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There are 2 bands/groups by the name of Jaggery. One is a Boston-based art-rock band and the other is a ska band from Delft, The Netherlands.
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Jaggery is an experimental art-rock collective who work the dark edge of a genre-defying musical style (darkwave jazz?). Fronted by Boston-based singer/songstress Singer Mali ~ whose training in the expressive arts discipline Voice Movement Therapy is evident in her global-sized voice ~ the band suggests a classical, organic, avant-jazz-oriented Cocteau Twins or a “white witch” counter to the haunting Diamanda Galas. Mali’s voice can be an Enya-esque leaf floating in the breeze, and then become a Grace Slick-like Earth-shaking, Everest-sized volcano. She is flanked by a rotating lineup of musicians and instrumentation including Daniel Schubmehl’s West African and jazz approach to the drum kit, Tony Leva’s funky upright bass, Rachel Jayson’s deft and classical viola, and Petaluma Vale’s glistening Celtic harp and backing vocals. This “exotic musical mobile” evokes what Alice Coltrane’s “Journey in Satchidananda” might sound like with Bjork singing over the top of it. The band’s repertoire bridges the delicate and explosive ~ from haunting lullabies to furious, mixed-meter rants; tightly-woven compositions in odd time signatures to catharsis-inducing, barn-burning mini-epics (oft-times within the same song). Jaggery (the word comes from the dark brown, Indian sugar) has toured across the east coast, and has released two recordings: the 2004 in lethe ep, and the 2006 full-length polyhymnia; the band is currently working on their third offering. Their first music video (‘O Scorpio) won their director “Most Promising New England Filmmaker 2009” at the Boston Underground Film Festival.

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Jaggery is a ska band consisting of seven enthusiastic musicians (m / f). Jaggery started playing covers to get used to each other and the set list steady grew. In the first instance the rehearsals were in different places until Jaggery got the opportunity to rehearse on the Monday evening in the Bacinol building in Delft. Jaggery now had its first gigs, and is working hard on their own ska repertoire.

Source: MySpace (translated).

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