Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang

“We speak one language now,” says Sierra Leonian singer Janka Nabay of the band he calls the “Bubu Gang,” an eclectic group of New York-based musicians who fell in love with Janka’s frenetic “bubu” dance music in 2010 following Janka’s American debut on True Panther Sounds. read more…

“We speak one language now,” says Sierra Leonian singer Janka Nabay of the band he calls the “Bubu Gang,” an eclectic group of New York-based musicians who fell in love with Janka’s frenetic “bubu” dance music in 2010 following Janka’s American debut on True Panther Sounds. In the year and a half since their first show, the band has started infusing bubu music with a broader range of stylistic influences, and Janka has evolved into an inspired band-leader and MC in the tradition of James Brown and Fela Kuti. The new sounds draw as much from Janka’s indigenous bubu as they do from the sunny energy of Ghanaian highlife, the extended improvisations of 70s Miles Davis, the hypnotic rhythms of classic Afro-beat and the swirling shredding guitars of 60s and 70s psychedelia.

News

• Pitchfork features Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang single "Eh Mane Ah" Jan 27, 2012

Tour Dates

Date	Venue	Location	With	Tickets
Thu 3/8/2012	Glasslands Gallery	Brooklyn, New York	Delicate Steve
Fri 3/9/2012	Strange Matter	Richmond, Virginia	Delicate Steve
Sat 3/10/2012	Savannah Stopover Festival	Savannah, Georgia
Sun 3/11/2012	Bottletree	Birmingham, Alabama	Delicate Steve
Mon 3/12/2012	Spanish Moon	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	Delicate Steve
Sun 3/18/2012	Rubbergloves	Denton, Texas	Delicate Steve
Thu 3/22/2012	Treefort Festival	Boise, Idaho	Delicate Steve
Sat 3/24/2012	Hi-Dive	Denver, Colorado	Delicate Steve
Sun 3/25/2012	Slowdown	Omaha, Nebraska	Delicate Steve