New Orleans '26

Description

Charlie & the Tropicales brings back a Caribbean hotel party from the 50s with torrid brass, tropical rhythms, and irresistible grooves. With a nod to the history of New Orleans as the northernmost Caribbean port, the Tropicales play music from Trinidad and Venezuela, Martinique and Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Cuba, and other destinations along the archipelago. Biguines and boleros, calypsos and cumbias, rock steady and rumba: songs that stick in your head and melt the ice in your glass. Their new album New Orleans '26 makes a bold statement: the music of New Orleans is Caribbean music. And who better to say it than them? Since 2024, the band has established itself as one of the most exciting in the city, regularly playing at Snug Harbor, Tipitina's, Saturn Bar, and Jazz Fest, while touring in Key West, New York, Cape Cod, and the Exit Zero Jazz Festival. New Orleans '26 also expands the band with notable guests: Latin Grammy winner Mireya Ramos, Grammy winner Jon Cleary, Tiny Desk sensation Sally Baby Geloso, and renowned dub engineer Roger Rivas. A guaranteed subtropical journey.