LAL (band)

LAL
OriginToronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres
Years active2009–present
Labels
Members
  • Rosina Kazi
  • Nicholas Murray
Websitelalforest.com

LAL is a Toronto-based collective of musicians representing Uganda, Bangladesh, Barbados, and India featuring vocalist Rosina Kazi, laptop musician Nicholas "Murr" Murray, and bassist Ian de Sousa.[1] The group's sound fuses South-Asian roots, West Indian fruits, and melancholic vocals with jazz and hip hop influences, down tempo grooves, broken soul, and electro. Their song lyrics are socially conscious poetry.[2]

  1. ^ Sylvester, Daniel (3 May 2012). "LAL". Exclaim!. Archived from the original on 2 April 2017.
  2. ^ "LAL Returns with a Passionately Political Sound, and Yuka Introduces Mighty Vocals". Torontoist, By Ryan B. Patrick