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Beautiful Nubia & The Roots Renaissance Band

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A rare creator of rich sounds and a gifted performer. - The Punch
Nigeria's King of Melody! - National Mirror
Beautiful Nubia’s songs of cultural celebration, social upliftment and public enlightenment have inspired millions in his land of birth. And now many more around the world are starting to awaken to this voice of courage and rare wisdom.
With an uncanny ability to reach back into the past, re-invent ancient rhythms and mesh them with original melodies to produce soul-churning sound offerings, this singer, songwriter and bandleader has evolved a form of music that continues to defy classification and appeals to a continuously growing market comprising all sections of the populace – the poor and the rich, unlettered market-women and university professors, students and teachers, male and female, young and old. All elements of the society can be found at a Beautiful Nubia concert and, as he likes to say, “Everyone is welcome to Beautiful Nubia’s party!”
His music has been described by various critics as “folk fusion”, “a relative of afrobeat” and "modern African music with meaning" but the artist himself recently described it as “reflecting the roots of modern popular music genres”.
Whatever your music taste, there is something here for you.
Discography: Kilokilo (2007); Fere (2006); Awilele (2004); Jangbalajugbu (2002); Fire On The Roof (2001); Voice From Heaven (1999); Seven Lifes (1997)
For more info, please visit beautifulnubia.com or iTunes! or click on the album covers below:

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Member Since: 3/21/2007
Band Website: www.beautifulnubia.com
Band Members: *Beautiful Nubia: Lead Vocals, Acoustic/Rhythm Guitar, Percussion; *Emma Omilabu: Keyboards; *Ayo Idowu: Congas, Shekere and assorted hand-drums; *Segun Olabiyi: Drum kit; *Blessing Enobong Williams: Bass guitar; *Muyiwa Kunnuji: Trumpet; *Segun Osunmo: Tenor/Soprano saxophone; *Benjamin Audu Johnson: Tenor/Alto saxophone; *Dayo Afolabi: Electric guitar; *Ayansola Lawal: Gangan; *Rufus Ayodeji Alao: Bata; *Funmi Jolaoso, *Tosin Onasanya and *Evelyn Sanni: Back-up vocals/miscellaneous percussion instruments
Sounds Like:Beautiful Nubia Album Launch 2006

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Beautiful Nubia - Ife 2005

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Record Label: EniObanke
Type of Label: Indie

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Here At Last!

For some time now, friends and fans have asked us to set up shop on MySpace. I don't really know why there was such a long delay but finally here we are. Hope you like what you see and that you'll kee...
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