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obadikah - obadikah - honest jons records - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: African

1. April 8
2. Keke Kan
3. Olorum Kan
4. Agbara Temi Ko
5. Iwo Ore Mi
6. Ajantiele
7. Erin
8. Obadikah
9. Jomido
10. Orbete

Brand-new, rambunctious, rootsy, spiritual brass-band music from Lagos, with singing, drums and home-made percussion.

Obadikah is a group of old friends who play together in the Cherubim & Seraphim and Baptist churches of the Ikeja and Isale Eko districts. A couple of them were founder-members of the Eko Brass Band; they�ve played with pretty much all the key Nigerian reggae artists.
The tunes are mostly traditional Yoruban melodies, often sung at bed-time. The songs are mostly original, sung in Yoruba (though Jomido is an Egun song from the Badagry area of Lagos state).