OLUKUMI | Sola Akingbola & The Eegun Rhapsodies | Filmed Live in Abbey Road Studio 2

Sola Akingbola & The Eegun Rhapsodies performing OLUKUMI live in the iconic Studio Two at Abbey Road Studios. The title OLUKUMI is a Yoruba greeting meaning "my friend, my kinsman", and was used as a recognition between Yoruba people during the transatlantic slave trade who transformed adversity into musical legacy.

The track is a call across continents connecting the people of Oyo, Bahia, Cuba, Brazil, and the Black American experience through rhythm, history and resilience. It pays tribute to the Yoruba and Cuban pioneers who carried these traditions forward across the diaspora and laid the foundations of Latin jazz and revolutionised Black American music. The song speaks to that shared spirit—born from adversity, shaped by movement, held together by the drum.

Produced & Directed by Spencer Hudson
Production Company – Brave Indie
Director of Photography – Jack Brophy
Editor – Steve Gibbs
Music composed, arranged and produced by Sola Akingbola

Lead Vocals – Sola Akingbola
Singer – Hazel Fernandes
Singer – Valerie Etienne
Percussion – Will Fry
Drums – Michel Castellanos Rojas
Percussion – Satin Singh
Keyboards – Kwame Yeboah
Bass – Yolanda Charles
Guitar – Alfred Kari Bannerman

Sound Engineer – Rick Pope
Music Producer – Rob Wilks

1st AD – The Professor
B Cam / Focus Puller – Flynn Marwood
1st AC – Adam Nicholson
Crew Services – Janie Willsmore, The Diary Agency

Abbey Road Studios Team
Senior Events Manager – Claire Renfrew
Studio Engineer – Tom Ashpitel
Studio Runner – Mack Kniese

Special Thanks to Lincoln Elias, Craig Kelly, Fiona Gillott & The Abbey Road Studios Team

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