This African Music festival brings together the Old and new of Nigerian music scene mixing Hip-hop with Afro beat and Afro-pop in this spectacular line-up:

As the Nigerian Hip Hop scene evolves, a few bright stars are thrown up. One of them is the Lagos rhymester known as Lord of Ajasa. But quite unlike the average vocabulary deficient Lagos rapping trying hard to be Brooklyn's finest, Lord of Ajasa brings an interesting dimension to the rap game with his kamikaze flow and compelling use of Yoruba street lingo.

As bands come and go, a new one emerges to make an impact on the history of Nigerian music, specifically from the western part of the country. We have seen the likes of Fela Kuti who have made a tremendous impact musically, but now look out for Seyi Sholagbade. He has gained the public's affection with Palongo - their own style of music, blending Hi Life, Juju, jazz and other varied forms of Nigerian music.

Palongo is boisterous especially in live performance, and heavy percussive idioms are presented under free style wind and string instrumentation in the style of rock and funk. This is blended with the structured chord progression style of jazz. The vocals are essentially call and response type. This all culminates in a new rhythmic idiom and feel. A 16 piece band lead by the talented singer/song writer and composer.

Afro-pop in the mould of D-Banji Durela is the new face of Nigeria Afro-pop style that has taken the country by storm. His new video Shayo has been on Nigerian\Television on repeat. Although he is new on the scene, he is mighty strong on performance.

Fatai Rolling Dollar Grand, the old man of Hi-life -  82 year old Fatai returns to the UK, and you don't want to miss him on his return to Cargo. Fatai's last collaboration was with the Lagos No Shaking Album Launch at Cargo with Tony Allen.

Djs on the night Deoba Authentic & John Armstrong

LIVE: LORD OF AJASA + SEYI SHOLAGBADE + DURELA FATAI ROLLING DOLLAR

DJS: DEOBA AUTHENTIC + JOHN ARMSTRONG

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£8 adv, £10 otd