Akala live in concert.
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Akala

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rap

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Akala is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 1% of all live performers. Based on 18 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Akala is rated as an amazing live performer, with many notable strengths. Akala concert reviews describe live shows and performances as thunderous.

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CRITIC concert REVIEWS

The Guardian (UK)

April 29, 2018
100
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This all-encompassing scrutiny is clear from the get-go of his sold-out show, with an introductory video in which he criticises western television for its propagation of negative images of black people over the course of history.

Buzz Magazine (UK)

April 24, 2018
80
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The EP ‘chapters’ form a basic skeleton for tonight’s setlist and the graphic novel art features heavily in the stage video projections, but otherwise tonight is a fairly conventional gig – though still a very good one.

Brighton Source (UK)

August 31, 2017
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It’s been ten years since Akala broke through with his acclaimed album ‘It’s Not A Rumour’, and five albums later he’s back in Brighton on a celebratory lap, supporting a carefully crafted ‘Ten Years Of Akala’ triple vinyl compilation. Suffice to say, the rapper bought a full repertoire to the sold out venue.

Buzz Magazine (UK)

October 24, 2016
100
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Wales, UK

The Wee Review (Scotland)

October 11, 2016
100
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Edinburgh, Scotland

GetIntoThis (UK)

October 5, 2016
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Arts Club Loft, Liverpool, UK

The Digital Fix (UK)

December 14, 2015
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The rapper poet and journalist took to the stage in Bristol to support his new mixtape Knowledge is Power Vol 2 with his own brand of political rabble rousing.

Past critic reviews published in

Bristol In Stereo (UK), God Is In The TV Zine (UK), The Scotsman (Scotland), musicOMH (UK), Gigwise (UK)

IMAGE CREDIT

Tom Fowler [CC BY 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons