Zongo Junction Afrobeat Brooklyn

DC People!

We’re coming to your area THIS WEEKEND for 3 very exciting shows.  Check out the info below and come dance with us:

Thursday, August 30th - The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Millennium Stage - 6pm – FREEEEEEEEEEE
Info: http://tinyurl.com/9amtqgp

You can live-stream the Kennedy Center Show By Clicking Here:

Saturday, September 1st - Bayou DC - 10pm
Info: http://www.bayouonpenn.com/www/music.php

Sunday, September 2nd - Half Street Fairgrounds (outside The Nationals Stadium) - 4pm – FREEEEEEEEEEE
Info: http://www.fairgroundsdc.com/www/about.html

We just finished up an incredible week in the studio recording what will become our new album.  Here’s a song (from an earlier session we did for BreakThru Radio) that’s going to be on the album.  Featuring Abena Koomson on vocals.  Check it out and let us know what you think!

If you don’t already, make sure to follow us on facebook and Twitter.  It’s the best way to stay up to date with the band.

Hope to see you this weekend!

- Zongo Junction

NEW MUSIC! Oh man, we were sweating in that studio. A 95 degree day and no AC! Thanks to Breakthru Radio and Serious Business Music Recording Studio for having us. This is T.D.D. (Tear Dem Down) feat. Abena Koomson on vocals. One of the new songs we will be recording in the studio next month. Make sure you watch all the way to the interview! You can listen to a podcast of the whole show with another song and longer interview by clicking here: http://www.breakthruradio.com/#/post/?blog=32&post=3999

At Spaceman Sound running drums through this guy for a new single. Lookout!

HELLO!

Zongo Junction here, remember us?!? What a night we had at the Brooklyn Museum a couple weeks ago.  Thanks to everyone who came out and shared the joyous occasion with us, and to all our new fans!  We hope to see you this week.  Check out the pictures below.  Can you find yourself? If you can see your smiling face, tag it on Facebook.

We are very excited to announce our return to the mighty Bell House in Brooklyn this Thursday Night opening up for the newly signed, Warner Bros recording artist Eli “Paperboy” Reed.

Advanced tickets are available HERE.  More info below.

IN OTHER NEWS…

We’re going to Canada!

We just confirmed the last couple of dates on a short tour we are doing to Toronto at the beginning of August.  Check out the dates and please help us spread the word!  We need your support.

August 2^nd – Brooklyn, NY – Littlefield w/ Big Mean Sound Machine & Beyondo
August 3^rd – Ithaca, NY – The Haunt w/ Big Mean Sound Machine
August 4^th – Rochester, NY – Dubland Underground w/ Mosaic Foundation
August 5^th – Buffalo, NY – Nietzsche’s (Infringement Festival)
August 6^th – Hamilton, ON CANADA – This Ain’t Hollywood
August 7^th – Toronto, ON CANADA – The Rex

If you aren’t already, make sure to follow us on facebook and Twitter.  It’s the best way to stay up to date with the band.

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The Bell House Presents…

Eli “Paperboy” Reed 
w/
Zongo Junction
Lily & The Parlour Tricks

149 7^th St.
Brooklyn, NY
(718) 643-6510 ‎
www.thebellhouseny.com (map)
8pm
$12

Hope to see you Thursday!

Zongo Junction

People!

Zongo Junction returns to Manhattan with a big show this Saturday Night at 92Y Tribeca with the unstopable Underground Horns and PitchBlak Brass Band.

The last time these bands played together at 92Y the show sold out, so guarantee your place and buy a ticket in advance HERE.  More info below.

IN OTHER NEWS…

We spent all day Sunday at the amazing Spaceman Sound Studios, recording a brand new single for their video series, Live Spaceman.  You can check out the other shoots from the series on their website, just follow the links above.  We squeezed all 11 of us (plus a 4 person camera crew!) into the studio and tracked a new song live with no overdubs.  We’ll be mixing next week so stay on the lookout for a new release and video!  Some pictures from the session below…

Holy Fried Chicken!

It’s been a few months since our last NYC show and we’re ready to come back at you with a bang.  We have a ton of new music and some surprises we can’t wait to share with you this Monday, May 7 at the mighty BROOKLYN BOWL.

There’s FREE admission to the show before 7pm so cancel your dinner plans, come early for this: https://vimeo.com/10607526 and get into the show FREE.

CONTEST ALERT:

We’re looking for fan pictures and videos.  Do you have any?  Do you want our CD, our t-shirt AND a pair of tickets to the show Monday night?  Send us what you’ve got, and we’ll pick our favorite to win the package above!

If you aren’t already, make sure to follow us on facebook and Twitter!  It’s the best way to stay up to date with the band.

Monday, May 7th – Tickets

Live Your Life Presents…

Zongo Junction
Sierra & The Nomads
Kwame & The Uptown Shakedown

61 Wythe Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211 (map)
8pm

Hope to see you Monday!

Zongo Junction

Greetings!  I wanted to give a quick plug to the documentary that I’m out here working on.  It’s called Bike Lordz.  Head over to the website to learn a little more, but  here are some production stills I took.  We’re following about 10 young BMX bikers around, documenting their everyday life and what they do with their bikes.  It’s totally different than BMX biking anywhere else.  Way more performance based than it is a competition.  These guys are basically dancing on their bikes.  I’ll post a video soon…

Like the facebook page too! Bike Lordz Facebook

Charles – Accra, Ghana

Some of the bikers we met today told us there would be some kids boxing around 4pm by the main post office in Accra. We went there, not exactly knowing what to expect. Would this be some totally fucked up kid fight club? We got there, and it turned out that a young professional kick boxer (who told us he had traveled all around the world to compete in fights) was reffing a match between 2 boys who couldn’t have been older than 8. There was a makeshift ring, made from chalk lines on a 10 x 10 sq. foot chunk of concrete. The guy said that he and the kids meet every Sunday to train. It was really an awesome thing. The kids were totally involved, and they had gloves and head guards on, so there was no bare fist fighting going on. A big crowd was gathered around watching the kids box. We hung for about an hour then headed home after a long, tiring, sweaty day of shooting the bikers.

Enjoy the pictures! More soon.

- Charles