Lalah Hataway’s vocal performance is simply astonishing and the sense of wonder among the audience and musicians is palpable as the song progresses towards her extraordinary chord singing at the end of the song: a true spine-tingling moment beautifully captured live. R&B singer Lalah Hataway also contributed to the Snarky Puppy project and her song “Something” is the 2014 Grammy winner for Best R&B Performance. The first one is the title track of her album and the other one is the wonderful “Ase Me Na Bo” (in Greek) as a bonus track on the DVD.

On Family Dinner – Volume 1, she sings two songs with Snarky Puppy as the backing band. A multi-talented artist whose music evokes “the golden age of Brazilian bossa, the best of cinematic arranging, and the lush chic of vintage French pop”, Magda Giannikou plays the piano and the accordion and sings every song of her album in French.

Magda Giannikou is a Greek born and New-York based composer, musician and singer who released her début album Amour t’es là? with her own group Banda Magda in June 2013 last. With a small live audience on stage, the CD/DVD Family Dinner – Volume 1 was filmed in March 2013 at the Jefferson Center in Roanoke (VA) and features vocal contributions from Lalah Hathaway, N’Dambi, Lucy Woodward, Chantae Cann, Malika Tirolien, Magda Giannikou, Shayna Steele and Tony Scherr. What really transpires from every Snarky Puppy video clip is the musicians’ sheer pleasure and enjoyment of playing music in front of an appreciative audience whose reaction stimulates and enhances the performance. After enjoying a word of mouth success in the US, the band started getting invitations to England and mainland Europe, quickly selling out shows across the UK, Germany, France, the Netherlands and Belgium. Snarky Puppy – Family Dinner – Volume I (2013)Īs well as a music collective, Snarky Puppy is also strongly dedicated to music education and community outreach, holding workshops and masterclasses at the various festivals they have attended in the United States and Europe over the years.

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