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Sauti Sol acoustic session

Kenyan super group Sauti Sol perform songs from their latest album Midnight Train.

Grammy award-winning Sauti Sol from Kenya perform an acoustic set in the TIA studio. They have been together for 15 years and still pack out venues wherever they play. Band members Bien-AimΓ© Baraza, Willis Chimano and Savara Mudigi formed as an acapella group in High School. They were joined by guitarist Polycarp Otieno and released their debut album in 2008. Since then they have gone on to become one of the most successful acts in Africa. Their fifth studio album Midnight Train was released in 2020, and in 2021 they were awarded a Grammy as producers on Burna Boy's album Twice as Tall. The album won Best Global Music Album making Burna Boy the first solo Nigerian artist to win one.

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