After growing up in London and Ghana, singer/songwriter/guitarist Kwame Binea spent his teen years in Cherry Hill, N.J., playing basketball, writing poetry and absorbing the output of artists who would become the foundation of his eventual musical persona — Led Zeppelin, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley and Parliament-Funkadelic, among others.
Binea moved to New York City to pursue his musical dreams, and he and his Shakedown band honed their blend of Rock, Funk and Soul on the city’s club scene. This year, Kwame Binea Shakedown issued its first EP, a self-titled four-track release that nicely showcases its organic sound, running from the high-octane, horn-laden Funk explosion of “Let Go” to the folksy, slinky Soul of “Waiting.”
10 p.m. Friday. Free.
The Drinkery, 1150 Main St., Over-the-Rhine, drinkeryotr.com.
