The EP Get The Message (Brownswood Recordings) by London-based band Kokoroko is the number one album in the world music category on the North American College and Community Music Charts for the week ending November 26, 2024.
Get The Message is a 4-track project that takes the band to a more introspective and gentler sound. Remarking on the band’s musical growth and evolution in the last few years, Onome Edgeworth, the band’s percussionist, said: “Our tastes are richer and more developed. We’re now creating from a completely different viewpoint, and it’s been quite freeing.”
Musicians: Sheila Maurice-Grey, co-bandleader, trumpet, flügelhorn, vocals; Onome Edgeworth, co-bandleader, percussion; Anoushka Nanguy on trombone, vocals; Tobi Adenaike on guitar, vocals; Yohan Kebede on keyboards, synthesizers, vocals; Duane Atherley on bass, vocals; Ayo Salawu on drums, vocals.
Guest: Chelsea Carmichael on tenor saxophone, bass clarinet and flute.
Author: World Music Central News Room
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