DESCRIPTION:
Extra Golden's members are natives of the United States and Kenya. Ian Eagleson, Otieno Jagwasi, Alex Minoff and Onyango Wuod Omari recorded the bulk of the group's debut, "Ok-Oyot System," in 2004 in a restaurant. Jagwasi died a year later, and the record was released to wide acclaim in 2006. With the addition of Jagwasi's brother, Onyango, Extra Golden soldiered on and released "Hera Ma Nono" after recording it in the Poconos in 2007 and "Thank You Very Quickly" this year. The records blend the buoyant, bouncy sounds of benga, a genre of Kenyan music that features African guitar stylings and American-style rock 'n' roll, with bilingual lyrics.