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Kokoroko – Carry me home | VIVA FESTIVAL 2022

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Watch Kokoroko performing "Carry me home" live Locorotondo on August 4, 2022. Live performance video from my personal concert archive.

kokoroko carry me – Live Performance Details

Performance Details

Concert Date: August 4th, 2022

Venue: VIVA Festival, Locorotondo (Bari), Italy

Band Lineup (8-piece): Core members same as 2019 lineup

Album Context: Promoting debut album “Could We Be More” (released August 5th, 2022 via Brownswood Recordings). 15-track album moving through afrobeat, highlife, soul, and funk.

Song: “Carry Me Home” (2020 single)

Special Notes: Shared headline stage at 2022 We Out Here Festival alongside Azymuth, Pharoah Sanders, and the Comet Is Coming before touring France and Netherlands.

This video is part of “My Gigs (I was there!)” collection by m.cammuso.it. A visual and sonic record of the best live performances personally recorded during concerts.

Official Links

Artist Website: Kokoroko
Instagram: https://instagram.com/kokoroko_
Label Website: Brownswood Recordings

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Kokoroko – Age of Ascent | VIVA Festival 2022

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Watch Kokoroko performing "Age of Ascent" live Locorotondo on August 4, 2022. Live performance video from my personal concert archive.

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Performance Details

Concert Date: August 4th, 2022

Venue: VIVA Festival, Locorotondo (Bari), Italy

Band Lineup (8-piece): Same as “Carry Me Home” performance

Album Context: From debut album “Could We Be More” (August 5th, 2022)

Song: “Age of Ascent” (June 2022 single, Track 4 on Could We Be More)

Special Notes: Taking inspiration from West-African and Caribbean communities, blending afrobeat with contemporary jazz.

This video is part of “My Gigs (I was there!)” collection by m.cammuso.it. A visual and sonic record of the best live performances personally recorded during concerts.

Official Links

Artist Website: Kokoroko
Instagram: https://instagram.com/kokoroko_
Label Website: Brownswood Recordings

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KOKOROKO | JAZZ RE:FOUND 2019

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Watch Kokoroko live Rome on November 16, 2019. Live performance video from my personal concert archive.

kokoroko jazz refound – Live Performance Details

Performance Details

Concert Date: November 16th, 2019

Venue: Rome
Festival: JAZZ RE:FOUND 2019

Band Lineup: Same 8-piece as MONK performance

Album Context: Post-viral success of “Abusey Junction” (2018). Winners of “Best Group” at Urban Music Awards 2020 and Parliamentary Jazz Awards 2021.

Musical Style: Drawing inspiration from Fela Kuti, Ebo Taylor, Pat Thomas, John Coltrane, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Herbie Hancock.

This video is part of “My Gigs (I was there!)” collection by m.cammuso.it. A visual and sonic record of the best live performances personally recorded during concerts.

Official Links

Artist Website: Kokoroko
Instagram: https://instagram.com/kokoroko_
Label Website: Brownswood Recordings

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Kokoroko | Oye Asem | MONK – RJF19

Concert Date: 2019-11-01
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Watch Kokoroko live at MONK Club, Rome on November 1, 2019. Live performance video from my personal concert archive.

kokoroko oye asem – Live Performance Details

Performance Details

Concert Date: November 1st, 2019 (Friday, 11:00 PM)

Venue: MONK Club (Sala Teatro), Rome – Rome Jazz Festival 2019
Event: Double bill with HIC. + Kokoroko (sold out)

Band Lineup (8-piece):
– Sheila Maurice-Grey – trumpet
– Cassie Kinoshi – alto saxophone
– Richie Seivewright – trombone
– Mutale Chashi – bass
– Toban Adenalike-Johnson – guitar
– Yohan Kebede – keyboards
– Onome Ighamre – percussion
– Ayo Salawu – drums

About Kokoroko: Name means “to be strong” in Yoruba. London-based band blending afrobeat and West African influences with soul and spiritual jazz. Founded by trumpeter Sheila Maurice-Grey in 2014.

Label: Brownswood Recordings (Gilles Peterson)

Special Notes: Sold out performance. Encore was cover of “Oye Asem” by Pat Thomas. Gilles Peterson’s interest positioned them as next big thing in British nu-jazz.

This video is part of “My Gigs (I was there!)” collection by m.cammuso.it. A visual and sonic record of the best live performances personally recorded during concerts.

Official Links

Artist Website: Kokoroko
Instagram: https://instagram.com/kokoroko_
Label Website: Brownswood Recordings

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