Here is my entry for @psos new challenge: Music A to Z Challenge #K

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• 2 Bands starting with the letter K, my choices are:

1) Koalas Desperados

Style: Reggae / Hip-Hop / World Music
Planet: Earth

Koalas Desperados are not a band but a collective of 30 musicians from all over the world. Their songs range from Reggae to Hip-Hop and even include styles such as Fado and Flamenco.

This is a highly creative and talented group of musicians and in the song Tempu - a deliberate mispelling of Tempo, the Portuguese word for Time - the main participations are from a Rapper called Yves "Korbo" Khoung, who was born in Burkina Faso and raised in Montpellier, France... and a Portuguese artist which refuses to be labeled under a single musical genre. He goes by the artistic name Bezegol.

Most of the song is in Portuguese... and there's a part in another language, which I assume is one of the 70 languages spoken in Burkina Faso. Here's the videoclip for Tempu:

In the next song Bezegol teams up with Jaqee and Nubla.

Jaqueline Nakiri Nalubale (or Jaqee) is a singer born in Kampala, Uganda who immigrated to Sweden in 1990. Just like Bezegol, she claims to be a "musical chameleon" and not limited to a single musical style.

Luciana Carlevaro, also known as Nubla, is a composer, singer and musical producer born in Barcelona, Spain.

Here's their live performance from 2010, in Frankfurt, from the song Keep Marching. This song is in English, Portuguese and Spanish.

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2) Katzenjammer

Style: Folk Rock
Country: Norway

This interesting band from Norway was introduced to me by @fyrstikken and I loved it upon listening the first seconds of the song A Bar In Amsterdam.

The group is formed by three girls: Anne Marit Bergheim, Solveig Heilo and Turid Jørgensen. It's a very interesting style which reminds me the crazy style of Balkan Folk played by Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra.

Their voices are very sweet and catchy and fit perfectly to the music.

Here's the Official Videoclip for the song A Bar In Amsterdam. Enjoy!

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I hope you have liked these 2 groups. 😁

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If you want to join the challenge, visit the announcement post, here: Music A to Z Challenge #K and use the tag #a-zmusic.

See my previous entries here:

• A) The Agonist & Arch Enemy / Atakama & Amely Sky [Metal]
• B) Багира & Blind Ivy [Metal]
• C) Conquer Divide & Cripper [Metal]
• D) Dark Tranquility & Dead Sara [Metal / Rock]
• E) Eths & Expellow [Metal]
• F) Fine Fine Titans & Frantic Amber [Metal]
• G) Green Jellÿ & GWAR [Comedy Rock / Comedy Metal]
• H) Hiromi Uehara & Haggard [Jazz / Metal]
• I) In Evil Hour & Infected Rain [Punk / Metal]
• J) Jinjer & Joss Stone [Metal / Soul]

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