Kobo Town
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Derek Thorne
Cesco Emmanuel
Robert Milicevic
Linsey Wellman
Don Stewart
Jan Morgan
PK Giunta
Terence Woode
Kobo Town | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Caribbean music |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Members | Drew Gonsalves Derek Thorne Cesco Emmanuel Robert Milicevic Linsey Wellman Don Stewart Jan Morgan PK Giunta Terence Woode |
Kobo Town is a Juno-winning Canadian Caribbean music group, led by Trinidadian Canadian singer and songwriter Drew Gonsalves.[1] Based in Toronto, Ontario, the band blends calypso music with a diverse mix of Caribbean and other musical influences, including ska, reggae, dub, rapso, zouk, and hip hop.[2]
Other band members include percussionist Derek Thorne, guitarists Cesco Emmanuel and Patrick Giunta, drummer Robert Milicevic, saxophone and flute player Linsey Wellman, bassist Don Stewart, trombonist Terence Woode, and trumpeter Jan Morgan.[2]
Gonsalves was born and raised in Diego Martin, Trinidad and Tobago to a Trinidadian father and a Québécois mother.[3] When he was 13, his parents' marriage ended and his mother left and returned to Canada with her children, settling in Ottawa, Ontario.[3] As a teenager, Gonsalves turned to music and poetry as a way to deal with his sense of dislocation and exile.[2] He later studied history and political science at Carleton University before moving to Toronto in the early 2000s and forming the band in 2004.[2]
Since its founding, the group has toured extensively throughout Europe and North America, and have appeared at festivals in the Caribbean, Asia, and Latin America.
