Member Since: 10/9/2006
Band Members:
Kevin Johnson- Drumset
Charlie Nill - Guitar
Roberto Curtis- Baritone, Tenor Sax
Mike Reitz- Congas, Percussion
Sean VandeLinde- Vocals...Shekere
Ben Phan - Guitar
Tyler Cash- Keyboards, Percussion
John Paul Cheski - Bass
RAM- Backup Vocals
Influences:
and the state of the Union.
Sounds Like: Mission Statement:
Using music as its weapon, the Richmond Afrobeat Movement carries the torch of the late Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. Combining funk, latin, soul, jazz, high-life, and traditional African music with political and social awareness, the R.A.M. preaches for revolution through its music. With sometimes as many as 15 members on stage, they create an undulating groove, which carries an unstoppable horn section. The term “movement†applies in many ways: to the non-stop energy created physically, sonically, and visually, a group of people working together to advance their shared political, social, and artistic ideas, the principal division of a longer musical work, self sufficient in terms of key, tempo, and structure, and is also refers to the moving parts of a mechanism. Be that as it may, the R.A.M. is committed to putting on the best possible performance it can to as broad of an audience as it can.
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