Mausiki Scales and the Common Ground Collective connect … – WABE 90.1 FM

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A musician in a patterned shirt and cap plays keyboard and sings into a microphone in a dimly lit room with red curtains and string lights, capturing the essence of live performances featured on WABE 90.1 FM.

On City Lights’ series “Speaking of Music,” local musicians share work and stories in their own voices. This installment spotlights Mausiki Scales, an Atlanta musician, and music professor. His band, Mausiki Scales and the Common Ground Collective, “explores the thread that links the music of Africa and the African Diaspora.” He further described their musical oeuvre: “We connect the dots between Afrobeat, hip-hop, soul and jazz.” 

A virtuosic keys player, Scales also sings, composes, arranges,…