Sauti Sol

Sauti Sol are an influential Kenyan Afro-pop vocal group whose rich harmonic blend, organic arrangements, and message-driven songwriting helped set them apart from other African acts at the end of the 2000s. Beginning with 2009's Mwanzo, they consistently charted their own course, infusing traditional Kenyan styles and rhythms with upbeat melodic pop and mixing edgy themes of police violence and political corruption with smooth R&B-flavored love songs, earning numerous awards and a multitude of fans in the process. Following 2015's Live and Die in Afrika, the band strayed into...