Toubab Krewe Live at Jammin’ Java on 01.20.09 | MP3
Big ups to “su6oxone” and Toubab Krewe for one of the best sounding audience recordings we’ve heard on The Archive.
Toubab Krewe blends American Rock with West African music for one of the most unique sounds we’ve heard. The childhood friends from Asheville, NC have developed their sound in travels to Mali, Guinea, and Ivory Coast, where the immersed themselves in the local cultures and played with local musicians.
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Lamine’s Tune
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Buncombe To Badal
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Check out what the NY Times had to say on the band…
“Asheville, N.C., may not seem like a stronghold for African-rooted music, but Toubab Krewe has soaked up the patterns and rhythms of music from Mali, Zimbabwe, Congo, Brazil and the Caribbean and added a hint of Jerry Garcia’s legato guitar. One guitarist doubled on Malian instruments — Â kora and ngoni — Â and two drummers played interludes of planned unison rhythms like a Brazilian sambareggae percussion unit. Instead of free-form, jam-band leads, the guitarists expanded the songs with African-style patterns, circling and subtly shifting. The six-beat grooves sneaked up on listeners but then they took hold; midway through one song, two, then four, then dozens of dancers were suddenly bobbing to the music.”
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The band is currently on tour supporting their latest release Live At The Orange Peel produced by Grammy Award winner Steven Heller. Check link below for tour dates in a city near you.
