Soul of Shabaka

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“If West African born singer Freddy Shabaka doesn’t win listeners over with his words, the odds are good he’ll do it with his music……..Shabaka knows how to make his point effectively on several levels as a singer, songwriter and arranger”.- Washington Post.
Freddy Shabaka, was born, Freddy Cole in Freetown, Sierra Leone. He got involved in music at an early age forming a band called the Black Sparrows when he was about 9 years old and later starting a band called Fusion when he was at the University of Sierra Leone. Since then, Freddy’s travels have taken him to Nigeria and England after which he came to the U.S with only $70 and a vision. This vision is now being realized.
Freddy's first recording called FREE spawned two number one hits "Dem nor wan dance" and "Goombay Jamming". These songs were both number one in Sierra Leone and caught the attention of many music lovers around the world. The CMJ New Music Report described it as " This is the best self produced demo tape I have heard all year…. the single Dem nor wan dance deserves to be heard on dance floors, radio stations and boom boxes nationwide…if you close your eyes you might think this is music from a Mango Records sampler.

Freddy Shabaka who is currently based in the Washington area has had a variety of musical influences throughout his life. He spent his early childhood in the U.S and at the time was influenced by the American music of the 60’s i.e. Temptations, Jackson 5, and Isaac Hayes etc. On moving to his home of Sierra Leone, he fell in love with the multi-cultural rhythms of Africa and the pounding bass and drum of roots reggae from Jamaica of which his greatest influences were Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Burning Spear, Culture just to name a few. How can we describe Freddy Shabaka’s music? The Washington Post gave an apt description of his music as “..an effervescent meringue flavored blend of African highlife guitars, horns, and rhythms. Political, Social and Rasta anthems figure in the mix too, along with splashes of Caribbean Calypso and Reggae, but no matter how impassioned the message or how diverse the elements, the music has a sunny allure that’s hard to resist”. The world is now ready to take a journey through the Soul of Shabaka.