"A sensation—the dozen-plus member outfit cooks up a scintillating stew of Afrofunk, rumba, salsa, ska and funk."
—The Washington Post
"Hip-shaking debut album truly has a jazz-without-borders frame of mind."
—Montreal Gazette
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features Chopteeth:
"This music has the drive of 1970s funk, the subtle rhythms of Yoruba tribal music, the fire of Ghanaian highlife."
PRESS
"A hip-shakin, gotta-party, Afrofunk sensation. They cook. They dance.
The organs are fat. The horn section is beastly. And the protest (”Struggle”) generally takes a backseat to the party (”Upendo”).
Their LP is called Afrofunk Big Band. It’s great."
—Washington City Paper
6 Time Wammie Award Winners from
The Washington Area Music Association:
2008, 2009 & 2010
World Music Group
2009
Artist of the Year
Debut CD of the Year
World Music Recording
"Thunderous...potent. Chopteeth's debut CD takes the band from upbeat Swahili lyrics over a South African pulse one second, to spaghetti Western-inspired instrumentals the next. True to the political essence
at the heart of Fela's music."
—Billboard
”Raging guitars and rich, swaggering horns. Propulsive.”
—The Boston Globe
“Wonderfully fresh. With absolutely no reservations, this is an outright success."
—Allmusic.com
PRESS
"Afrofunk with lunatic energy."
National Public Radio features Chopteeth in 10-minute Weekend Edition segment broadcast on 600 stations nationwide. Check it out.
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FEBRUARY 2010
