Summary: <p>The Mercury Prize-nominated quartet Sons of Kemet is a super-group led by London-based Barbados-born saxophonist and composer <a href="http://www.shabakahutchings.com/biography/" target="_blank">Shabaka Hutchings</a>, and propelled by tuba player Theon Cross, and two drummers - Tom Skinner and Eddie Hick. (Kemet - the black land, is one of the ancient Egyptian names for Egypt.) The music is a dance party which may or may not touch upon techno, hip hop, grime, psychedelia, Caribbean music, and social commentary using jazz vocabulary. Their latest album, <em>Your Queen Is A Reptile</em>, is a <a href="http://thequietus.com/articles/24456-sons-of-kemet-your-queen-is-a-reptile-album-review" target="_blank">seething thinkpiece of a record</a>, in which Hutchings suggests some black women across history who were worthy of the title of queen – queens who were made, not born. They perform some of these tunes live. -<em>Caryn Havlik</em></p> <p>Watch the session here:</p> <p><em> </em></p>
