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Singer, songwriter, and dance-floor instigator KG Omulo Hits Positive Highs with Ayah Ye! Moving Train and First Major U.S. Tour

He regularly packs American clubs with gritty calls for justice and hard-hitting Afrofunk. He has moved sold-out arenas with his baritone voice in his native Kenya. He takes on the dark ironies of politics, with anger in the groove, reveling in the potential...l to shake things up while shaking your thing.

Now on his first major U.S. tour and on Ayah Ye! Moving Train (release: January 10, 2012), he calls on the spirit of Bob and Fela, of Marvin and Stevie, and gets right to the point. No vamping or self-righteousness, just banging horn breaks, sweet and snarling guitar, and a voice that can croon, cry out, and urge on. (KG is also urging fans to support a tour-related Kickstarter campaign at: tinyurl.com/kgomulokickstarter)

“I can be conscious and get people stirred up instead of bringing them down,” Omulo explains. “I make positive music that educates without judging. I want to create awareness and still make people dance.”