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The most fun you will ever have listening or dancing at a live show in the Valley and beyond! Voted "Best of the Valley" five times, nominated for "Live Act of the Year" by the New England Music Awards, winners of the 2017 Valley Music Showcase, and recognized with several honorable distinctions by the African Jazz Review, Shokazoba (Nigerian for shock absorber) is an award winning horn driven powerhouse performing top quality high energy original music designed to move your feet, inspire the mind, & activate our souls. Beginning in 2005 as a Fela Kuti tribute project, they aim to generate greater human awareness through conscious danceable polyrhythmic trance music called New World Funk (an eclectic blend of influences featuring Fela Kuti's Afrobeat) delivering passionately honest crucially topical lyrical messages with a spiritual inspiration derived from deep meaningful connections within the celebration of ecstatic vibrations and the joyous expression of dance. Beyond your expectations teaming with maximum creative musical elation, be prepared to be absolutely blown away in the best possible way...
Shokazoba offers our fullest love and gratitude to Fela Anikulapo Kuti and Tony Allen for inventing Afrobeat and for shaping, guiding and instilling deep meaning into our creative journey. We wholeheartedly thank the beautiful Marigold Theater in Easthampton MA for so graciously providing the space for us to continue our work. Please check out our contact page to find out more about Afrobeat and it's origins by clicking on the buttons and pictures. Thank you for visiting our virtual home! Please explore, enjoy and definitely stand by for a new recording sometime soon...
"New England Afrofunk Ensemble embracing Fela's legacy with a conscious
message delivered in powerful danceable music." - Iohann Vega, Radioplasma
Shokazoba offers our fullest love and gratitude to Fela Anikulapo Kuti and Tony Allen for inventing Afrobeat and for shaping, guiding and instilling deep meaning into our creative journey. We wholeheartedly thank the beautiful Marigold Theater in Easthampton MA for so graciously providing the space for us to continue our work. Please check out our contact page to find out more about Afrobeat and it's origins by clicking on the buttons and pictures. Thank you for visiting our virtual home! Please explore, enjoy and definitely stand by for a new recording sometime soon...
"New England Afrofunk Ensemble embracing Fela's legacy with a conscious
message delivered in powerful danceable music." - Iohann Vega, Radioplasma
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"With a groove so funky you can smell it, they blend several different genres in a mixer and leave the listener convulsing to the sounds. From Jazz to Funk to an addicting West African beat, they have developed a wonderfully unique
soundscape that fits perfectly with the inspiring message the band delivers." - bandsforbernie.co |
"Shokazoba blends jazz & old school funk with a West African beat that sets the foundation for a great community vibe." Bluebird Reviews "It's a fantastic track: like musical gold flowing through my head." Andy Mattholie, Jazz Central Sine FM |
"Sometimes a record really can wake you up from whatever slump you’re in, and make you feel refreshed. For an amateur of New World music like myself, Shokazoba is perfect; the band’s music is succinct, exciting, and new and makes you want to listen to the genre for a deeper understanding..." - CMJ
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