We really are trying to figure out-even though we are Tank and the Bangas-what is Tank and the Bangas? Because it’s not no specific sound. On Creating a Style of Music That’s Truly Different Below are edited excerpts from those conversations. Over the course of the clinic, which kicked off with a performance of the song “ Quiet," Tank and the Bangas shared their origin story, talked about how they come up with such original tunes, and discussed how the pandemic has affected them as a band. On October 16, the group appeared at a virtual Berklee Visiting Artist Series clinic, moderated by Phil Lima, assistant chair of Berklee’s Voice Department. In the years since, the band would go on to win NPR’s 2017 Tiny Desk Concert Contest and to earn a 2020 Grammy nomination for Best New Artist. Later, Albert Allenback would join on alto saxophone and flute. There she met future Tank and the Bangas bandmates Joshua Johnson, who is the now band’s drummer and musical director, and Norman Spence, the band’s keyboardist and bassist. But in middle school she discovered slam poetry, and in high school she used that voice to win two National Poetry Slam championships.Īfter high school, Tank started attending an open mic at Black Star Books & Caffe, where she could combine her poetry with music. Tarriona “Tank” Ball grew up in a family of New Orleans pastors and says that because of her big voice, everyone assumed she’d follow in the family tradition.
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