Okan is a Canadian Afro-Cuban jazz group, whose core members are Cuban Canadian musicians Elizabeth Rodriguez and Magdelys Savigne.[1] They are most noted for their 2020 album Espiral, which won the Juno Award for World Music Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2021,[2] and their 2023 album Okantomi, which won the same award at the Juno Awards of 2024.[3]
They were previously nominated in the same category at the Juno Awards of 2020 for their 2019 debut album Sombras.[4]
Rodriguez and Savigne are both former members of Jane Bunnett's band Maqueque, who left that band in 2017 to form Okan.[1] They perform both as a duo, and as leaders of a larger combo featuring session musicians.[1]
Discography
editAlbums
edit- Sombras (2019)
- Espiral (2020)
- Okantomi (2023)
Extended Play
edit- Laberinto (2018)
Singles
edit- Luz (2018)
- Mas Que Nada (2019)
- Yemaya (Ile Ladde) with Rauzzy Ferrer (2022)
- Iglú (2023)
- La Reina Del Norte (2023)
- Okantomi (2023)
- Bailando en tu vibra with Ramon Chicharron (2024)
- + Que 1 Chingx with Boogát (2024)
Appearances
edit- AAA with Phosphore (2021)
- Toadas do Norte with Aline Morales and Anita Graciano (2021)
- Del Horizonte with Boogát (2024)
- Niebla with Ramon Chicharron (2024)
References
edit- ^ a b c Roger Levesque, "Cuban-born Okan explores musical roots in Canada, Cam Neufeld traces Gypsy routes to the Far East". Edmonton Journal, January 16, 2020.
- ^ Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, June 4, 2021.
- ^ "Junos 2024: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 23, 2024.
- ^ Melody Lau, "Alessia Cara and Tory Lanez lead the 2020 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 28, 2019.
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