Sally NyoloSally Nyolo was born in a small village called Eyen-Meyong, in southern Cameroon.
Two years after, he released his debut album Alieh, released under the record label Akumba Music.Achu Normad currently resides in Kentucky, United States and tours the United States and Europe. He created a band in Lexington, Kentucky where he worked on mixing the West African rhythms of Makossa and Bikutsi with Cuban jazz and soulful vocals. All these, coupled with his soulful voice, have enabled him to be able to tell his story to the world.In the fall of 2014, he emigrated to the United States, where he was finally able to put into motion what he had been grooming. He started experimenting by combining the African rhythm guitar playing style with Latin American influences and a dash of jazz.
Soon after, jazz music caught his attention and the harmonic minor swing feel captivated him. He grew up in the village of Mankon in Bamenda, Cameroon, Achu Normad, always felt his heartbeat synchronizing with the drumbeats played by the village dance groups around him.The son of a guitarist, Achu soon picked up the guitar and started playing to these African rhythms. “ This album has given me the musical wings I always wanted, the wings to fly and create.”.Īchu NormadNdifor Achu, better known as Achu Normad, was born on Apin Cameroon. Whatever felt right, we kept it,” reveals Moken. Moken – Missing ChaptersMoken – Missing Chapters (Moodswing Records, 2019)Cameroonian singer-songwriter Moken delivers a genre-defyingalbum where virtuosic jazz meets Afro-roots, American folk, lively Afropop andblues.The signature sound of Moken is his inventive vocals he uses unexpected, quirky vocal modulations, shifting his pitch throughout a song, similar to the work of Portuguese-Cape Verdean singer.“ This is a feelings album.
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