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Boston Music Awards 🎉🥂🎶🙌
Afro / Caribbean Artist of the Year Nominee

We are incredibly honored to receive this recognition from @bostonmusicawards for the second consecutive year. Head over to bostonmusicawards.com and cast your vote for @kotokobrass 🙏🙏

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So I love @gyallikeclee and when I heard this album….. my soul said yes! It just spoke to me in so many ways and when this song comes in … It was added to the set after not even 10 seconds into the song started on the first listen lol! Groove just felt good! Band @zion_rodman @tynicfly @itsdomdotcom @aokp @dillonzahner @brianpaulding @andy and Dave @lizardloungeclub

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Every artist has those staple songs that ALWAYS find their way into a set, and for me, “I Wanna Rock Right Now” is one of them! 🎤🔥

I usually sneak it into Erykah Badu’s “On & On,” but even when that song doesn’t make the setlist, best believe I’m finding another track to rap over! 😂

This song holds a special place in my heart because when I first started performing it, I got the stamp of approval from Rob Base himself! He told me I did my thing, and that was all the encouragement I needed to keep going! ❤️

With his passing this May, the song means even more to me, and I already know it’s NEVER leaving my set.

Fun fact: This was actually the FIRST rap I learned by heart as a little girl, and probably one of the only raps I can still spit word for word! 😂 I grew up surrounded by old-school hip-hop, and to this day, that’s what I prefer.

And listen, I’m a New York girl through and through. Give me my old-school East Coast rappers, especially my Harlem folks, ANY DAY! 🗽❤️

So here’s one of my favorite moments from my set. A little nostalgia, a little NYC pride, and a whole lot of love for the music that raised me.

Hope you enjoy it! 🎶🔥#boston #livemusic #robbase #iwannarockrightnow @lizardloungeclub

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Dance break!!!!!!!! When I tell you i have all these videos on repeat all day lmaoo !!!! Give it up for the band @tynicfly @zion_rodman @itsdomdotcom @aokp @dillonzahner @brianpaulding Andy and Dave !!!!

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Man I HAD THE BEST TIME LAST NIGHT!!!! IT WAS A TRUE FAMILY AFAIR! But I have to say , THIS SONG WAS MY FAVORITE OF THE NIGHT, and it seems it was most of y’all’s too. I have a clip of this song from every area of the room! Thank yall so much for coming out and jamming with us. As always, prepare to be sick of me , cause imma be posting recklessly Lmaoo #showmelove #livehouse #livehousemusic #bostonmusic #boston

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Saturday 10/10, @kotokobrass returns to @culturalcenter in South Yarmouth, MA. Join us for a night of music from Ghana, here on Cape Cod 🇬🇭🇺🇸

🎥: @niuraza with footage from Brass Roots Festival in South Portland, ME

#ghana #capecod #africanmusic

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Hey folks ! Make sure to get your tickets asap! They are cheaper online $15 on eventbrite! We got an amazing, fun lineup featuring, jazz, neosoul, house, afrobeat, calypso, soca , reggae and more! Come through! Last 2x we almost sold out! It’s gonna be an amazing time! We got @tynicfly on keys @aokp on drums @itsdomdotcom on bass @dillonzahner on percussion @zion_rodman on guitar @brianpaulding on trombone and Andy and Dave on trumpet on sax! And you never know we might even have some surprise guest! You just never know! I hope to see you there ! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sol-fyah-sessions-with-safiya-tickets-1997926067651 #boston #bostonlivemusic #bostonthingstodo #cambridge @lizardloungeclub

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@kotokobrass Nominated for the New England Music Awards — World Act of the Year!! 🙏🙏🇬🇭🪘💃🕺

Vote for us, link in bio 🔗

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Sat 9/26 in Putney, VT 💥 3-5pm, Putney Inn Field 🎶

@kotokobrass brings joyful music and dance from West Africa, featuring professional dancers from Ghana! 🇬🇭

@nextstagearts @maltitiabubakarsadik 🎥: @hanswalshtriv #ghana #vermont #livemusic

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All the ’97 babies are thinking about how this is our last summer before we turn 30… and I can truly say I’ve lived not just a remarkable life, but one of the most extraordinary summers of my life.

But this right here? This is what I’m most proud of.

Before this moment, I spent months on the ground marketing my ass off. Before those months, I spent FIVE YEARS building my business from nothing.

And moments before this picture, I was running around being an organizer, making sure the vendors were okay, the bands were okay, the masqueraders were okay, my tent and family were okay, my band was okay… everybody but me 😂

Then my partner, my best friend, and others looked at me and said, “Have you seen outside? You did that.”

I walked over to the side of the stage, peeked out… and saw almost 800 of you dancing, smiling, celebrating, and having the BEST time.

And I broke down crying.

Because I DID do that. 🥹

Five years of building. Months of promoting. So many ideas, risks, late nights, doubts, and “is anybody even going to come?” moments and there it was, right in front of me.

And then, icing on the cake: I had to calm myself down, fix my makeup, walk back onstage and PERFORM MY SET 😂😭 and try not to cry 🫣🤦🏽‍♀️😂

Organizer. Business owner. Artist. All in the same damn day.

When I’m 90 years old, I already know I’m going to talk about this moment.

The moment I looked out and realized something that once only existed in my head had become a memory for almost 800 people.

Yeah… I did that. ❤️ To more moments like these! Big news next week!

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A few favorite moments of the 5th Annual East Boston Latin Music and Dance Festival! @eastielatinfest
@zumixinc
@statesenatorlydiaedwards
@johnnygiraldosyc
@vroccboston
@sambavivaboston
@sycdancestudio
@porque.puma

#eastboston #eastie #eastbostonlatinmusicandfancefestival #zumix

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We are honored to open for the one and only @gyedublay_official on Sat 9/12. Ambolley is a living legend of Ghanaian highlife music! 🤩🇬🇭🎶
#ghana #highlife #music #concert

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