Labess: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

This Algerian and Canadian band proves that music has no boundaries even in times of isolation. Recording its set from France and Colombia, Labess blends flamenco and Gypsy jazz-influenced North African chaabi into energetic soul music with a nonstop beat. Singing in Arabic, French and Spanish, lead vocalist Nedjim Bouizzoul mixes realism and hope, gentleness and fury, in stories about exile that illustrate the joys and the distress that pave the road from the native countries to new homes and back again. Through his poetry, he proposes we reflect on cultural diversity and the necessity to unite, no matter our differences.
SET LIST
"Yal Maknin"
"Yemma"
"La Vida Es Un Carnaval"
MUSICIANS
Nedjim Bouizzoul: lead vocals, guitar (France)
Simon Demouveaux: banjo, oud (France)
Rabah Khalfa: derbouka, chorus (France)
Simon Lannoy: cello (France)
Loran Bozic: violin (France)
Pierre Bonnet: bass (France)
Mike Rajamahendra: drum (France)
François Taillefer: percussion (France)
Julio Frias: percussion (Colombia)
Miche Molina: accordion (Colombia)
Javier Villa: trombone (Colombia)
Rafael "Pachalo" Gavilan: trumpet (Colombia)
Moises Marquez Leyva: saxophonist (Colombia)
CREDITS
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Audio: Arnaud "Peck" Dervaux
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