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Howd a farmboy from Northern Idaho and a Yoruba boy from Lagos West Africa come together to
create genre-bending, eclectic music in Boise, Idaho?

For Dayo Ayodele, it started when at age 22 he migrated to study film in California. It was his first trip to the United States and without family or friends to ease the transition, he launched into his early adult life as a student. Thanks to his Grandmas influence, he grew up playing African percussion instruments at church and was entrenched in deep cultural traditions and music, but it wasnt until moving to Idaho years after obtaining his film degree that he brought his drumming into his life in the US. Just like back home in Nigeria, it proved to be a way to connect with people in the community and build a new beginning in Boise. The city was multi-cultural however many communities kept to themselves and Dayo begin to see the power music had to pull people together.