I just look around and something will inspire me."Jerome, now a father of two, a teenager boy and preschool girl, was "pleasantly provoked" to write Sanctuary City after Eric asked him at a gig if he had been writing any new songs. "Every day I meditate and I just look past all the thoughts and better ones keep landing in, the more I get rid of the little worries. There's even an eponymous song about his good friend Jerry Stone, owner of local bar Stone's Place."I empty myself a lot," Jerome says of songwriting. Produced by Dave Misener - a top talent Jerome magically discovered working as a gardener in High Park - the album includes 12 contemporary blues originals from the welcoming title-track about Toronto to the chunky groove "Hidden Things" about covering up the pain the soulful plea "Lord Show Me How" to be a better man to a reworking of the Phantoms song "Mon Amie" about every past girlfriend rolled into one. An accomplished and exceptional bluesman, his bending harp skills have been sought by everyone from Ronnie Hawkins to the late Jeff Healey and he continues to mesmerize all who witness him onstage including the judges in Memphis at the 2014 International Blues Challenge where Jerome won the Lee Oskar Best Harmonica Player Award. As some in the twin cities are already saying, this is world music with an Afro-Brazilian attitude it's a cry for peace and freedom that can only be heard if-as the great guitar player would say- we "let the music speak for itself".Ĭafe Italia CD music Toronto singer and harmonica player Jerome Godboo is always improving himself, as a musician, a man and a communicator. With influences ranging from Fela Anikulapo Kuti to Miles Davis and Youssou N'dour to Sting, the flavor of this music is enhanced by the Brazilian ingredients of Eliezer Freitas Santos, the mbalax of Ghana M'baye and the jazzy tones of Stephen Kung.
While the main pillars of the songs are in Africa, the sound of Yawo is as open as a parachute, and carried by the winds of the myriad of musical cultures that make the band. A reflection of our experiences and travels in life, this music finds its inspiration in the traditional Agbadja-a style made of complex 6/8 rhythmic patterns- of the EWE tribe of Togo. Our journey originated in places such as Togo (West Africa), Brazil, Senegal, China, and the USA. Our goal is to share a multicultural story with the world.
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