I stopped off at Josie’s today for some awesome Tamales. A young man named Sergio was working the front counter and put on some music while I was having lunch. I told him that I liked what I was listening to which was a mix of Reggae, Latin Rock, Ska, Pop, Flamenco, Caribbean, South American rhythms & beats, Jazz, Funk, African and Middle Eastern music styles. The music was infectuous and the recording, flawless. After talking to Sergio more about this music, I was told that the band sings their music in 4 different languages: English, Spanish, Portugese and French. The band’s members are from 5 different nations aross the globe and Tulsa is currently their home. The name of the band is Citizen Mundi - which according to the explanation on their website says ”
~~~~”Representing five nations across the globe, Citizen Mundi was formed in Tulsa, Oklahoma during fall of 2004. ‘Mundi’ (moon-dee), etymologically speaking meant ‘world’ to the native peoples of ancient Rome, and now it defines us all as citizens of one world - “Citizen Mundi” “~~~~
Sergio as it turns out, is the band’s percusionist and is well versed in many styles of music. They play at places like Bostons, Cains Ballroom, Fishbonz, Kilkenny’s, Riverwalk Crossing and recently at Wakarusa Music Festival in Kansas in June of 2007.
Citizen Mundi consists of:
JMB: Guitar & Vocals
Eric Bass: Bass & Vocals
Wilfredo Nanita: Keys & Vocals
Ryan Tedder: Sax
Michael Drummond: Trombone
Sergio D’Alonzo: Percussion
Canuto: Drums
If you like progressive music with great layers of percussion, keyboards. tight horn arrangements and intriguing vocals, then you should pay your local club a visit to hear Citizen Mundi soon or better yet, visit their website to Download Their Music! In this day and age of international unrest and overt racism, Citizen Mundi sums up our what our existence should really be about, (again quoted from their website) : “No matter how you look at it we are all indigenous to our planet. You are Citizen Mundi.”
The Citizen Mundi Website is well put together and features a bio page, contact page and has the song lyrics from their debut CD, “No Translation” which is also available for download.
I love finding out about unique restaurants and people in Tulsa and now I have found a great new sound in Citizen Mundi.
You can find out where Citizen Mundi will be performing at: CitizenMundi.com
Vinnie
Just caught my first Citizen Mundi show at Big Splash ( where I am the grill chief?chef) thursday night and they were really great. I have been a fan of world music for many many years now and these guys are gonna go far I tell ya. Rasta out!
I gotta say. I checked out Citizen Mundi on myspace and now I’m intrigued.