weedie braimah & the hands of time


Career Highlights

  • 5 X Grammy nominee including - Best Improvised Jazz Solo - 2022.

  • TIME magazine calls “The Hands Of Time” Top 10 albums of 2021!

  • Braimah has collaborated with world renowned artists such as Baaba Maal, Trombone Shorty, Pedrito Martinez, Oteil Burbridge, Terrace Martin, Christian Scott aTunde-Adjuah, and many others!

  • Has toured through the USA , UK, Cuba , Africa and Dubai.


Bio

A Djembist, Composer, Producer and Folklorist of the highest caliber, Braimah has an almost insatiable knack to draw entire audiences into his groove, zigzagging through Africa on a breathtaking rhythmic roller coaster. His sound is the new voice of Djembe Music around the world.

Braimah comes from a long lineage of drummers including his mother, Ann Morris, a respected jazz drummer and his father, Oscar Sulley Braimah, a world-renowned composer and master drummer. Braimah has been a performer, teacher and preserver of African culture for over 30 years and continues to peruse new musical crossings every day. He also leads his own band, Weedie Braimah & The Hands of Time, where he mounts the Djembe as the frontage presenting music of the diaspora. His band has appeared in Europe, Cuba, Dubai and the United States to name a few. Braimah’s debut album was also featured in Times Magazine as one of the top 10 albums of 2021.


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