Swanky Kitchen Band is on an essential quest to revive the traditional music of the Cayman Islands. Set amidst the crystal blue waters of the Caribbean Sea, the three tiny islands are home to Kitchen Dance Music, an infectiously danceable fiddle-driven style. The Kitchen Dance sound, created through a crossroads of European and African influences, nearly disappeared save for the efforts of Swanky Kitchen Band, the last of the Caymanian Kitchen Bands. The heart of Kitchen Dance music is the driving sound of the fiddle surrounded by a rhythmic groove created by drums, a grater, and a guitar or other stringed instruments. Swanky Kitchen Band has added a modern twist on Caymanian heritage by blending these essential traditional elements with more contemporary instruments to create a 10-piece powerhouse dance band. The band includes, fiddler/songwriter, Samuel Rose; Nicholas Johnson on rhythm guitar; Paula Scott- grater/percussion; Lammie Seymour, bass; Kay K. Alese, vocalist/songwriter; Devon Edie on saxophone and harmonica; vocalist Jeffrey Wilson; lead guitarist- Christopher Seymour; drummer- Jared Tibbetts; and keyboardist/vocalist Beneil Miller. Together, Swanky is bringing Caymanian music to the global music tradewinds to share an important message with the world; that the music of the Cayman Islands is powerful, fun, and necessary.