Yasser Tejeda y Palotré Celebrate Ancestral Dominican Traditions

Soundcheck | Aug 6

Brooklyn-based guitarist and composer Yasser Tejada & the group Palotré combine African-rooted Dominican traditional folk styles and fuse them with R&B, church gospel, funk, jazz, and rock into a celebration of Afro-Dominican culture. On this edition of Soundcheck from 2019, they play some songs from their record, Kijombo, in-studio.

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Yasser Tejeda y Palotré Celebrate Ancestral Dominican Traditions

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