On Friday, February 28, Tarriona ‘Tank’ Ball will perform her spoken word show ‘The Heart, The Mind, The Soul’ in the Zonnehuis in Amsterdam. Please note: this is not a regular Tank and the Bangas concert. Tank will perform both music and poetry this evening, accompanied by band leader and musician Norman Spence. Tarriona ‘Tank’ Ball is an American singer and spoken word artist from New Orleans, best known as the frontwoman of Tank and The Bangas.
Her music passionately mixes hip-hop, jazz and R&B into a unique whole. In her lyrics she often addresses social themes, both in her singing and in her spoken and written word. In 2021, she released her first collection of poems, titled Vulnerable AF, in which she explores themes of infatuation, love and heartache. Tank and The Bangas won the 2017 NPR Tiny Desk Contest and were nominated for a Grammy in the Best New Artist category in 2020.
