Tank and The Bangas w/ Maggie Koerner, Alfred Banks

New Orleans’ TANK AND THE BANGAS come to Tallahassee in support of their “Live Vibes” EP along with MAGGIE KOERNER (of GALACTIC) and ALFRED BANKS!

Friday March 8, 2019 @ The Wilbury
513 W Gaines St Tallahassee, Fl

Doors open @ 8:00pm, show @ 9:00pm
$18 advance, $20 day of show
$2 under 21 fee at the door
18+ unless accompanied by parent or guardian

Advance tickets go on sale Friday December 14 at 10am at ticketfly.com at this link: https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1802982

Advance tickets will also be available in Tallahassee with NO FEES at Retrofit Records, Midtown Pies, Big Chief’s Smoke Shop, and The Wilbury

Friday March 8:

TANK AND THE BANGAS – https://www.facebook.com/TankAndTheBangas
http://www.tankandthebangas.com/
https://www.facebook.com/TankAndTheBangas
https://twitter.com/tankanddabangas
https://www.instagram.com/tankandthebangas/
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2E2SIaB

MAGGIE KOERNER (of Galactic) – https://www.facebook.com/MaggieKoerner/
https://www.maggiekoerner.com/
https://twitter.com/MaggieKoerner
https://www.instagram.com/maggiekoerner/
https://maggiekoerner.bandcamp.com/

ALFRED BANKS – https://www.facebook.com/underdogcentral/
https://www.underdogcentral.com/
https://twitter.com/UnderDogCentral
‘https://www.instagram.com/underdogcentral/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnigKBJb5xp4Oyrk6C2DsXQ

Coming from New Orleans, Tank and the Bangas are surrounded by plenty of grand musical traditions. And the five-piece group has a rare knack for combining various musical styles—fiery soul, deft hip-hop, deep-groove R&B and subtle jazz—into one dazzling, cohesive whole that evokes the scope of New Orleans music while retaining a distinctive feel all its own.

“It’s music that can’t really be put in a box,” says singer and poet Tarriona “Tank” Ball. She fronts the band with vivid charisma that helped Tank and the Bangas win NPR’s 2017 Tiny Desk Concert Contest by unanimous acclaim, standing out among 6,000 entrants because of what Bob Boilen called “the depth of their lyricism and the versatility of their players.” Those same qualities also attracted the attention of Verve Records, which has signed the band.

Ball’s lyrical depth has been years in the making. She came up in the strong local slam poetry scene before meeting her bandmates: Merell Burkett on keyboards, Joshua Johnson on drums, Norman Spence on bass and synth keys and, eventually, Albert Allenback on alto sax and flute. “Growing up, I always could sing, but I wrote better than I sang, so I focused on writing,” she says. After her team won the National Poetry Slam Championship two years in a row, Ball turned her full attention to Tank and the Bangas.

What started as a loose collaboration at an open-mic night in 2011 has grown into a mesmerizing musical force that’s only picking up speed.