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League has said he wants to push instruments beyond their traditional roles and this, combined with Tirolien's conscious lyrics […] make it a perfect fit with Real World's well-established history... — Jazzwise, July 2023 More…

Release Date: 30th Jun 2023
Catalogue No: LPRW244
Label: Real World

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Interview, Michael League on Bokanté's 'History'

28th June 2023

The hardworking bandleader talks Bokanté's new album, cultural appropriation and authenticity in music-making.

On their third album, Bokanté have plugged into the blues, tracing the genre's roots in West Africa and the Arab world through the diaspora into the retro-modern present. These nine tracks tell — with lyrics sung mainly in Guadeloupean Creole — of outsiders and seers, memories and joy; of black history, global unity and the futility of war. Of taking time to rest, feel, love. Of the redemptive power of music — as a conduit, a change maker, a muse.

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League has said he wants to push instruments beyond their traditional roles and this, combined with Tirolien's conscious lyrics […] make it a perfect fit with Real World's well-established history of global fusion music.

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