Boston based 7 piece band. The band is
very versatile, singing in at least six languages (
Spanish,
French,
Portugese,
English,
Arabic,
Swahili). The music is a mix of various styles:
Mambo,
Soukous,
Bossanova,
Ju Ju,
Cha Cha,
Reggae,
Samba,
Ska,
Soca,
Calypso, and
Merenge. Combine all these styles, and you get what Babaloo calls
Punk Mambo. You've got to hear it to believe it.
Babaloo is:
- Oopsy "King Cheese" Wallace - lead vocals, kazoo, maracas
- Smith Crankshaft - guitar, vocals, percussion
- Slim Goodbody - free bass
- Pongo Jankowitz - boom-bap & vocals
- El Gallo - trombone, percussion, congas, big drum, vocals
- La'Zik Chillem - trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion, vocals
- Ozain - congas, percussion, vocals
So far, the band has released two albums,
"Punk Mambo!" and
"Hardcore JuJu".