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Shokazoba (Nigerian for shock absorber) is an award winning horn driven new world funk 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 - a blend of Fela's Afrobeat and heavy old school funk with passionately honest crucially topical lyrical messages. The spiritual inspiration for Shokazoba's existence is derived from deep meaningful connections within the celebration of ecstatic vibrations and the joyous expression of dance. 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 is surely coming soon to a club, brewery, house party, theater, concert series or festival near you...!
Shokazoba offers our fullest love and gratitude to Fela Anikulapo Kuti and Tony Allen for inventing Afrobeat and for shaping and guiding 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 album 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 and guiding 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 album 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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