Cha Wa: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
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Sound Summit Returns to Mount Tam at Cushing Memorial Amphitheater - Mountain Theater in Mill Valley - September 11, 2021
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Cha Wa exude the energy of New Orleans street culture
By Ronnie Littlejohn Zack Smith
Crossing a New Orleans brass band with a Mardi Gras Indian outfit, Cha Wa exude the energy of the city’s street culture.
They’ve been described as “a grand gumbo of singing, intoxicating rhythms, and deep funk grooves that are impossible to resist.”
My People, the band’s followup to their Grammy-nominated album
Spyboy, feels like pure joy, a distillation of generations of New Orleans expression.
But it also never fails to remind us how hard-won that joy was and still is not least in the tense, funky and explosive title track’s declaration, “My people, we’re still here.”
Music picked me: Westport musician releases new album with New Orleans band Cha Wa
Keith Loria
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Westport native Joe Gelini leads the Grammy-nominated band Cha Wa.Bon Jane
Growing up in Westport, Joe Gelini knew he wanted to be a musician. His parents, who were both big music fans, took him to concerts at an early age and encouraged him to pick up an instrument.
“I often say this wasn’t a choice: music picked me,” Gelini said. “From a very early age, I was infatuated with music. I was able to play in school bands and orchestras, though I didn’t think of it as a possible career until high school. But there wasn’t one other thing that I was interested in.”