Toubab Krewe Returns to the Orange Peel for New Years Eve

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by Molly Kummerle
on Thursday, December 08, 2011

Toubab Krewe returns to the Orange Peel for New Year's Eve 2012 for what has become somewhat of a yearly performance for them. Joined by New York power trio, The London Souls, Saturday December 31st, doors at 9:00 pm, show at 10:00 pm, Ages 18+, $25.50 advance / $30.50 door. Tickets and information at: theorangepeel.net/events/toubab-krewe/ and www.toubabkrewe.com.

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Some music cannot be found on a map or within iTunes categories. Some music is so original it seems snatched from the great, invisible substrata that runs below all human activity, a sound aching to be born without a flag or fixed allegiance - free, questing, overflowing with immediate, tangible life. This is the music of Toubab Krewe, the vibrant Asheville, NC-based instrumental powerhouse that creates a sonic Pangaea that lustily swirls together rock, African traditions, jam sensibilities, international folk strains and more. While nearly impossible to put into any box, it takes only a few moments to realize in a very palpable way that one is face-to-face with a true original who recognizes no borders in a march towards a muscular, original, globally switched-on sound.

"...[Toubab Krewe] has essentially created the intersection of West African traditional music and American rock." - Billboard Magazine

"a futuristic, psychedelic, neo-griot frenzy." - Village Voice

"the next surefire stars of our scene." - Jambase

"Using music rather than words, these artists are showing us who we really are, and after all these years, it seems we're ready to listen." - NPR's All Things Considered