Peoples,

First and foremost, thank y’all so much last night for a record turnout at Southpaw. A better vibe could not be asked for. We gave it to you, but you earned it!

But it gets better. In our home burg, at the hippest new club in Brooklyn, the legendary Knitting Factory, presents a midnight set of Akoya’s finest.

12:00 AM (midnight)
$ TBA
361 Metropolitan Avenue @ Havemeyer (map)
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211

Akoya At Southpaw

Yes yes y’all.  Things come and go in this life, but Akoya Afrobeat will always be a part of Brooklyn. We will be reuniting at our favorite club in town, Southpaw, on Friday, January 8th 2010.  Our good friends The Revelations featuring Tre Williams will be joining us; they a great soul band from the same part of town and you need to check them out. We look forward to seeing you as we continue celebrating the New Year with music.

125 5th Avenue(map)
Brooklyn, NY
$10 admission
Doors 9pm, Show 9:30pm
Tickets available here

That’s right. It’s been a long time coming but… we’re back.

New Languages Festival
McCarren Hall
98 Bayard Street (map)
$10 admission, 11:30
with Shaikh, Peterson & Formanek

newlanguages.org

We’ll see you out there!

Saturday, October 25th // 7:30PM
Kumble Theater @ LIU Brooklyn Campus

As part of LIU’s All Out Salsa & Afrobeat Festival, Akoya will be partaking in a massive double-header with Amayo’s Fu-Arkistra. Expect a special collaborative performance in tribute to Fela Kuti on top of the usual Afrobeat delicacies. For details, click here.

Check us out playing some exclusive live material and discussing how we do what we do on Lawrence Nii Nartey’s African Show from 10pm-12am this Thursday on WKCR, 89.9FM in the NYC tri-state area and streaming live on the internet worldwide here.

And of course don’t forget to check our massive show at Southpaw this Friday (details here). The new jams sound hotter and hotter each time we play them and we can’t wait to see you enjoying them. Advance tickets are still available at ticketweb.com.