Toubab Krewe is an American instrumental band which fuses the music of Mali with American musical styles. The group’s instrumentation includes kora, kamelengoni, soku, two electric guitars, electric bass guitar, drum set, and African percussion.

How many artists have been praised a “punk rock provocateur,” “jazz  vibraphone visionary,” and “percussion virtuoso” in the same sentence? There’s only one: Mike Dillon. Whether through his affiliation with artists like Les Claypool, Primus, Rickie Lee Jones, Dean Ween Group and Ani Difranco, and collaborations such as Nolatet, Garage a Trois, The Dead Kenny G’s, Critters Buggin or bands he has led, including Mike Dillon Band, Mike Dillon’s New Orleans Punk Rock Percussion Consortium, Billy Goat and Hairy Apes BMX, the Texas-native has set his own standard for 25 years now.