ADEKUNLE GOLD LIVE ORCHESTRA
About This Event
Adekunle Gold is a Nigerian singer‑songwriter whose breakthrough came with the 2015 single "Sade" and the album Gold; his work moves between afropop, afrobeats, alté and Afro R&B, often balancing guitar‑forward pop writing with West African rhythmic structures. At NJPAC he performs with a live orchestra, recasting familiar songs into expanded arrangements that foreground melodic clarity rather than spectacle.
About the Artists
Adekunle Gold
Adekunle Gold is a Nigerian singer-songwriter whose breakthrough came with the 2015 single “Sade,” followed by the album *Gold*, which reached the Billboard World Albums chart. His music moves between afropop and adjacent forms heard across afrobeats, alté, and Afro R&B, often balancing guitar-forward pop writing with West African rhythmic structures.
Orchestra
An orchestra is a large ensemble of musicians that typically includes string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments, performing a wide range of musical genres, primarily classical.