Dustin Milotte: Rising Stars of Sundown: Toubab Krewe
This years Sundown in the City lineup has already had some great moments, but for all of you out there that feel our free weekly concert series has been lacking a little in the booty shaking department this Thursday’s show is for you. While the headliner Ozomatli is gonna bring enough hip-hop infused Latin flavor to the Market Square stage to get all those lawn-chairs bumping it is time for us to turn once again to this week’s Rising Stars of Sundown Asheville’s own Toubab Krewe.
Toubab Krewe has been making waves all over the country since their 2005 Bonnaroo appearance and I am one of the lucky music lovers that happened to be in attendance that weekend. As we were passing by we noticed an unusually large crowd surrounding the small Café Stage and once we fought our way to the front we were entranced by the band’s hybrid sound. Never have I seen a reaction to an unknown artist quite like that show and I liked it enough to check out some of their set again the following day.
Toubab Krewe is “making it� as a band but not because of any stroke of luck, pretty faces or hit single; they are working their asses off playing twenty plus shows in June alone at clubs, festivals and anywhere that will have them proving that diligent study and originality CAN still find an audience in our country and we here Knoxville are lucky to have them.
So dust off your dancing shoes and come down this Thursday for two great beat driven bands, first Toubab Krewe and then Ozomatli, and stick around because Toubab will be playing another set at the World Grotto after Sundown is over.
