The 15th London African Music Festival presents
KOKOROKO
KOKOROKO are a young and dynamic 7-piece Afrobeat band. They play music they love, they grew up with and their parents got funky to. Inspired by Fela Kuti, Ebo Taylor, Tony Allen and the great sounds that have come out of West Africa, they put on a performance to honour the music the masters has taught them.
With an all female explosive horn section KOKOROKO features SHEILA MAURICE-GREY (trumpet), CASSIE KINOSHI (saxophone), RICHIE SEIVWRIGHT (trombone), MUTALE CHASHI (Bass), OSCAR LAURENCE (guitar), ONOME IGHAMRE (percussion) and ISRAELSHABANI (drums).
Thursday 21 September, 7pm
£12.50 / £10 concs.
020 8692 4446
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