{"id":65428,"date":"2020-11-16T14:47:33","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T13:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=65428"},"modified":"2022-03-11T11:08:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T10:08:24","slug":"kokoroko-baba-ayoola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/kokoroko-baba-ayoola\/","title":{"rendered":"KOKOROKO returns with single in homage to Cassie Kinoshi&#8217;s grandfather"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cBaba Ayoola\u201d is an invitation to celebrate life from the London jazz band, now firmly established at the top of the exciting new English scene.&nbsp;&nbsp;  <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>After the rapturous global reception for their track &#8220;Carry Me Home,&#8221; accumulating more than 3 million online listens, <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/\/?s=KOKOROKO\">KOKOROKO<\/a>\u2019s new single keeps the bar very high. &#8220;Baba Ayoola&#8221; is a tribute to saxophonist Cassie Kinoshi&#8217;s grandfather and, by the group&#8217;s own admission, an invitation to celebrate life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Kokoroko - Baba Ayoola\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DgYxjqoQKhs?feature=oembed&#038;autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>KOKOROKO &#8211; \u00ab Baba Ayoola \u00bb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Opening to the vocal harmonies from the band&#8217;s three leaders (Sheila, Cassie and Richie), this new track is carried by delicate drums and percussion alongside subtle keyboard lines. Enchanting guitar riffs sparkle through a melodic bass line, enhanced by the powerful brass section and gospel-like harmonies. All this results in an exhilarating crescendo. A warm and shimmering melodic atmosphere, perfect for the Fall season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The track &#8220;Baba Ayoola&#8221; is available via <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Brownswood Recordings (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\" href=\"https:\/\/brownswoodrecordings.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brownswood Recordings<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c9coutez KOKOROKO dans notre playlist Songs of the Week sur <a href=\"https:\/\/spoti.fi\/2Pz0eyg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\">Spotify<\/a> et <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/30zVbUA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\">Deezer<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1010\" height=\"1010\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/a81ece9b-babaayoola_1500px_300dpi-1-min-1010x1010.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/a81ece9b-babaayoola_1500px_300dpi-1-min-1010x1010.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/a81ece9b-babaayoola_1500px_300dpi-1-min-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/a81ece9b-babaayoola_1500px_300dpi-1-min-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/a81ece9b-babaayoola_1500px_300dpi-1-min-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/a81ece9b-babaayoola_1500px_300dpi-1-min-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/a81ece9b-babaayoola_1500px_300dpi-1-min-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/a81ece9b-babaayoola_1500px_300dpi-1-min-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/a81ece9b-babaayoola_1500px_300dpi-1-min-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/a81ece9b-babaayoola_1500px_300dpi-1-min-73x73.jpg 73w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/a81ece9b-babaayoola_1500px_300dpi-1-min.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBaba Ayoola\u201d is an invitation to celebrate life from the London jazz band, now firmly established at the top of the exciting new English scene.&nbsp;&nbsp; After the rapturous global reception for their track &#8220;Carry Me [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":65311,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3944],"tags":[41205],"location":[8230],"yst_prominent_words":[27984,27981,27978,27977,8403,27900,27983,15752,27897,27980,10752,27987,9178,27985,27982,27979,8435,8400,27986,27988],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65428"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65428"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=65428"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=65428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}