If they can manage to leave the couch, this Soyaya show is perfect for armchair travelers young and old. Ghanaian-born, Shoreline-based musician Mohammed Shaibu leads a quartet from Ghana, Colombia, Benin, and Senegal in tunes that capture the essence of his West African home. As Shaibu puts it on his website, Soyaya (which means “love and affection” in Hausa, his native language) combines elements of palm-wine and highlife music with indigenous R&B. The mostly instrumental acoustic songs feature a variety of percussion, with Shaibu on guitar, and practically dare listeners to resist dancing. It’s all the culture without the jet lag. With Rafael Tranquilina. The Royal Room. 8 p.m. Donation. All ages until 10 p.m. AZARIA C. PODPLESKY

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