In a few short weeks, Akoya is returning to Southpaw to headline a great night of music. Our friends Ikebe Shakedown and King Expressers are opening up, DJ Afro-Marc will be keeping things fresh throughout and we will be closing out the night with the classic Akoya sound you love to get down with (and some new stuff we know you’ll love too).

Doors 8pm
Showtime 9:30
$10 admission

Tickets available here

LIVE at Southpaw (map)
125 5th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217

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!

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.

Looks like world-renowned African music expert and journalist Banning Eyre has put his stamp of approval on our new album, P.D.P. (President Dey Pass). You can see Akoya featured on NPR’s website in a piece called “Africa In America,” and this Saturday April 5th, New Yorkers can hear us on Radio New York, 91.5 FM at 11pm in Afropop Worldwide’s radio program, “Africa In America.” For those outside of the NY area, you can visit the Afropop site to see how to check out their feature on new African music on your local radio station, or as a podcast. Many thanks to the Afropop family for digging our music– onwards and upwards, y’all…