Afro-rock

Afro rock is a style of rock music pioneered in the late 1960s and early 1970s by such groups as Aiye-Keta - Third World, a 3 Piece band with Remi Kabaka, Abdul Lasisi Amao and Steve Winwood, Monomono, Osibisa, BLO - Berkley Jones, Laolu Akins, Mike Odumosu and Alhaji K. Frimpong. It is a style of which relies heavily on the use of Western string instruments (electric guitars and bass) and guitar effects. The genre is deeply based in Western chordal structure and progression (mostly minor), emphasized on instruments like synthesizer and organ. Although the rhythmic engine of the music is (some configuration of) a western trap set, other characteristically African and Afro-Cuban elements pervade the remainder of the rhythm section (including congas, claves, shekeres, bells, and whistles). The vocal style can be seen as an amalgamation of African language and inflection into an American rock and funk context.

Afro-rock bands

• Aiye-Keta - Third World, a 3 Piece band with Remi Kabaka, Abdul Lasisi Amao and Steve Winwood,
• Assagai
• Osibisa
• Urban Shamans
• AFROSONICS, Afro Indie 8-piece band with Dayo Ayodele, Todd Dunnigan, Cathima Kodet, Jacob Fredrickson, Elvice Mwenematale, Ben Wieland, James Lancaster, Misty Dawn Taylor based in Boise, Idaho. Afro Indie/Afro Beat/Afro Rock/Afro Funk/Afro Pop