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African Infused Jazz Duo

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AfuriKo’s album Tao reviewed by “Jazz Medium” Carol Banks Weber on Festival Peak

2nd May 201915th June 2022 by afuriko
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"In AfuriKo’s enchanting world, music opens up to every kind of interpretation" Review of AfuriKo's third album Tao by "Jazz Medium" Carol Banks Weber on Festival Peak, a blog with "words about experiencing music." Carol uses her heightened awareness, hyper-empathic qualities, and true fondness of jazz to write vivid accounts…
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AfuriKo at Beats in Bliss Plaza covered by Queens by the Minute

18th August 201818th August 2018 by afuriko
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AfuriKo was honored to be part of Beats in Bliss Plaza this year and perform an open-air concert for the first time in their beloved neighborhood of Sunnyside, Queens. The event was presented by Sunnyside Shines (Sunnyside District Management) and Nicholas Biondo from Queens by the Minute, an excellent source…
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むさしの-FM (Musashino-FM) interview

15th November 20175th September 2019 by afuriko
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AfuriKo appeared on むさしの-FM 78.2 on November 14, 2017. Musashino is a city in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis.
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Le Baiser Salé concert announcement on Le jars jase jazz

10th February 201710th February 2017 by afuriko
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Double bill concert "AfuriKo + Jim Funnell's Word Out" at Le Baiser Salé (an inimitable Parisian jazz club when it comes to jazz with a world music flavour!) announced on jazz critic Guillaume Lagrée's blog "Le jars jase jazz:" Jazz concerts selection in Paris and Île-de-France for February 2017.
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Jazzmandu 2016: Himalayan Times review

18th November 201610th February 2017 by afuriko
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Article in The Himalayan Times, Nepal's largest selling English daily newspaper, reviewing AfuriKo's concert at "Sounds of Latin Jazz." The event was part of Jazzmandu, otherwise known as Kathmandu Jazz Festival (or the "Biggest Jazz Party in the Himalayas!") and took place at the Summit Hotel in Patan (Nepal) on…
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Style CD release: Radio Osaka (OBC) interview

31st August 201610th February 2017 by afuriko
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AfuriKo appeared on Osaka Broadcasting Corporation (OBC), also known as Radio Osaka, an AM radio station of National Radio Network (NRN). The interview, including excerpts from AfuriKo's second album Style, was aired on September 9, 2016, as part of weekly cultural program "Utazuki Don!". The show is hosted by renowned…
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The Other Village EP release: FM Salus interview

3rd November 201510th February 2017 by afuriko
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AfuriKo appeared on local radio station Yokohama Community Broadcast Co., Ltd., located at iTSCOM Studio & Hall in Setagaya (Tokyo) and better known as FM Salus, on November 3, 2015. The interview, including a few musical excerpts from their second EP, The Other Village (released in Japan only), was aired…
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Jazzbox live session on Aligre FM

27th June 201510th February 2017 by afuriko
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AfuriKo was invited to perform live on Jazzbox, a weekly program hosted by jazz lover Jacques Thévenet and aired every Saturday from 5 to 6pm on Aligre FM. This multicultural radio station was established in 1981 in the "quartier d'Aligre," a historical working-class neighbourhood of the 12th arrondissement of Paris.…
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On the Far Side CD release: JazzActu.tv interview

21st November 201410th February 2017 by afuriko
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AfuriKo appeared on JazzActu.tv, where they presented their debut album On the Far Side in a video interview published on November 6, 2014. The online television channel is the first one in France entirely dedicated to current events on the jazz scene.
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On the Far Side CD release: Afrique Asie album review

15th November 201410th February 2017 by afuriko
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Review of AfuriKo's debut album On the Far Side in Afrique Asie, a monthly magazine that focuses on the African and Asian continents at large, specializing in political analysis and economical, social, and cultural information. Edited in Paris, the publication is regularly distributed in over fifty countries in Europe, Africa,…
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