๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง ๐ฃ๐๐ณ๐ณ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐๐ก ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ค ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ
Lekan Babalola is a two-time Grammy Award-winning musician film director and conceptual artist with over 40 years in the arts.ย Awarded his first Grammy in 2006 for performances on the late Ali Farka Toureโs album โIn the Heart of the Moonโ he was awarded a second at the 49th Grammy awards in 2008 for his work on the American jazz diva Cassandra Wilsonโs album โLoverlyโ.
Lekan started his career playing in the Yoruba Christian Church owned by his father. As custodians of Yoruba tradition his family taught him first hand Yoruba art and culture and this has influenced all his work. He also received a cultural and political apprenticeship from the late Fela Kuti.
The Sacred Funk project has been going several years with Lekan on percussion and his wife Kate Luxmoore on clarinet joined by various other musicians in the past including Reed Bass who has played for us in December 2023 and Christos Stylianides (trumpet) who will be appearing with Jas Kayser & Chums in January.ย In the current lineup they are joined by Josh Vadiveloo (appeared with Dan Lockheart in September 2023) on bass and Reuben Reynolds (appeared with Reed Bass in December 2023) on guitar.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Marrs Bar, Sansome Hall, 12 Pierpoint St, Worcester WR1 1TA, United Kingdom, Worcester
