Summary: <p>The Sudan-born, Ohio-raised and Brooklyn-based singer and musician Ahmed Gallab records under the name Sinkane and the latest Sinkane record, <em>Dépaysé, </em>is an irresistible mix of western and African funk, Sudanese folk music, 1960s psychedelia, with pop, rock, soul music besides. <em>Dépaysé </em>is a French word that means being taken out of your homeland, being dislocated and as Gallab writes, the record “is the story of an immigrant’s journey of self-discovery in the Trump era.” </p> <p>Sinkane, as an American band, is <a href="http://www.chromaticpr.com/2017/04/08/sinkane/">Gallab’s own words</a>, “comprised of people from all over the world”: himself (Sudanese), guitarist Jonny Lam (Chinese), keyboardist Elenna Canlas (Filipina), drummer Chris St. Hilaire (Trinidadian), and bassist Michael “Ish” Montgomery (Black American.) Sinkane joins us in-studio to play songs from the latest, <em>Dépaysé.</em> - <em>Caryn Havlik</em></p> <p><em>Watch the session here: </em></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://sinkane.bandcamp.com/album/de-payse">Dépaysé by SINKANE</a></p>
