Blending American and West African influences into a sound all its own, Toubab Krewe has set "a new standard for fusions of rock and West African music" (Afropop Worldwide).  Since forming in 2005, the magnetic instrumental quintet has won a diverse and devoted following at performances everywhere from mega-fests like Bonnaroo, Rothbury & Wakarusa to the legendary Festival of the Desert in Essakane, Mali, the most remote festival in the world. The band developed their unique sound over the course of numerous extended trips to Mali, Guinea, and Ivory Coast, where they immersed themselves in the local culture and studied and performed with luminaries.  Toubab Krewe fuses it all together into what the Village Voice describes as "a futuristic, psychedelic, neo-griot frenzy" and Honest Tune hails as "one of the most innovative voices in music today."