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There Must Be Another Way | OUT NOWAgbeko’s latest album, 'There Must Be Another Way', was released in late-2023 with an accompanying headline tour. The album has been featured on international radio including BBC Radio 6 (Tom Robinson & Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show), Groove Africa (Ghana), Headline.CZ, Worldwide FM, Radio Capital (Italy) and Radio 3 (Spain).
Songlines Magazine printed that ‘the spectacular chemistry shared by this large band is electric and emotive, and the talents of each member/instrument are well-balanced in the mix’. This album builds upon Agbeko’s three previous self-releases since 2017: including debut album, 'D.O.D' (2020), which was featured on Bandcamp Daily. Agbeko's next album is pending release soon. |
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"Go and see them if you can for one of the best gigs of your life"
NOW THEN MAGAZINE 12-piece powerhouse Agbeko have been erupting dancefloors across Europe since first taking the stage in 2016. Inspired by the lineage of Afrobeat from Fela Kuti through to Antibalas via modern-day psychedelia of The Heliocentrics and The Shaolin Afronauts, Agbeko seek to write their own chapter with their unique combination of Ethio-jazz and British Protest Song-meets-avant-rock. Channelled through an onslaught of horns, driven grooves, moving lyrics and cathartic soloing, Agbeko's songs call out corruption and embolden the collective pull towards societal change and healing in our times. Penned by Jamie Stockbridge and borne by a virtuosic collective featuring dual front-women Amber Kuti & Mali Hayes, their music soundtracks a congregation revelling upon a world on the brink. Agbeko opened WOMEX 24 as musical ambassadors of hometown Manchester at The Bridgewater Hall.
"I got so lost in the sound I actually fell over... It was completely out of hand"
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