Even before guitarist Or Shovaly’s arrival from Israel, he was developing a keen wide-ranging virtuosity. He’s known mostly in New Orleans for Or Shovaly Plus and Kumasi. His namesake-band recently released a new single called “Take It Easy,” mixed and mastered by Alan Evans from Soulive. We sat down at Satsuma in the Ninth Ward to talk about his voracious musical appetite, what brought him here, and how his sound keeps expanding.

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