Sekou bunch biography of donald

Words : Dan Epstein. Photo by Michael Muller.

New York City born bass player Sekou Bunch worked together with Tom Browne, when he recorded the hit Funkin' For Jamaica.

Cobver design by Jerome Curchod. Ahead of their reunion tour, the cult indie-pop band resurrects lost classics from the bittersweet era of nostalgia that encircled their eponymous debut. Donnie followed it four years later with the equally topical and well-received The Daily News , though the pressures of the music industry ultimately caused him to take a step back from his recording career.

But The Colored Section , often name-checked as one of the strongest albums to emerge from the neo-soul explosion of the early s, endures.

Born and raised in New York, Sekou Bunch began pursuing his creative talents at an early age.

Were they all written around the same time, with a specific concept in mind? No, they came in three stages, mostly from through Israel Embry, the keyboard player at my church, composed the music—so those changes and all those chords, that was his stuff. And some of the other stuff I wrote in the studio, or at least during that period.

The Yin Yang has taken on almost mythical status as far as its place in Atlanta music history. What was it like for you to hang out and perform there back in the day? In that club, it was people dancing and people singing, coming up onstage and doing live improv. Singers, rappers, hip-hop artists…it was a trip! Working with them was really a dream, and it taught me a lot.

Well, there was times that I felt rejected, but that just comes with life. Oh, and he just so happens to be gay.