Live 7-piece Afrobeat / Highlife ensemble straight from Berlin!
Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87o6vQ1veWw

£10 ENTRY!

Garnering a smattering of support from the media world like
KEXP, BBC6 Music, KCRW, Worldwide FM, FIP, RFI, Rinse FM,
WDR Cosmo and enough stations round the world off the back
of their debut Album 'Susuma', Jembaa Groove are causing a
storm with their hybrid West African meets US soul & jazz
sound. The Berlin based Afro-Soul group was founded in late
2020 by Yannick Nolting (bass,producer)and Eric Owusu
(vocals,percussion). They first met fortuitously at a
Berlin playground with both their sons and soon after
realised they were onto something special.
After seeking for the right companions for the upcoming
journey and stumbling on a few of Berlin's finest
musicians, they finally formed Jembaa Groove, a 7-piece
band that combines jazzy sounds from Berlin's uprising
underground scene with traditional West-African sounds
from Ghana, such as Highlife and Adowa. The music of Jembaa
Groove is as much influenced by the soulful rhythms and
baritone chords of 70's black America and contemporary
artists like Lee Fields and Ikebe Shakedown, as it is by
highlife artists such as Ebo Taylor and Pat Thomas, with
whom Eric has been touring and recording for many years.
Playing some of the finest stages around Europe throughout
the 2022 summer such as Fusion or Xjazz Festival they
played an overwelming UK Tour in October 2022 after being
invited by Cerys Matthews for a Live Session at BBC6 Music
Studios in Maida Vale. Jembaa Groove will be part of the
official selection of SXSW 2023 in Austin/USA and ESNS 2023
in Groningen/NL.

Plus DJ support from Santa Leticia!
Santa Leticia spins old & new music from dreamy lands where the sun shines brightly. Andalusian by origin, and based in the UK, she collects & selects hot wax from her digging trips to tropical & Mediterranean climates: Mexico, the Caribbean, North Africa, and, of course, España.

And, of course, La Bomba residents John Stapleton and Boom Operator

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