World Music Method Presents: Kihaya Blues @ The Magic Garden
October 5 @ 7:30 pm - 11:30 pm
Guitarist and singer Kyazi Lugangira formed Kihaya Blues in 2012. As an accomplished rhythm guitarist and vocalist, working with many talentent artists he started composing creatively and formed a band which later became Kihaya Blues.
Previously Kyazi performed and toured extensively internationally with West African kora players Sona Jobarteh and Jally Kebba Susso as well as soul jazz artists Tone Richardson, Miryam Solomon, Bumi Thomas and dance music producers Kay Suzuki and Koichi Sakai (Ghetto Lounge).
This varied background and inspiration has fed into the rich, rooted sound which can be heard in the music with hints from East, West and South Africa as well as Cape Verde, Madagascar and sometimes the Caribbean. The music is a mix of soul, blues, Latin, jazz, funk and Manding with East African vocal tones sung in the Tanzanian language Kihaya from the Bahaya tribe of the Kagera region of Tanzania.
Kihaya Blues have played at many venues across London including Royal Festival Hall, Rich Mix, Strong Rooms, Passing Clouds, Ritzy and Hootanany’s.
Kyazi Lugangira UK Based Tanzanian Singer Songwriter, Guitarist, Performer, Band leader of ‘Kihaya Blues’ has emerged as a creative composer with music that blends Soul, Blues, Funk, Jazz, Latin and Hip Hop, with Roots coming from Tanzania, Congo, Madagascar, South Africa, Cape Verde, Senegal, Mali, Gambia, Brazil, Peru, Cuba, America and London.