Akoya returns to Southpaw, Brooklyn’s Premiere Music Venue this Friday, July 11th. We will be rocking with DJ Concerned and will be performing some scorching new material.

Doors 8:30
Showtime 9:30
$10 Admission

Southpaw is located at 125 5th Avenue (map), close to the M/R at Union Street, the 2/3 to Bergen Street and the B/Q at 7th Avenue. Hope to see you there!

Akoya is honored to be a part of the Brooklyn Museum’s First Saturday party this week (June 7th). For those who don’t know, First Saturday’s are a NYC institution, bringing people together from all walks of city life to enjoy free music, art, lectures, booze (well, the booze isn’t free), etc. Akoya will be kicking the event off at 5pm with a heavy, heavy performance in the museum’s Sculpture Garden. We hope to see you there!

(The Brooklyn Museum is located at 200 Eastern Parkway, right by the 2/3 train to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum. Click here for detailed directions.)

Akoya’s next jam is at one of our favorite venues in New York City, Southpaw, and we’re sharing the night with an incredible band, Meta & The Cornerstones. Like Akoya, M&TC is a band featuring members from all over the world (Senegal, Ivory Coast, Trinidad, Israel and the United States), and they’ve got an upbeat, soulful roots reggae flavor that we love. We also have our compadre DJ Concerned on the wheels of steel to keep the dancefloor hot. Come one, come all!

Southpaw is located at 125 5th Avenue between Sterling & St. John’s Place (map) in Park Slope, Brooklyn. The closest trains are the M/R at Union St., the 2/3 at Bergen St or the B/Q at 7th Avenue. Doors at 8pm, showtime is 9pm. Tickets are $10, and can be purchased in advance at the Southpaw website.

Thursday, February 28
Akoya Afrobeat CD Release Party
w/DJ Rich Medina
“P.D.P.” (President Dey Pass)
Special Guests include:
Cedric “Im” Brooks of the Skatalites
Amayo and other members of Antibalas and The Budos Band
SOB’s
204 Varick Street (map)
New York, NY
Doors 7pm
Shows @ 9pm and 11pm
$10 advance, $12 day of show

Check out a recording of our WFMU performance and interview from last night right over here. Transpacific Sound Paradise is an EXTREMELY hip show, and you should check out the whole thing. Akoya comes up at about the 1 hour, 20 minute mark. Much thanks to Rob, Chris and all the WFMU family.