Overview
Snarky Puppy mastermind Michael League has assembled this Grammy-nominated international supergroup whose eclectic, danceable tunes marry the electric blues of Led Zeppelin with Afropop and folkloric Caribbean styles. The band’s name, Bokanté, means “exchange” in the Antillean Creole language spoken on vocalist Malika Tirolien’s home island of Guadeloupe. Singing in both Creole and French, Tirolien’s words draw nuanced pictures of strife, struggle, and the power to overcome. This is a band whose members are united in the belief that music should be a voice for the voiceless and a force for change against a rising tide of exclusion and indifference.
featuring
Guitarists Michael League, Chris McQueen, and Bob Lanzetti (all from GRAMMY® Award-winning jazz and funk collective Snarky Puppy)
French-Creole singer-songwriter and vocalist Malika Tirolien
Percussion legend Jamey Haddad
Pedal and lap steel virtuoso Roosevelt Collier
Percussionists André Ferrari and Keita Ogawa
