Ola Onabule

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"The Devoured Man... A collection of beguilingly emotive and surprisingly politicized songs that recalls Marvin Gay's masterpiece "What’s Going On" and is a world away from the airbrushed grooves that are supposed to constitute the genre these days. What’s going on indeed?"
-Rory Ford, EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS - Aug 07

"When so much music these days is simply lumped under the tag of urban, the modern homogenized gloop of music and style, it's a great pleasure to come across The Devoured Man. This is a proper soul album and by that I don't mean that it's retro, it has a very modern and contemporary sound, but rather that this is an album with real sound and something to say....Ola Onabule has a stunning voice of enormous range and emotional clout. He doubtless does smooth, but seems less concerned with smooching up to the ladies and more about the human condition and its foibles.  There's denial ignorance, arrogance, isolation, foolishness and of course love and redemption..."
-Proper Music Magazine - Oct 07

Ola Onabule is one of this generation’s finest soul/jazz/funk singer/songwriters.  After a brief spell with Elektra Records - Ola decided to set up his own label, Rugged Ram Records at a time when few artists dared to believe they could define themselves and control their musical output.  Ola has gone onto become an artist whose shows out number most and a reputation as one of the finest live performers in the UK.  He has written and arranged six albums with the latest THE DEVOURED MAN taking him on tour dates across the UK and Europe as well as visits to the US.   Ola's music encompasses his African roots as well as the soul, jazz and funk of the music he heard in his childhood.   Ola's shows are full of passion, joy and comedy with an ability to connect with his audience that is quite breathtaking no matter whom no matter where.    Ola has guested with some of America's finest soul and jazz artists including Diane Reeves, Gladys Knight, Al Jarreau, Patti Labelle, Roberta Flack, Joe Zawinul, Natalie Cole, and Roy Hargrove.