Embu – bordered to the East by Kitui, Kirinyaga to the West, Machakos to the South and Tharaka Nithi to the North – is often regarded as one of the dullest counties in the country, musically speaking.

In the leafy garden of Tin Roof Café in Nairobi’s southern suburbs, the Sauti Sol guitarist Polycarp Otieno – better known as Fancy Fingers – is hunched over a picnic table, eyes glued to his phone.

Embu – bordered to the East by Kitui, Kirinyaga to the West, Machakos to the South and Tharaka Nithi to the North – is often regarded as one of the dullest counties in the country, musically speaking.