drum/percussion instrumental jam

*congas: timba, conga, tumbao 
*clave
*maracas
*bell

I - SHEA's Son Montuno (Salsa) freestyle

I-SHEA with Gokh Bi System at the World Fusion Show with Derrik Jordan, March 2019.  

Congas/vox - I-SHEA 
Ekonting/vox - Sana Ndiaye
Calabash/vox - Mamadou Ndiaye
Violin - Derrik Jordan

Real Life

1st part- 
Band leader, Jocelyn Pleasant, talks about I-SHEA’s vocal contribution to this track.  

2nd part-
A Lost Tribe rendition of an original song from West Africa with original lyrics and vocals by I-SHEA.  
Led and musically arranged (w/ an Afro-Cuban flair) by Jocelyn Pleasant  
Music by The Lost Tribe 

Instrumentation:
Drumkit/percussion - Jocelyn Pleasant
Snare/percussion - Christian Vigorous
Congas - I-SHEA
Bass - Joel Hewitt
Keys - Mike Carabello
Guitar - Douglas Wilson
 
[Original Livestream by Couchmusic.Live; Live audio recording by Parkville sounds in Hartford CT, July 25, 2020]. 
To view full show go to:  https://youtu.be/QOp1a55fQRk

NANFOULEN || The Lost Tribe LIVESTREAM @Parkville Sounds July 25, 2020

Mirroring Oshun

Tribute to mama yemaya - the ever flow of life .. as we are made of mostly water. Flow. Life. Love. Rhythm. Be 

Written by I-SHEA (Vox/congas/percussion)
guitar by Karim Sumun

Yemaya Mama

tolerance no more 
no justice no peace 

written in 2005 
lyrics and acapella - I-SHEA

Unknown Album (7/10/2009 8:41:14 PM)

TOLERANCE

The Gaslight Tinkers- http://new.thegaslighttinkers.com

Audio track of pre- recorded performance for the 2020 Virtual Falcon Ridge Folk Festival.

"Tuttles" - I-SHEA w/ Gaslight Tinkers August 2020 at Falcon Ridge Folk (virtual) Festival

An Afrodiasporic conversation and experience through the lens of
 I-SHEA and Jocelyn Pleasant & The Lost Tribe.

Lyrics and vocals by I-SHEA 
Music produced by Jocelyn Pleasant and members of The Lost Tribe

"Diaspora Sings"  The Lost Tribe

This song was recorded way back in 2007 and is still a banger!  Check it out.  

Lyrics and Vocals by I-SHEA
Beat by Benny Black

Mi Ritmobeat

I-SHEA is an eclectic ARTist and musician aka ‘The Original Jewminican’ who comes from the source of hip hop and raised in the sauce of merengue, bolero, rumba, salsa, nyabinghi and west african rhythms.  I-SHEA has lit up the east/west coast USA, Canada, Latin America, The Caribbean, and Africa, performing at legendary venues like Daniel Sorano National Theatre of Dakar, Nuyorican Poets Cafe, The Apollo in Harlem.  She has opened up for Dead Prez, Sadat X (from Brand Nubian), and Morgan Heritage and has shared stages/performances with Howard Zinn, Rha Goddess, Rosario Dawson, Angie Martinez, Jane Fonda, Eve Einsler and other legends.  

“I-SHEA gathers all the hearts around her and sweeps us up into her blaze of music and energy. Teacher and performer, she leaves no doubt that love is to be found in music and in the world. Poetess, her life and work are a testimony to the power of culture, love and spirit! “ 

“I-SHEA is a place that one is transported to each time that voice and hands meet microphone and tambor. I-SHEA is the perfect balance between music and storytelling.  I-SHEA is the crossroads where two worlds intersect:  where music both comments on the times we live in, and at the same time, points the way toward the world that can be if we heed the message of truth, justice, and healing.

I-SHEA

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