Folk Bands and Artists
Lokkhi Terra
London
https://lokkhiterra.bandcamp.com
Described by Songlines as ´probably the world’s best Afrobeat-Cuban-Bangladeshi group´, London-based Lokkhi Terra released their debut album No Visa Required in 2010 and have been tearing up the musical rule book ever since.
The band is made up of musicians with some serious pedigree - they´re led by pianist Kishon Khan (Hugh Masekela, Gilles Peterson´s Havana Cultura), feature the Godfather of British Asian percussion Pandit Dinesh, Bellowhead´s Justin Thurgur on Trombone, and Graeme Flowers on trumpet. The line-up is completed by Cuban maestros Oreste Noda (Ska Cubano) on congas, and bassist Jimmy Martinez (Asere), alongside guitarist Phil Dawson (Hugh Masekela, Tony Allen) and drummer Tansay Omar (Bjork). To add to this impressive list, Bengali singers Sohini Alam, Aneire Khan and Aanon Siddiqua sing alongside Cuban vocalist Javier Camilo.
Genre: Calypso,Cumbia,World
