{"id":875,"date":"2012-02-13T16:13:09","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T15:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.veevcom.com\/v2\/?p=281"},"modified":"2019-06-20T17:44:48","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T15:44:48","slug":"kuku-le-soldat-de-la-paix-du-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/veevcom.com\/en\/kuku-le-soldat-de-la-paix-du-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Kuku, the soldier of peace from Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<p><strong>American<\/strong>&nbsp;born&nbsp;<strong>Lagos Nigeria<\/strong>&nbsp;bred singer-songwriter&nbsp;<strong>KUKU<\/strong>&nbsp;bridges the gap between his&nbsp;<strong>Yoruba<\/strong>&nbsp;roots and the western world. His haunting, genre bending rootsy sounds, and conscious songwriting is often mentioned in context with some of his diverse influences such as&nbsp;<strong>Richie Haven<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Fela Kuti<\/strong>, \u2026 Following years of odd jobs, serving in the United States Army, and attaining his university degree,&nbsp;<strong>KUKU<\/strong>&nbsp;launched his music career in the mid 2000s with a series of independent releases,&nbsp;<strong>Love Sessions<\/strong>&nbsp;(2005),&nbsp;<strong>Unexpected Pleasures<\/strong>&nbsp;(2006), and&nbsp;<strong>The Absence of Cool<\/strong>&nbsp;(2007) and&nbsp;<strong>Love in a Time of Hope &amp; Recession<\/strong>&nbsp;(2009). He toured in the US college and university scene, coffee houses, and busked extensively on street corners notably the Alexandria, Virginia boardwalk before relocating to Paris France in 2011. After a few failed record company connections in Paris, he self-released his 4th and what he deems his coming of age album,&nbsp;<strong>Soldier of Peace<\/strong>&nbsp;(<strong>Balogun \u00ccR\u00d2R\u00d9N<\/strong>) in 2013. Songs like \u201c<strong>The Cure<\/strong>\u201d and \u201c<strong>Live life Now<\/strong>\u201d resonated heavily with his growing French following.<\/p>\n<p>Also in 2013 he lent his voice to the ORANGE\u2122 sponsored advert for the&nbsp;<strong>African Cup of Nations<\/strong>singing the legendary&nbsp;<strong>Liverpool Football Club<\/strong>&nbsp;anthem \u2018<strong>You\u2019ll Never Walk Alone<\/strong>\u2018. His collaboration with Congolese\/Belgian rapper&nbsp;<strong>Baloji<\/strong>&nbsp;on a reprise of&nbsp;<strong>Fela Kuti<\/strong>\u2018s \u2018<strong>Buy Africa<\/strong>\u2018 is the leading track on the 2013 \u2018RED HOT + FELA\u2019 album by Knitting Factory Records. He collaborated on legendary&nbsp;<strong>Afrobeat<\/strong>&nbsp;drummer&nbsp;<strong>Tony Allen<\/strong>\u2018s 2015 released album \u201c<strong>Film of LIfe<\/strong>.\u201d With co-production with his long time South African musical partner&nbsp;<strong>Mongezi Ntaka<\/strong>&nbsp;(Lucky Dube, Vusi Mahlasela),&nbsp;<strong>KUKU<\/strong>&nbsp;followed suit with the album \u201c<strong>Ballads &amp; Blasphemy : The Areligious Gospel of Adebola Kuku<\/strong>\u201c. The album was released in 2015 by Buda Musiques, an eminent French record label specializing in world music.&nbsp;<strong>KUKU<\/strong>&nbsp;earned critical acclaimed with the French musical press; Telerama Magazine, Le Monde newspaper, UK\u2019s Songlines magazine, RFI radio, and France-inter radio. Lately,&nbsp;<strong>KUKU<\/strong>&nbsp;has lent is voice and songwriting to some dance music producers. His collaboration with Monsieur Scott on a EP called&nbsp;<strong>REVISITED<\/strong>&nbsp;was released in late 2015. In late 2016, Charles Schillings a renowned French House DJ and producer released the single&nbsp;<strong>Where Are You ?<\/strong>featuring the voice of&nbsp;<strong>KUKU<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p><strong>INFORMATION<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Website<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kukulive.com\/\">kukulive.com<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Facebook<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KUKUMUSIC\">KUKUMUSIC<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Youtube<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/KUKULIVE\">youtube.com\/user\/KUKULIVE<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American&nbsp;born&nbsp;Lagos Nigeria&nbsp;bred singer-songwriter&nbsp;KUKU&nbsp;bridges the gap between his&nbsp;Yoruba&nbsp;roots and the western world. 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