Live Music: Afro Moses Spirit Band

Sunday 10 November 2024

Overview

Afro Moses has a magnetic personality and a fabulous ability to enchant people with his high energy music, powerful messages, showmanship and colourful stage shows. His musical style included a blend…

Afro Moses has a magnetic personality and a fabulous ability to enchant people with his high energy music, powerful messages, showmanship and colourful stage shows. His musical style included a blend of Afro beats, reggae, high life, funk, jazz, raga, salsa, percussion, his traditional folk music and much more.

Using traditional African instruments and playing 14 instruments, Afro blends them with modern grooves and technology to create a fusion of hot rhythms. The stage shows guarantee to uplift, transport, inspire and move everyone.

Afro Moses has shared the stage with numerous iconic artists such as Miriam Makeba, Salif Keita, Ziggy and Rita Marley, The Wailers and many more.

Afro first visited Australia at the end of 1999. His tour, which consisted of his band coming directly from Ghana, was sponsored by Triple J and was the biggest tour of any African performer in Australia. The band were featured on ABC TV – Studio 22, Recovery, The 10.30 slot, as well as The Morning Show with Bert Newton and numerous radio stations across the country. Next, the band were invited back to perform as part of the 2000 Olympic Games, where they performed at the athletes welcoming party and as part of the closing ceremony celebrations at Darling Harbour which attracted around 20,000 people.