Grammy award-winning musician Dan Zanes and Haitian-American music therapist and jazz vocalist Claudia Zanes have been collaborating musically since their first meeting in 2016. Their distinctive all-ages electric folk sound is now enriched by the addition of jazz singer Tyree Austin. With electric guitar, three voices, percussion, flute, and trombone, their music intertwines the sounds of early rock and roll, jazz vocals, gospel, Haitian folk, sea shanties, and summer camp sing-alongs. This eclectic mix is delivered with enthusiasm and an open invitation for people of all ages to join in the fun. In what could be described as a relaxed yet subtly educational party atmosphere, these Smithsonian Folkways recording artists create music that bursts with creativity and radiates a joyful optimism about life’s greatest possibilities.

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