Banks & Steelz On Collaborations & Sound Influence

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Banks & Steelz On Collaborations, Sound Influence & Genre

Paul Banks and Bobby Steelz (aka RZA) of Banks & Steelz talked with the Recording Academy backstage at the 2016 Austin City Limits festival and shared insights into their collaborative process, how their sound changes when writing and recording on either the East or the West coast, and how they continue to evolve by joining together elements of hip-hop and alternative rock.

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