Bondeko

Bondeko is the unlikely collaboration of neighbors in Portland, Maine’s migrant community: an Albanian crooner, a Guinian drummer, a French singer-songwriter and a Latin musician from Texas.

The result is a mix of hypnotic Roma melodies, festive Cumbia rhythms, Malenke anthems, relentless Balkan tempos, peppered with heart-warming waltzes and maybe even a lullaby in Portunhol if the vibe is right.

Each perfomance is a celebration of the joy of working across cultures with bandmates we may not even share a language in common with.

And the night is never complete without some audience participation! You can expect to leave having learned a couple of words in Albanian, Malenke, or Italian by joining us in ou up-beat sing-alongs!

Bondeko is proudly from Portland, Maine, proudly international and proudly multigenerational!