Description:

Atlas Soul is an award-winning band based in Boston performing original music that celebrates and bridge Afro-Mediterranean melodies & grooves with Jazz and Funk and hip-hop thus naturally creating new powerful genres of music one could describe as Maghrebian-Funk, Rock?n Ra? and Sha?bi-Jazz. Their powerful live performance is guaranty to move any audience and soon have every one sing along (often in a foreign language) up & dancing & sharing the positive energy! They have played venues such as The Montreal Jazz Festival, The Kennedy Center, The Festival International de Louisiane, and countless other venues both here and abroad. ?What hits hardest about Atlas Soul?s sound is the natural funk of North African music and also powerful vocals, which span fluid, passionate Gnawa melodies and husky Ra? hooks. There is great wisdom in a world-music outfit that embraces divergent genres (but not so many that the sound loses its identity" Banning Eyre - Afropop Worldwide Atlas Soul sings in French, Arabic, Hebrew and English. The lyrics speak of love, natural wonders, oppression, poverty, and of the melancholy of immigrants. Their motto is world-music-for-world-peace. They have won or placed 3 times the Independent Music Awards, the Billboard World Song, The Unisong International, Global Rhythm Magazine, Just Plain Folks Music Awards, Boston Music Awards and many more.. Philosophically and politically, Atlas Soul hopes to inspire world peace through a fusion of music and culture that gets people to the dance floor.