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We Really Love to Make You Smile: Tarriona Ball of Tank and the Bangas represents New Orleans

May 25, 2022 by: Steve Hochman

But it feel like Maze at Jazz Fest…

If you’ve witnessed the phenomenon that Tarriona Ball—Tank to you—is talking about, well, you know. If you witnessed her say it during Tank and the Bangas’ Congo Square set on the first Saturday of Jazz Fest this year, you may really know.

Saying that line, from the new song “Black Folk,” Ball stood regally in a black dress, thi...

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