Antibalas: 2022 Tour Dates

The band is back on the road in 2022 with a new repertoire as well as a few old gems.

New Music: Martez

Once upon a time a young man would walk along on the bayou. He followed a princess to the cold north, where he was trapped in a barn. The princess cast a spell and released him. He followed the sun to where it swims in the water.

I had a lot of time to myself during the pandemic, away from the musical mobs I have worked with for the past 25 years. I’ll be back with them for more, but in the meantime, enjoy these sounds.

Music Policy Forum Webinar 5/31/2020

Hey world. We all want live music to resume, but we are nowhere close to where we need to be on so many fronts—health-wise, economically, and so forth. I was invited by Michael Bracy and the Music Policy Forum to share my experiences and outlook as a professional musician since the Covid-19 shutdown.

My last day of work was February 29, 2020 performing in Denver with Antibalas. We were in the midst of a spring/summer album tour through North America and Europe, and a fall trip to Nigeria in the works and all of that is on ice for now. It is far too early to create any sort of a timeline, but several cities are on board with REVS (Reopen Every Venue Safely), developing standards and protocols for what it would take to make this a reality. It is going to take a lot.

Anyway, below is my segment of the webinar but PLEASE check out the whole thing—we talk about healthcare resources before and during Covid-19 in New Orleans, Seattle, and Austin.