Folkie Booknerd

By Folkiebooknerd

Africa Oye

This weekend it's Liverpool's annual African music festival Africa Oye

This free festival has been running for almost 20 years and goes from strength to strength. I used to work in an office on the same corridor as the guys who put this whole thing together and was able to enjoy the music they played on a daily basis as they put their programme together.

Here's one of the bands that I really loved today - the Gangbe Brass Band from Benin. Gangbe means 'sound of metal' and this band plays an intoxicating blend of jazz and juju which certainly got me shaking a tail feather or two!

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