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- About Me:
- Zili Misik is made up exclusively of female musicians representing various ethnicities. Each of their songs takes the listener on a long voyage through a spectrum of musical styles, and even languages. The band’s name comes from the strong female Haitian spirit Ezili, and Haiti has the strongest presence in Zili’s songs, but the eight-member band’s focus is much broader than that.
In addition to Haiti, Zili’s songs use musical styles from Ghana, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Cape Verde, Brazil, Cuba, Palestine, and the US. Zili band members have eclectic musical backgrounds, and roots in the US, Trinidad, Japan, and the Philippines. Zili wants to combine all of these musics to provide a reconnection, to create a community that is heard in the music so that it’s not lost, it doesn’t become a stew, where you can’t really identify different musical styles, but so that you begin to hear all these different styles bumping up against each other and moving together. The ensemble won its first Boston Music Award in 2008 for best international act.
- Website:
- http://www.zilimisik.com/
Zili Misik at the Lizard Lounge
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