Kokoroko | |
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Origin | London, England |
Genres | Jazz, Afrobeat |
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Website | kokorokomusic |
Kokoroko is a British London-based septet, led by Sheila Maurice-Grey and Onome Edgeworth playing a fusion of funk and highlife. [1] [2] [3] In February 2019, they were named "ones to watch" by The Guardian , after their track "Abusey Junction" garnered 57 million views on YouTube. [4] "Abusey Junction" won Track of the Year at Gilles Peterson's Worldwide Awards in 2019. [5]
In February 2020, they won Best Group at the Urban Music Awards. [6] In September 2020, they played BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. [7] Their name is an Urhobo word meaning "be strong" or "hard to break". [8]
They released their debut album Could We Be More in August 2022. [9] The Guardian named it one of the top ten albums of the year. [10] Also in 2022, the band were nominated for Band of the Year at the Jazz FM Awards. [11]
Their second album, Tuff Times Never Last was released on 11 July 2025. [12]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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UK [13] | ||
Could We Be More |
| 30 |
Tuff Times Never Last |
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