Toby Foyeh and Orchestra Africa’s music is a melting pot created out of a unique fusion of traditional Nigerian Yoruba music including Highlife, Afrobeat, folklore with jazz, rock, pop, and latin music. Though absorbing various western elements the music is fresh and original.

Toby started playing and performing music from an early age in Nigeria paying his dues through school bands in Ibadan and Lagos, as well as while studying in the United States. A band he formed with some high school friends went on to tour America as Hugh Masekela’s Ojah band.

Toby composes, arranges, produces the band’s music, and sings with the backing female singer- dancers. The band features traditional African instruments such as Gangan (Talking Drum), Kalimba (Thumb Piano), Assorted Percussion, Flutes, Guitars, Keyboards Synthesizers, male lead and female lead and chorus vocals. The band’s percussion breaks sometimes feel like a Drum? The main featured instruments - Guitar and Flute played by multi-instrumentalist Toby Foyeh serve as highlights for individual songs. The lead Guitar is treated with the calculated virtuosity, speed and technique of a skilled jazz guitarist interpreting the traditional and contemporary music of Africa. The female singer-dancers in African costumes add a spice of tradition Africa in their call and response style of chorus singing with improvised African dancers.

Their music expresses social situations in Africa, the people, their joys and pains spirits, mountain, rivers, forests, animals etc. Though they see themselves as guardians of African tradition and culture, they are also explorers creating new musical horizons. Their music also expresses the present day Africa as it finds itself in a global world of high technology and mass media and communications. The music attempts to be true to its African roots while being aware of today’s musical environment. Toby Foyeh is an established artist in Nigeria. His previous album there had 2 hit singles “Ore mi and I’m on Fire”

Toby while living in London has made a significant impact on the UK world pop scene with appearances on prestigious events. Since recently migrating to the US he has begun to do the same here. His recent appearances at festivals, clubs and colleges are just the beginning.