In keeping with his deep, abiding love of world music, Afro-Baile Records founder Miguel Ivery (a.k.a. DJ Seduce) has been pimping this disc by U.K. group Yaaba Funk. The eight members of the group ...
Yaaba Funk are a band playing funky Hi-Life and Afrobeat. influenced by Alhaji K Frimpong, Fela Kuti, Oscar Sulley, Ghanaian and Nigerian sounds from the 70s as well as funk, broken beat and jazz.
The birth of mbalax in Senegal towards the close of the 1970s, and a 2010 highlife/funk hybrid from south London, show how the embrace of imported styles by African musicians can enrich the ...
Since moving to the UK from Ghana in the 1980's, the much loved Ben Baddoo has been an important part of the Bristol music scene. With roots in drumming and dancing groups, his mission to play ...
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