KOTOKO BRASS at Crystal Ballroom at Somerville Theatre

Kotoko Brass
Friday, November 21 2025 8:00PM EST
55 Davis Square, Somerville, MA 02144
Tickets start at $31
Members save $6–9 per ticket

Inspired by the traditional drum rhythms of Ghana, Kotoko Brass creates a unique, joyful, and improvisational style of West African dance music described by the Boston Globe as “propulsive, infectious party music.” Mohammed Alidu is a celebrated singer and percussionist from the Dagomba tradition of Tamale, Ghana, born into a thousand-year-old lineage of talking-drum artists. Kotoko Brass and Mohammed Alidu, accompanied by world-class Ghanaian dancers Maltiti Sadik and Saeed Kuubetesuri, celebrate the release of their collaborative new album with an evening of high-energy, percussion-fueled originals. 

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Zabli Zabli feat. Mohammed Alidu