
Jim Donovan, a founding member of the popular multi-platinum band Rusted Root presents an brand new exhilarating musical feast for the ears and the body that fuses captivating African roots music, magnetic harmonies and a relentless rhythm section that will make you dance till it hurts.
In addition to Donovan on drum-kit, this seven piece group features the unstoppable energy of Congolese vocalist/dancer Elie Kihonia, Ghanian master drummer Etse Nydedzor along with mainstays PJ Roduta & Bryan Fazio on congas and percussion, Brandon King on keys and percussion Kent Tonkin on bass and Dan Murphy on electric guitar. We often have good friends like Mike Deaton, Harry Pepper, Sogbety Diomande, Bill Burke, Brian Bromka, and many others sitting in with us.
Most times we play with no set list and just call out songs as they come up. We've been known to play shows where an hour of it are pieces we know, while other pieces we just make up on the spot. We've even been known to play an hour of disco & R&B covers if the mood strikes....
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