The *Common Ground Collective is a 15 piece Afrobeat-Soul Orchestra that explores musical styles from West Africa, including Afrobeat to Funk-Jazz.
**Afrobeat is a combination of funk, jazz, and soul fused with West African rhythms and vocal styles popularized in the late 60s and early 70s. This music mixes traditional West African music & high-life with James Brown inspired funk. By definition Afrobeat includes and level of political activism and cultural awareness. Afrobeat’s most famous artist is Nigerian multi-instrumentalist, bandleader and political activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Fela died in 1997, however his legacy lives on through his music.
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