About
Background
KeruBo is a performing artist born in Kendu bay, Kenya. She has been working in music industry for more than 20 years. Her diverse musical influences range from traditional African music, to gospel, blues and jazz. She worked as a backing vocalist and dancer for prominent African artists such as Suzanna Owiyo and the late Achieng Abura (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buEXgaEkgJM). These artists played Afro-fusion and KeruBo has toured the world with them. They have been her strongest influences in her love for Afro-Jazz and the World Music genre. Before relocating to the United States, she was lead singer and manager her own band Keru-Blues, a jazz-blues fusion band that played venues in Kenya.
KeruBo's inspiration
KeruBo sings African folk music and Afro jazz, from slave spirituals, African laments, civil rights songs, story songs, gospel songs, and beyond... Her influences are from generations of music artists and songwriters but more particularly – Achien’g Abura, Miriam Makeba, Dorothy Masuka and Nina Simon. She feels that these notable, strong-minded, female singers effectively used their music as a powerful medium for bringing awareness and rebuking social injustices. They told human truths as they saw it without worrying about consequences. KeruBo’s music is about preserving her culture and heritage, while highlighting social issues affecting vulnerable minority groups such as women and children.
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