London-Based Sons of Kemet Uses Poetry to Go 'Black to the

London-Based Sons of Kemet Uses Poetry to Go 'Black to the Future'

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British quartet Sons of Kemet blends jazz, Afrofuturism, electronic music, hip hop and Caribbean rhythms in their music and is composed of sax/clarinet player and composer Shabaka Hutchings, tuba player Theon Cross, and two drummers - Tom Skinner and Eddie Hick. Their latest album Black to the Future comes packed with urgent social commentary, and Sons of Kemet artfully brings the fiery hot dance-jazz party to bear. They offer these remote performances from London. Set list: "Hustle," "Pick Up Your Burning Cross," "For the Culture"

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