In their homebase of the Crescent City, Tank and the Bangas perform to a packed room on Bourbon Street. Featuring a full band of horn players, singers, and multi-instrumentalists, the New Orleans group play tracks off their 2022 album Red Balloon as well as deep cuts from 2019’s Green Balloon. The band’s joy and humor is more than present in their interview with Variety where they laugh, crack jokes, and explain the organic and natural recording process of Red Balloon. On their creative tour, Tank and the Bangas take us to Bangaville, their rehearsal space. The band’s music and radiant enthusiasm represents their beloved New Orleans throughout the episode.

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