Akoya Afrobeat is a 14-piece Brooklyn-based band that performs original music in the style of Fela Kuti, the Nigerian musical innovator who created the genre of Afrobeat.

I caught the band at Southpaw last year. The band put on a fabulous live show and got the crowd shaking to the beat. URB Magazine said "Akoya is developing a reputation for whipping dance floors into a frenzy with their fusion of African, Afro-Cuban, Jazz and Funk music". Here is a link to some of the pictures that I took at last year's show.

Tomorrow night's show starts at 9:30PM and tickets are $12. On the bill with Akoya Afrobeat is Bryan Vargas y Ya Esta.

Links:
Akoya Afrobeat's Website
Akoya Afrobeat's MySpace Page