Micah Shalom & The Babylonians
Kevin Batchelor with Micah Shalom
The Grove @ Southpark Meadows
9600 S I 35
Austin, TX 78748
Oct 19, 2019
7:00 PM CDT
I Was There
Leave a Review
About this concert
Ska people get ready Kevin Batchelor of the New York Ska Jazz Ensemble will be coming to town, backed by none other than the Micah Shalom crew!
Find a place to stay
Event Lineup
Easily follow all your favorite artists by syncing your music
Sync Music
Share Event
Micah Shalom & The Babylonians Biography
Micah Shalom has shared the stage with many international artists as a horn player, performing both trumpet and valve trombone and vocals, including Spiritual, General Smiley, I-Taweh, The Skatalites, Apple Gabriel (Israel Vibration), Calton Coffie (Inner Circle), Mikey Dread (Dread At The Controls), Lynval Golding (The Specials) and Sister Nancy. Starting in Gainesville FL in 2007, Micah Shalom formed a band of ska, reggae, and world musicians to play his brand of original and cover music from these genres. The Micah Shalom crew now resides in Austin TX with a cast of diverse musical backgrounds from Latin to Ska to Afrobeat to Reggae. Backing artists such as Cedric IM Brooks and Kevin Batchelor of The Skatalites, and Grammy Award Winner Calton Coffie of Inner Circle, The Micah Shalom crew cut their teeth learning to play Jamaican reggae and ska, traveling with Calton Coffie to perform in Jamaica and playing a number of shows in the US with Cedric IM Brooks and Kevin Batchelor.
Members of the Babylonians play in many Austin bands including Shiny Ribs, Golden Dawn Arkestra, Superfonicos, Don Chani, Lion Heights, Mau Mau Chaplains, Atlas Maior and more. Micah Shalom also appears on stage with many additional projects on horns and vocals including Cilantro Boombox, Don Chani, Macaxeira Funk, Mau Mau Chaplains, Lakandon, Island Rose and The Vibrashens, Hector Ward and The Big Time, The Bandulus, Night Doctor, The Austin Reggae N’ Dub Allstars, Umoja Orchestra, Ekobios, and many more.
Read MoreMembers of the Babylonians play in many Austin bands including Shiny Ribs, Golden Dawn Arkestra, Superfonicos, Don Chani, Lion Heights, Mau Mau Chaplains, Atlas Maior and more. Micah Shalom also appears on stage with many additional projects on horns and vocals including Cilantro Boombox, Don Chani, Macaxeira Funk, Mau Mau Chaplains, Lakandon, Island Rose and The Vibrashens, Hector Ward and The Big Time, The Bandulus, Night Doctor, The Austin Reggae N’ Dub Allstars, Umoja Orchestra, Ekobios, and many more.
Follow artist