KEZIAH JONES • Montag, 09. Juni 2025 • Conrad Sohm Dornbirn

Das Conrad Sohm Kultursommer- Festival präsentiert:
KEZIAH JONES
Montag, 09. Juni 2025
Conrad Sohm Dornbirn
Einlass 19:00 Uhr // Beginn 20:00 Uhr

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KEZIAH JONES • Montag, 09. Juni 2025 • Conrad Sohm Dornbirn
Olufemi Sanyaolu a.k.a. Keziah Jones was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria. He left Nigeria at the age of eight to be educated at the prestigious Public School, Millfield in North London. England.
Keziah says, "I had to find a way out of all that (English Public school system), and music was it!" By the age of 13 he had discovered the old school piano and began teaching himself how to play and write songs. Three years later, he picked up the guitar and began busking in London in the underground (metro), folk clubs and on the streets, whilst constantly having to avoid the police.
Moving between London and Paris and always accompanied by his guitar, Jones acquired a reputation as a unique musician and charismatic performer with his own unique "hard funk" style. In 1992 he released his debut album Blufunk Is A fact including his first single and now classic, “Rhythm Is Love" which went on to be a global hit. Keziah has now released six studio albums which have spawned more hits including ‘Where Is Life’, “A Million Miles From Home”, “Beautiful Emilie”, "Femiliarise""Kpafuca” and “1973”.
Keziah cites Fela Kuti, Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix as his most important musical influences. His now iconic sound is described as “Blufunk”, which is a sonic cocktail of punk- funk attitude crossed with Yoruba rhythms and a diverse palate of lyrical subject matter, mostly sung in English and occasionally in his first tongue, Yoruba. Over the years, Keziah has constantly evolved his sound from album to albums, and the consummate live artist, he constantly performs at shows and festivals around the world.