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Tank and the Bangas Is Unique in a City With Big Culture: ‘I’m Not Typical New Orleans’
Tarriona "Tank" Ball of Tank and the Bangas appears on Billboard's Behind the Setlist podcast to talk about New Orleans culture and more.
The group’s stunning mix of R&B, funk, jazz, rap and poetry helped Tank and the Bangas win NPR’s Tiny Desk Content in 2017 and most recently a 2025 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album for their fourth studio album, The Heart, The Mind, The Soul(Verve Forecast). Tank and the Bangas have won over audiences around the world with their genre-blending style that reflects the diversity of her upbringing. Next month, Ball and her band gets to perform for her hometown crowd at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival — otherwise known as Jazz Fest — with such artists as Lil Wayne & The Roots, Dave Matthews Band, Burna Boy, Santana and Trombone Shorty, a New Orleans local who is taking Tank and the Bangas on tour this month.
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