Lagos Roots Afrobeat Ensemble is a 17-piece Afrobeat Supergroup featuring members of Fela Kuti's Afrika 70, Sonny Okosuns, OJ Ekemode and many more! What do you get when you put together San Francisco Bay Area rare-groove musicologist/musician types with West African musical masters, whose resumes include playing/recording in such seminal Nigerian afrobeat and highlife acts as Fela Kuti and The Afrika 70, Sonny Okosuns, Koola Lobitos, and Segun Bucknor? Lagos Roots. Each member of Lagos Roots is a seasoned artist with reputations worthy of individual praise. And together, they are receiving it, capturing the hearts of world music and funky break-beat lovers with their ability to draw out an authentic and contagious afrobeat sound!
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Lagos Roots Afrobeat Ensemble is a 17-piece Afrobeat Supergroup featuring members of Fela Kuti's Afrika 70, Sonny Okosuns, OJ Ekemode and many more! What do you get when you put together San Francisco Bay Area rare-groove musicologist/musician types with West African musical masters, whose resumes include playing/recording in such seminal Nigerian afrobeat and highlife acts as Fela Kuti and The Afrika 70, Sonny Okosuns, Koola Lobitos, and Segun Bucknor? Lagos Roots. Each member of Lagos Roots is a seasoned artist with reputations worthy of individual praise. And together, they are receiving it, capturing the hearts of world music and funky break-beat lovers with their ability to draw out an authentic and contagious afrobeat sound!
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