reveals and demonstrates Borax' own musical originality; a unique voice on the guitar-from the past into the future; for Africa and beyond; for all nation.
For every body out there, this is just the beginning. You can get in touch through the following contacts.
Ghana: 233-24-4659548/ 233-21-761011
U.K.:0794-759-0083
U.S.A.:410-247-5277
Email: borax_mm@yahoo.com
Borax Ghana Music Awards 2000-2002 winner of Best Instrumental Album, Kojo Folson a.k.a Borax began his musical life from early childhood when he took piano lessons for about five years until the age eleven. Thereafter he had a brief stint with the clarinet while in public school in Brooklyn, New York. While in High school, he studied theory from the Royal Academy of Music Program.
Borax took up the guitar during the final years in the secondary school and immediately began to realize his natural potential for the instrument. In learning the popular radio songs of the time and playing with the Calvary Road Singers in Ghana, he further opened up his musical tastes by recording and playing with different groups as a university student in Nigeria, at home in Ghana and with the Ouagadougou Band in Burkina Faso.
His professional music career took off eight years ago during which he had established the Arts-D or Guitar School at Abelemkpe, Accra where he has trained over 250 students. Being the busiest guitarist on the Ghanaian music scene for some time now, he has played in so many recording studios as a session musician.
Apart from having performed as a guitarist with every major artiste or group, he has been on tours with the Joyful Way Incorporated, Tagoe Sisters, Francis Agyei and Daughters of Glorious Jesus on various occasions in the UK, U.S.A. and Canada.
Borax matured into a musical artiste in his own right way when he recorded his first solo guitar album that was the "African Guitar Collection" in 1997 and followed up with his second, the "Mebo Me Guitar". He then unveiled himself as a performer extraordinaire with some concerts of his own, first at the British Council hall and University of Ghana, Efua Sutherland studio, as well as the Alliance Francaise during the Wednesday evening Pilot sessions, and during the Fete De Musique Celebrations in 1999.
He has had more concerts of his own at the Lancaster Gate, and in the Euston hotel, both in London, as well as the Troy Hill Centre, Maryland in the U.S.A.
Borax' latest album, "Senkusem" takes the listeners on an instrumental journey through African musical landscapes ? from Southern Africa through the Northern, Central, Western and Eastern parts.
Other highlights on the album include what he calls, 'African music from the Diaspora' where he delves into jazz, blues and heavy metal rock music. The most captivating aspect of the album can be found in the sweetness of the melodies and the variety of style employed authoritatively by the artiste.
Most importantly, the music reveals and demonstrates Borax' own musical originality; a unique voice on the guitar-from the past into the future; for Africa and beyond; for all nation.
For every body out there, this is just the beginning. You can get in touch through the following contacts.
Ghana: 233-24-4659548/ 233-21-761011
U.K.:0794-759-0083
U.S.A.:410-247-5277
Email: borax_mm@yahoo.com
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