Fran Palermo Concert

Fran Palermo was formed by the Caribbean multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter Henri Gonzo at a very young age in late 2012 in Budapest. The band’s music and style are characterized by different genres, such as indie, rock and roll, afro pop guitar sounds and Mediterranean vibes. The specialty of this vagabond band comes not only from their unique and original soundscape, but from the diverse origin of the members. They have a vivid inherited cultural background such as Cuban, Spanish, Greek and Hungarian. By now Fran Palermo has become one of Budapest’s main underground concert bands. Not only their fanbase is amazed by their fresh, incomparable tropical jungle-rock – they also took part in a national talent show where they received the highest votes from the jury; the band was chosen as the “Discovery of the Year” in 2015 at the Petőfi Music Awards and a year later they received a nomination as the “Best Hungarian Live Act”.

They’ve released several EPs and three albums (all of them made it to almost every Hungarian album toplists). The latest one is called Crocodile Juice Bar, which was partly recorded in the legendary Toe Rag Studios in London with the guide of the Grammy Award-winning producer Liam Watson, who has worked with acts like Jack White, Tame Impala, Metronomy, Wolf Alice or Temples. With this album they won the most important Hungarian award called Fonogram in the “best indie/alternative track or album” category.