Zili music bridges cultures, generations, and continents. With captivating sounds that evoke the African continent, zili retraces routes of forced exile and cultural resistance through diasporic rhythm and song. Powerful Haitian, Brazilian and West African rhythms infuse zili’s original creations and traditional folksongs, while zili inspires its audiences to dance and even teaches them how. Reconnecting Haitian mizik rasin, jazz, roots reggae, samba, Cuban son, and neo soul, zili honors its influences while creating a sound that is uniquely its own.
All female, zili takes its name from Haitian spiritual entity, Ezili, who is envisaged as mother, lover, and warrior. Zili’s songs are sensual, political, self-reflective, positive, and invoke love. Zili’s lyrics glide seamlessly from English to Kreyòl to Portuguese to Spanish, spinning tales and visions of lives lived and yet to be.
Zili has won numerous awards in the Boston area including:
2009 Boston Phoenix Award - Best World Music Band
2008 Boston Music Award - Outstanding International Act
2008 Boston Phoenix Award - Best World Music Band
2007 nominated for 2 Boston Music Awards
ZILI IS SPOTLIGHT ARTIST on www.sonicbids.com/zili!!
JULY 16th on!!
Cop the Killa Beast EP!! OUT NOW! The Killa Beast EP is packed with 17 jams which includes such hits as "Take It Slow", "Glorious", & "DoYu". Enjoy bonus tracks from hip hop group MadeMen (Bizzle Boy Affiliates).
FINALLY, NEW MUSIC! "The Art Of Broken Glass" (EP), click myspace.com/mrjmedeiros and take a listen! Available on itunes or directly from my site. New Mr.J songs to add to your profile! WORD!
You can also follow on twitter.com/mrjmedeiros for free music.
All I know in my heart is that you are amazing and I am SOO looking forward to having you at the NW fest this year. The OMEGA set will be amazing and I want to let you know its ladies night... so come ready to jam it out.. and stay up late... and jump back on stage yeah? stay blessed queens, thanks for making sure the festival listing is up and please contact me for anything you need. See you soon. ONE LOVE
