I suppose that BlueNotes is venturing into unfamiliar territory here, but there's a San Francisco Afrobeat band named Aphrodesia coming in to the Thuderbiord Cafe in Lawrenceville tonight.

The T-bird is one of my favorite blues venues, but they bring in a lot of other music, too, like Afrodesia. The band is on tour supporting it's latest album, "Lagos by Bus," which grew out of an African tour.

Afrobeat, according to various references, describes a funky African sound pioneered in the 1970s by the late Nigerian bandleader Fela Anikulapo Kuti. The Afrodesians say they are trying to push the boundaries beyond the original form, using Afro-Cuban music, Ghanaian Highlife, and jazz.

Being kind of a single-minded blues fan, I'm not very familiar with the music, but it's got a joyous, infectious sound. And the fact that this band has two women singers is supposed to be unusual. So if you're looking for something a little fresh and different, maybe even uplifting enough to chase the blues, this could do the trick.