Join us at New City Brewery after the show to keep the party going. After playing Friday's opening night Millpond Live show outside, Mtali Shaka Banda plays at New City Brewery in Eastworks right nextdoor for an indoor jam. No cover!

With musical versatility that has brought him all over the world, Mtali Banda embraces jazz and soul music as a means for social change. The saxophonist brings his energetic ensemble ready to perform music from their latest album Rites of Passage with its blend of Hip Hop, Jazz, and Soul music. Currently based in Massachusetts, Mtali Banda grew up in the midwest and south. The son of a Malawian refugee father and an African-American mother, all the sounds he was exposed to can now be heard in his music. He has shared the stage with Sonia Sanchez, Talib Kweli, The Soul Rebels, Anik Khan, and The.Wav. He toured as the saxophonist for the Jeremy Turgeon Quintet, and was the composer and saxophonist for Mixed-Race Mixtape—a hip-hop theater piece which toured nationally. His musical versatility has brought him all around the world. Just this past year he recorded in Southern Africa and performed with several well-known African artists, including Faith Musa and LAWI. As a first generation Malawian-American, he is a part of the growing Southern African music scene that has embraced jazz and soul music as a means for social change.