Feathers and funk: New Orleans Indian gang the Cha Wa at Bears Fairfield on Sat, April 11

New Orleans Indians and friends the Cha Wa chant and kill cow bell at Bears on Fairfield on Saturday, April 11.

“Cha Wa is a New Orleans Mardi Gras Indians band on the rise,” writes John Wirt in The New Orleans Advocate (Mar 15, 2015). “Cha Wa’s core members include singers and Mardi Gras Indians Irving ‘Honey’ Banister and J’Wan Boudreaux, plus organist Steve Malinowski. Banister’s and Boudreaux’s roots stretch deeply into New Orleans music and Mardi Gras Indians history.”

They’re touring and killing: Irving “Honey” Banister, J’Wan Boudreaux, Joe Gelini, & Kerry “Boom Boom” Vessell, John Fohl on Guitar, Bill Richards on Bass, Steve Malinowski on Organ.

Highly recommended. Tickets, $10.