What’s The Connection between Mirfat And Choices Baricho Road?

Last week, Choices was aflame thanks to the amaze balls Dela. And this week, they have shifted gears!! They packed their bags, bid us adieu and headed to ‘Ocha.’ Figuratively speaking of-course.

I can’t decide which Villagers song I love most, in contention is Wa me and Someday featuring Atemi. Then there’s Kenchic!!!! Then again I feel so ignorant right now, koz I can’t distinctly tell you where Chris Adwar tails off and The villagers spring up!!

Good for me and you btw, that answer shall be answered tonight when they take to the stage. And rock you they shall, because this five piece band knows their stuff and have zilch qualms about giving it to you like it’s christmas. And no I don’t believe in santa claus focus! Ofcourse they were the Tusker All stars official band, so fault lines here, only seamless sensational stuff.

The 11-piece band formed in 2005, fronted by one of East Africa’s leading producers, Adwar. The band consists of Chris Adwar – Keyboard/Singer/Songwriter/M.D, Kenny Nyagah -Drums , Asaph Uzele – Bass guitar , Davie Omamu– Lead Guitar ,Moses Odumbe – Acoustic Guitar, Tim Riungu -Saxophone, Moses Watatua- Trumpet, Julius Kibere – Trumpet, Albert Obaga – Trumpet, Jobie Mtukampuni – BV/Songwriter, Jordan Karanja – BV , Kokan Keleue-BV. Apart from their manager Pauline Macharia, its an all guy outfit. Testasterone they say, is the ‘bane’ of music’s existence so yes, energy in copius amounts is what you should expect. 

They dubbed their sound beng’eng’e, sing in Dholuo, Swahili and English, and their tantalizing offering is indigenous. I think. Purposely benga, it’s been kept in a nice marinade of high-life, mbalax, Kwela and other exotic sounding genres. Yum! These guys have headlined events like Spread The Love festival with Kirk Franklin, Rift Valley Festival, Gatwich Festival with Emmanuel Jal, Sawa Sawa Festival, Blankets & Wines, as well as Nairobi Kinanda Arts Festival with Freshly Ground.

Some of you are ‘obstinate’, so I’ll just throw in one last surprise, rumour has it that Dan ‘Chizi’ Aceda and Aaron ‘Crucial Keys’ Rimbui are set to perform as well!! Now if that doesn’t seal the deal for you, I’m quitting my job. 

Now back to the quizlike headline, did you figure it out? “Siendi kenchic…pengine java…siendi Jevanjee, pengine regency..”