Tag: Kokoroko

• Balimaya Project’s stirring new single is out today – taken from forthcoming album ‘Wolo So’ – the London collective fuse West-African rhythms and the capital’s renowned jazz-wise vibes

  With a kora and a balon right at the fore of new single Balimaya, this emerging colective from London combine driving polyrhythms, horns on fire and contemporary jazz – meet the 16-piece supergroup, Balimaya Project. Their virtuosic kora stylings on this dynamic meeting of traditional Mandé music and culture are led by composer, arranger and…

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  July 6, 2021

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  Adeegun Crispin Robinson, Balafon, Balimaya Project, Djembe, Dounoun, Elias Ntiamoah Atkinson, Flugelhorn, Godwin Sonzi, Ife Ogunjobi, Jali Bakary Konte, Joe Bristow, Jonathan Monga Moko, Kit Mariam Tounkara Koné, Kokoroko, kora, Michael Adesina, Moses Olukayode, Nathaniel Cross, N’famady Kouyaté, Paul Goumou, Sangban, Seed Ensemble, Skanda Sabbagh, Triston, Trombone, Trumpet, West Africa, Wolo Solo, Yahael Camara Onono, Yohan Kebede

• Kansas Smitty’s drop sublime single from new album in June – fans eagerly await after London residency and sell out shows

  Essential new single Judgement is the latest offering from British seven-piece,  Kansas Smitty’s – residents and proprietors of the East London jazz venue of the same name – their music creates a warm nostalgic feeling of solace, with its New Orleans nod and gospel spirituality. It’s the third single from the much anticipated and rescheduled album, Things…

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  May 8, 2020

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