Baco Mourchid to showcase fusion of Indian Ocean island sounds in Nairobi

A veteran musician from a tiny Indian Ocean island is on a mission to share his music across Africa after decades of performing in Europe and the US Singer, songwriter and guitarist Baco Mourchid along with his eight-piece band, Urban Plant, will showcase an eclectic fusion of island sounds and contemporary rhythms in their first ever performance in Nairobi Friday night.

“We go to Europe and sometimes forget our homeland and that is why I am back home to share my music with Africans,” says Mourchid who has toured widely across the world over the last three decades.