The program was cancelled
The program was cancelled
We regret to inform our esteemed audience that this performance has been cancelled.
Valid tickets can be redeemed until 18 December 2022 via the online interface previously set up for this purpose or our permanent ticket offices. Alternatively, they can be used to buy tickets for Müpa's own productions according to the face value of the tickets.
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Though the New Orleans group Tank and the Bangas have been around for more than a decade, they still managed to receive a Grammy nomination in 2020 in the Best New Artist category. Better late than never when it comes to discovering this irrepressible and joyous neo soul music, of course! Not only is this our first chance to hear them play live in Hungary, they are in absolute top form as they tour their third full-length album, Red Balloon, which was released in May.
New Orleans is one of the great melting pots of American music, and it is here that the Tank and the Bangas began. The group play a modern - rather than classic - form of blues, jazz and soul. They met at an open mic night in 2011, and their frontwoman Tarriona "Tank” Ball comes from the world of spoken word, something that certainly made a strong impression on their early recordings. Though her lyrics have remained poetic in style, instead of rap, their diverse, happiness-packed songs are dominated by jazz and soul vocals. While neo soul forms the musical core of their sound, they also incorporate alternative R&B, funk, beat, live hip-hop, a wind instrument-rich New Orleans jazz flavour, pop sensibilities, a bit of gospel and a little riff of rock. From their 2013 debut album Think Tank onwards, their music has been marked by a passionate playfulness, something that also characterises their live shows. The wider public began to take note in 2017, when the group won the NPR Tiny Desk Concert Contest, the intimate concert series on American public radio. After the star-making YouTube series helped make their name, they followed it up with their second album, the 2019 Green Balloon, which favoured smash hit-eclectic modern pop music, before the release of its partner album, Red Balloon, in May 2022. All great records, to be sure, yet their songs are even more effective in a live setting - we highly recommend losing yourself in their childlike playfulness.
Presented by: Müpa Budapest
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