Kaleta & Super Yamba Band (Brooklyn, New York via Lagos, Nigeria)
Brooklyn’s Kaleta & Super Yamba Band are fronted by Afrobeat and Juju veteran Leon Ligan-Majek a.k.a. Kaleta. Kaleta got his start in the late 70s performing in church and was soon picked up by iconic Juju master and world music pioneer King Sunny Ade. A few years later Fela Kuti came calling and Kaleta would go on to tour the world playing guitar for the King of Afrobeat in his storied band Egypt 80 through the 1980s and into the 1990s.
Touring with Super Yamba since 2017 their debut album “Mèdaho” draws on the group’s shared reverence for the raw, psychedelic sounds that captivated Kaleta as a music loving child. The album was included on Bandcamp’s “Best Albums of Summer 2019” list and two of the songs were chosen for the ABC/Hulu series High Fidelity staring Zoe Kravitz. They have performed with a diverse range of artists such as David Byrne, Rubblebucket, Yeasayer and have colloborated with Senegalese griot and talking drum master Mood Mbenge, known best for his work with African pop star Abdou Guite Seck. It’s not often the Northern Rockies get a chance to see an act like this so don’t miss this one!