Funkadesi

Funkadesi's bold and distinctive blend of Caribbean, East Indian, African, and funk music is derived from the wildly disparate musical and cultural backgrounds of its nine core members. Jamaican-born singer/percussionist Valroy Dawkins and Indian vocalist Radhika Chimata generally share fronting duties, and the counterpoint between his ebullient reggae energy and her exotic Hindi beauty forms the mercurial spiritual center of the Funkadesi sound. Dawkins, an expert not only in reggae music but also in West African rhythm and dance and West Indian folk dance, brings authentic A...