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Zili Misik

Roots music of the African Diaspora

About Me

Zili music bridges cultures, generations, and continents. With captivating sounds that evoke the African continent, zili retraces routes of forced exile and cultural resistance through diasporic rhythm and song. Powerful Haitian, Brazilian and West African rhythms infuse zili’s original creations and traditional folksongs, while zili inspires its audiences to dance and even teaches them how. Reconnecting Haitian mizik rasin, jazz, roots reggae, samba, Cuban son, and neo soul, zili honors its influences while creating a sound that is uniquely its own.All female, zili takes its name from Haitian spiritual entity, Ezili, who is envisaged as mother, lover, and warrior. Zili’s songs are sensual, political, self-reflective, positive, and invoke love. Zili’s lyrics glide seamlessly from English to Kreyòl to Portuguese to Spanish, spinning tales and visions of lives lived and yet to be.
Zili Misik @ Berklee’s Battle of the All-Female Bands
Thompson, LoM Productions, videography
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Member Since: 8/29/2005
Band Website: zilimisik.com
Band Members: Kera Washington: Percussion, Vocals

Rajdulari: Lead Vocals

Hinako Sato: Keyboard, Vocals

Joy Roster: Tenor Sax, Vocals

Krystal Johnson:Trumpet, Vocals

Joanna Maria: Bass

Lexi Havlin: Guitar

JoBeth Umali: Drums

Influences: jazz; neo-soul; R&B; Haitian roots (mizik rasin); reggae; samba; Afro-Cuban son; highlife; gospel; spirituals; calypso; zap mama; meshell; sweet honey in the rock; brothers tjovi and batwel and father papi toto; india.arie; jilly; spirit...
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Oh yeah we forgot to mention...WE WON!!!! (BIG HUGE THANKS)

Just in case you're reading this and you didn't know... Zili was nominated for a Boston Pheonix award for best world music group...and thanks to many we won!First off I would like to thank our mothers...
Posted by Zili Misik on Fri, 16 May 2008 05:08:00 PST

Some more of the tour Canada/New York...

Day 2 Nietchze's (Buffalo New York)After traveling a good 9/10 hours to get to Toronto we got to take a break and eat in the lovely, highly classy, expensive TGI Friday's:-) Eventually retiring to var...
Posted by Zili Misik on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:20:00 PST

Tour Canada/New York Take 1...ACTION!

So first of all I think it's a good idea to apologize to the people of Toronto who decided they were going to come out and support our vision... IT WASN'T OUR FAULT!!! There are these things in the wo...
Posted by Zili Misik on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 02:41:00 PST

Holiday Cheer!

Some people think it's cool to say Merry Christmas to everybody, but what if you don't celebrate Christmas! So, I say HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE! (pick a holiday ...any holiday)Merry/Happy (insert hol...
Posted by Zili Misik on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 12:45:00 PST

WE'RE A SONICBIDS SPOTLIGHT ARTIST!!

Zili Misik has been chosen to bea SONICBIDS SPOTLIGHT ARTISTstarting the week of July 16, 2007!!You can go to the homepage of www.sonicbids.comby following the link belowwww.sonicbids.comTHANKS!...
Posted by Zili Misik on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 09:06:00 PST

METRO PRESS!

MYSTICAL MISIKZili find that rare spiritual groovePROFILE. Boston METRO PAT HEALY [email protected] 20-22, 2007When people speak of their music as a "feel" thing, it usually sounds so pretentiou...
Posted by Zili Misik on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 09:20:00 PST

Boston Bulletin!!! 4/19/07

Peter Van Delft 19.APR.07Zili Misik is a band on a mission.Formed seven years ago by two of the group's current members, the band has traveled long roads and played in many places along the way, bring...
Posted by Zili Misik on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 05:42:00 PST

BERKLEE'S BATTLE OF THE ALL-FEMALE BANDS -- THANKS TO ALL WHO CAME AND VOTED!!

Zili made it to the final round of competition!!Thanks to all who came to Berklee last night! We had a great time ANDit was an amazing thing to hear the variety of music and to be amongsuch talented ...
Posted by Zili Misik on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 08:31:00 PST

MORE press!!!

Deep roots give Zili Misiks music strengthBrigit BrownThe dynamic Zili Misik is an eclectic seven-piece all-female ensemble performing a tapestry of African-descended music forms rooted in the spiritu...
Posted by Zili Misik on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 09:49:00 PST

WE HAVE PRESS!!!!

Northeast In-TuneCurrent Issue: VOL. 2 - NO. 7 July 15th August 14th, 2006 Women in MusicZili Unsignedhttp://www.ziliroots.comWorld/Urban/R&BBy: Toya Smith I am a big fan of music, ...
Posted by Zili Misik on Sat, 22 Jul 2006 09:50:00 PST