African percussion will meet American bluegrass when Arthur Lee Land performs July 11 at John’s Alley Tavern in Moscow.

Land’s music represents a genre he calls AfroGrass. He drew inspiration for the sound in 2001, when he took a tour of West Africa.

Land uses a computer to record himself playing a variety of instruments and plays them back in loops to make songs. He said this technique enables him to easily create a drum ensemble with many parts.

“It’s a bit like not having a net and being on a high wire,” he said of the stressful nature of the technique.

Land said he finds it rewarding as the audience can experience a studio-like recording process on stage.

“It’s probably a super unique experience, unlike anything they’ve ever seen,” he said. “I know that from doing it for so long and having enough feedback from people.”

When Land was young he enjoyed laying pillows on the floor and playing them like drums using chopsticks, he said.

“When I was a kid, I gravitated towards the drums,” he said, explaining that he began learning to play the drums in the third grade and guitar around age 16.

Today he performs on the banjo, mandolin, guitar, drums and vocals.

The solo act enables the audience to hear the music differently than it would if he were accompanied by a band, he said.

Land said he also enjoys performing in a band.

“The band has dynamics you can’t make happen in a solo,” he said. “They are two entirely different approaches to live music.”

He said he was influenced early on by artists like The Allman Brothers, The Grateful Dead and Eric Clapton.

The show at John’s Alley will begin at 9:30 p.m.