jpt

Jelly’s Pierced Tattoo uses guitar, bass, djembe & conga to make original funkternative music, which melds funk, alternative & world beat with the influence of rap, and thick soul. The driving Afro-Cuban rhythms and the passionate voices define JPT’s energetic sound. Although the instruments are acoustic, the performances are pure electricity. The djembé and conga weren’t originally designed to be just side instruments used for accent, they are drums; and in the context of JPT, they a...

Jelly’s Pierced Tattoo uses guitar, bass, djembe & conga to make original funkternative music, which melds funk, alternative & world beat with the influence of rap, and thick soul. The driving Afro-Cuban rhythms and the passionate voices define JPT’s energetic sound. Although the instruments are acoustic, the performances are pure electricity. The djembé and conga weren’t originally designed to be just side instruments used for accent, they are drums; and in the context of JPT, they are played that way. Cross-country touring and the internet have gathered praise from around the globe. 'Take a little time to funck our french ears...' says Alexis Mougin of France. And closer to home, Jason Kriveloff of the Cleveland FreeTimes says, '...a sort of George Clinton meets Joan Baez affair...groove oriented acoustic rock with a social consciousness.