{"id":21689,"date":"2019-11-04T17:00:31","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T17:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2019\/11\/04\/the-infectious-joy-of-mwenso-the-shakes\/"},"modified":"2019-11-04T17:00:31","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T17:00:31","slug":"the-infectious-joy-of-mwenso-the-shakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/the-infectious-joy-of-mwenso-the-shakes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Infectious Joy Of Mwenso &amp; The Shakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:16px\">By  <a class=\"colorbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/world-cafe\/2019\/11\/04\/776061451\/the-infectious-joy-of-mwenso-the-shakes?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=world\">Stephen Kallao<\/a><\/span>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/world-cafe\/2019\/11\/04\/776061451\/the-infectious-joy-of-mwenso-the-shakes?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=world\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2019\/11\/04\/mwesno_and_the_shakes_credit_rich_mckie_wxpn-5_wide-7b93b6f293cf66ff677d364fc6435d285f9001d7.jpg?s=1400\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RES776071058\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP STATICHTML\" --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Know the God In You&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Let&#8217;s Sing Again&#8221; (Fats Waller)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RES776071755\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP LISTTEXT\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"CONTAINER SMALL BTMBAR\" ID=\"CON776071097\" PREVIEWTITLE=\"SET LIST\" --><\/p>\n<p>There are charismatic people, and then there&#8217;s Michael Mwenso. The leader of Mwenso &amp; the Shakes is full of energy, charm and most importantly, joy. That joy is ever-present when he&#8217;s telling stories about growing up in Ghana and Nigeria and spending four years trying to impress James Brown. You&#8217;ll also find that joy on his debut album, <em>Emergence [The Process of Coming Into Being], <\/em>which blends jazz, R&amp;B and spoken word in a live album that feels like a Broadway show. These songs are anthemic \u2014 an explosion of ideas and sounds wrapped around familiar instrumentation.<\/p>\n<p>Michael will tell the remarkable story of moving to England as a kid, finding music after his mom was deported and how he was taken under the wing of James Brown as a teen. First though, we get started with a live performance from the stage of World Cafe Live. Hear that and more in the audio player above, and watch a special bonus video of Mwenso &amp; The Shake&#8217;s performance of &#8220;Resolute&#8221; on this page. <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n                  <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/playlist.worldcafe.org\/world-cafe-playlist-11-04-2019-mwenso-the-shakes\/\">World Cafe: 11\/4\/19<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RES776071911\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP EXTERNALLINK\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"CONTAINER LARGE BTMBAR\" ID=\"CON776071864\" PREVIEWTITLE=\"EPISODE PLAYLIST\" --><\/p>\n<aside>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\">Let&#8217;s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\">(Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/world-cafe\/2019\/11\/04\/776061451\/the-infectious-joy-of-mwenso-the-shakes?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=world\" class=\"colorbox\" title=\"The Infectious Joy Of Mwenso &amp; The Shakes\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/world-cafe\/2019\/11\/04\/776061451\/the-infectious-joy-of-mwenso-the-shakes?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=world<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/world-cafe\/2019\/11\/04\/776061451\/the-infectious-joy-of-mwenso-the-shakes?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=world\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2019\/11\/04\/mwesno_and_the_shakes_credit_rich_mckie_wxpn-5_wide-7b93b6f293cf66ff677d364fc6435d285f9001d7.jpg?s=1400\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RES776071058\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP STATICHTML\" --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Know the God In You&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Let&#8217;s Sing Again&#8221; (Fats Waller)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RES776071755\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP LISTTEXT\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"CONTAINER SMALL BTMBAR\" ID=\"CON776071097\" PREVIEWTITLE=\"SET LIST\" --><\/p>\n<p>There are charismatic people, and then there&#8217;s Michael Mwenso. The leader of Mwenso &amp; the Shakes is full of energy, charm and most importantly, joy. That joy is ever-present when he&#8217;s telling stories about growing up in Ghana and Nigeria and spending four years trying to impress James Brown. You&#8217;ll also find that joy on his debut album, <em>Emergence [The Process of Coming Into Being], <\/em>which blends jazz, R&amp;B and spoken word in a live album that feels like a Broadway show. These songs are anthemic \u2014 an explosion of ideas and sounds wrapped around familiar instrumentation.<\/p>\n<p>Michael will tell the remarkable story of moving to England as a kid, finding music after his mom was deported and how he was taken under the wing of James Brown as a teen. First though, we get started with a live performance from the stage of World Cafe Live. Hear that and more in the audio player above, and watch a special bonus video of Mwenso &amp; The Shake&#8217;s performance of &#8220;Resolute&#8221; on this page. <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n                  <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/playlist.worldcafe.org\/world-cafe-playlist-11-04-2019-mwenso-the-shakes\/\">World Cafe: 11\/4\/19<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RES776071911\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP EXTERNALLINK\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"CONTAINER LARGE BTMBAR\" ID=\"CON776071864\" PREVIEWTITLE=\"EPISODE PLAYLIST\" --><\/p>\n<aside>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\">Let&#8217;s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\">(Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21689\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}