Official OSIBISA

Osibisa are a Ghanaian Afro Rock band, founded in London in 1969 by four expatriate African and three Caribbean musicians. Globally renowned as the founding godfathers of Afro-rock; their vibrant sound and ground-breaking live performances influenced musical icons, such as Stevie Wonder, Santana, Al Green, The Rolling Stones, Johnny Nash and Bob Marley. They were the first black band to break The Marquee Club in 1971, had two UK chart hits in ’76 and are the debut signing to Marquee Records in 2021. The band now release their new album ‘New Dawn’, with a revamped line-up, including their first female band members.

Their music is a fusion of African, Caribbean, jazz, funk, rock, Latin, and R&B and highlife. They were originally signed to MCA Records. Osibisa were the most successful and longest lived of the African-heritage bands in London and influential in making world music a marketable genre.