UK jazz/afrobeat group Kokoroko touring North America, playing SXSW

Led by trumpeter Sheila Maurice-Grey, London-based ensemble Kokoroko make afrobeat-influenced jazz (or maybe it's the other way around), citing Fela Kuti, Tony Allen and Ebo Taylor as inspirations for their ”soul shaking, horn fueled sound.”

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