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Akoya Afrobeat

The New York Scene Collides with Funky Nigeria!

About Me


My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/8/2004
Band Website: akoyamusic.com
Band Members: Ryan Blotnick - guitar
Felix Chen - bass
Gabriel Hays - keyboards
Will Jones - baritone sax
Kaleta - lead vocals, percussions
Yoshio Tony Kobayashi - drums
Taku Kuroda - trumpet
Duke Mseleku - vocals, tenor sax
Mayteana Morales - vocals, percussion
Kemba Russell - vocals, percussion
Yoshi Takemasa - congas
Nikhil Yerawadekar - guitar
Dave Steinberg - baritone sax

Influences: Fela Kuti, Africa 70, Egypt 80, Manu Dibango, Hugh Masekela, Sunny Ade
Sounds Like: FELA DEY in two parts:

Record Label: Afrobomb music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Zozo Afrobeat, Instrumental - Trumpets, Saxs, Percussion...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-HAGi0zJa4 ...
Posted by Akoya Afrobeat on Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:56:00 PST

Akoya Live On WFMU This Saturday!

Hey everybody, we will be performing and hanging out on the great radio show Transpacific Sound Paradise on WFMU this Saturday, February 9th starting at 7pm. We've got three ways to listen: 91.1 FM (N...
Posted by Akoya Afrobeat on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:59:00 PST

Fly New Video, Live @ Southpaw!

In case you haven't noticed, there is a flurry of new Akoya videos on Youtube, including the great footage of Fela Dey on our front page. Click HERE to see all the Youtube search results for the term ...
Posted by Akoya Afrobeat on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:09:00 PST

NEW SONGS!!!!

That's right friends, we have uploaded a few songs from our NEW album, due to come out early next year. These tracks are just snippets, so you will have to get the entire album to hear the songs ...
Posted by Akoya Afrobeat on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 02:11:00 PST

Thank you Floyd Fest!

Everyone, I mean everyone was so helpful, supportive, friendly, and extremely spirited. (not to mention high stamina dancers!) This was our triumphant return to Floyd and we enjoyed every minute of it...
Posted by Akoya Afrobeat on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:04:00 PST

Akoya in the New York Times

That's right folks, check it out...This is a nice review of on of the great shows we played this past weekend. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/15/arts/music/15lang.html?ex= 1148356800&en=0cf90cc3e8c...
Posted by Akoya Afrobeat on Mon, 15 May 2006 02:35:00 PST

Yes, Yes

It's been a while since we checked this page. Gonna try to hit it once a week or so now... Anyways, we have a lot of exciting shows coming up. I know we have a lot of friends from Cali, so spread...
Posted by Akoya Afrobeat on Thu, 20 Apr 2006 01:27:00 PST