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Gabrielle Agachiko
Agachiko: Agachiko: Yes!
by C. Michael Bailey
Agachiko is a band led by Boston-based vocalist Gabrielle Agachiko, bringing together an impressive array of musicians that includes saxophonist Russ Gershon of the Either/Orchestra, and Ken Field of the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, both distilling their amply-endowed playing down to a bare essence where all that remains is the music to support an exceptional voice and vision. Largely an acoustic ensemble, Agachiko has a malleable ability to accomplish a variety of performance ends, sounding minimal and elegant, bluesy and brazen, ...
Continue ReadingBoston Jazz Vocalist Agachiko Debuts On CD July 9 With "Yes!"
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Agachiko has been turning heads since 2008, when the septet led by Kenyan-born, Boston-based vocalist Gabrielle Agachiko was formed. On her debut album Yes!, to be released July 9 by Accurate Records, she brings an international sensibility to the incantatory spirit of Nina Simone and Abbey Lincoln. Whether gracefully delivering a pointed political message on “Words,” soulfully crooning Buddy Johnson’s love-struck blues ballad “Since I Fell for You” (complete with the rarely sung verse), investing Nina Simone’s “Four Women” with ...
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