La Chango Family

World music band based in Montreal, Quebec, that plays a mixture of reggae, ska, funk, and other genres of music. Chango means "monkey" in Africa. Founded in 2000 by Lundo Chango (vocals, guitar), Maruchka Chango (dance and percussions), Claudanie Poirier (dance, song and sound effects), Valérie Cormier (keyboards, accordion), Sébastien Jean (trumpet), Jean-françois Thibault (trombone), Gabriel Lajoie (bass), Léo Piché (percussions), Anit Ghosh (violin, mandolin) and Sylvain Plante (drums) but has played in many different configurations since then and with over 40 musicians since its creation. Their sound went from its reggae/gypsy hippyish roots, to the more big band sounds and finally returned to the composers punk roots and a much heavier guitar laden sound.