Afro rock is a style of rock music with West African influences. Afro rock bands and artists in the late 1960s and early 1970s included Osibisa, Assagai and Lafayette Afro Rock Band.
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Style
The style relies on the use of rock string instruments (electric guitars and electric bass) and guitar effects like wah wah pedal.[1] Songs are based around a rock chordal structure and progression with a horn section, and keyed instruments such as electric piano, organ, and clavinet.[2] The rhythmic elements of the music are drums and bass, but other characteristically African and Afro-Cuban elements are the percussion instruments including congas, bongos, claves, whistles and other Latin percussion.[3][4] In the late 1960s, Super Eagles and Psychedelic Aliens were pioneers of the genre.[5] Osibisa[6] and Assagai were founded in England.
Afro rock musicians
- Osibisa
- Assagai
- Demon Fuzz[7]
- Blo[8]
- MATATA[9]
- Monomono
- Remi Kabaka, drummer
References
- ^ Lafayette Afro Rock Band wah pedal Retrieved 10 March 2021
- ^ "Darkest Light: The Best of the Lafayette Afro Rock Band / a RootsWorld review of World Music". www.rootsworld.com. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
- ^ Percussion Info. Percussion Info Retrieved 11 March 2021
- ^ Percussion Instruments Retrieved 11 March 2021
- ^ Gahana rock band Super Eagles Retrieved 11 March 2021
- ^ The Official OSIBISA Website -https://www.osibisa.co.uk
- ^ Pinfold, Will (November 15, 2022). "Demon Fuzz: Afreaka!". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
- ^ Blo Retrieved 23 April 2022
- ^ MATATA Retrieved 19 April 2022
See also
- Afrobeat
- Manu Dibango
- Fela Kuti
- Alhaji K. Frimpong. Ghanaian highlife singer
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