Kobo Town

Kobo Town zagra na Globaltice 2026!

🎟️Kup swój bilet już teraz: https://globaltica.pl/kup-bilet/

Kobo Town to jeden z najbardziej charakterystycznych zespołów współczesnej sceny karaibskiej – formacja, która z niezwykłą swobodą łączy tradycję Trynidadu i Tobago z wielokulturowym pejzażem Kanady.

Nazwa grupy pochodzi od historycznej dzielnicy w Port of Spain – miejsca narodzin calypso, muzyki będącej jednocześnie formą rozrywki, komentarza społecznego i kroniki życia codziennego. To właśnie tę tradycję Kobo Town rozwija i przekształca - ich twórczość to współczesna kontynuacja roli calypsoniana – „śpiewającego reportera”, który z ironią, humorem i przenikliwością opisuje rzeczywistość.

Kobo Town wystąpią w Gdyni 18 lipca, drugiego dnia Globaltiki.

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Our dear friends The Garifuna Collective are coming to Toronto for a show at Koerner Hall on Thursday. Don't miss the chance to see this amazing group live!

The Kobo boys in San Jose - a sneak peak at the International Festival of Arts, and this beautiful city. Fabulous time, and great people. Gracias Costa Rica.

Kobo Town plays the International Arts Festival in San Jose March 2026 The boys of Kobo Town traveled to Costa Rica to play the International Arts Festival in the capital city, San Jose. We spend a great three days exploring the...

Setting up for our show at the Festival Internacional de las Artes tonight.

A sneak peek in a quick studio session, in Quebec. Working on the next record!

Kobo Town in the Studio. Wakefield, Quebec. 2026 Working on our latest record, in the beautiful Wakefield area in Quebec. Drew, songwriter from Kobo Town, plays a few tunes, the drummer hits some things, Ro...

Calgary friends, you know we can't stay away for too long! Thrilled to be part of the stellar line-up this coming Saturday at the Confluence for the Block Heater festival....

⭐️ 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿! ⭐️

Drew Gonsalves parlayed his Tinidadian and Quebecois heritage, teenage dislocation and exile plus university studies in history and political science into the clever, heady and groovy band Kobo Town. Named after the historic Port-of-Spain neighbourhood that birthed calypso amid the boastful, humorous and militant chants of roaming stick-fighters, he and his merry bandmates redefine and push the calypso music’s boundaries.

They’ve been lauded as an intoxicating blend of lilting calypsonian wit, dancehall reggae and trombone-heavy brass and a unique, transnational composite of rhythm, poetry and activist journalism. Behind the running social commentary and satire, Drew journals the human condition – our quirks and foibles, anxieties and hopes, and the haunting sense of impermanence that imbues life. The title track to their 2022 album Carnival of the Ghosts exemplifies Drew’s innovative take on calypso’s celebration of satire, humour, storytelling and social commentary: it’s about a spectator watching the parade who is put under a spell from a spirit, transporting him in to a surreal and dark version of the carnival, populated by ghosts and skeletons. It’s a spell your head, heart and soul will fall under when you witness the magic that is Kobo Town.

- Kerry Clarke

⭐️ 𝗞𝗼𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻'! 𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘀 - 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗻𝗮𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄! ⭐️

For weekend passes, festival schedule and lineup and so much more, visit www.calgaryfolkfest.com