The many levels contained within Toubab Krewe’s self-titled album, surround and reward the ear upon multiple listens. The polyrhythmic spider webs entangle; meshing scurrying string romps with the pulsing of low end, the result is sense of community formed with the musical world as a whole, and a great rookie release from the Krewe.
Pedal steel guitarist Robert Randolph has drawn up an eclectic guest list for the follow-up to 2003’s Unclassified, due in April. Eric Clapton is confirmed, while the list of hopefuls ranges from Lauryn Hill and Maroon 5 to the Roots and Gretchen Wilson.
“It’s like making a pot of spaghetti,” says Randolph. “A lot of different spices make up that sauce.”
Currently recording his sophomore effort in Nashville with gospel producers Tommy Sims and Pete Kipley, Randolph will eventually head to Toronto to cut tracks with Daniel Lanois (U2, Bob Dylan) before finally hitting Los Angeles for sessions with Dave Matthews Band producer Mark Batson.
Randolph, who recently contributed to Santana’s latest album, All That I Am, also has a handful of live dates scheduled for the remainder of 2005: from December 28th in Kingston, New York, through New Year’s Eve in Washington, D.C. He’s also set to play the Langerado Music Festival in Fort Lauderdale, Flordia, in March, on a bill that includes the Black Crowes, the Flaming Lips and Wilco.
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Stepping forward from their all instrumental debut Maximalist, Burlington, Vermont
The final nominations list for the 48th Annual GRAMMY
New York’s legendary music venue CBGB will remain at its current East Village location for one more year after reaching an agreement with its landlords on Wednesday. The punk rock club — known for launching the careers of the Ramones, Blondie, the Talking Heads and others — had been fighting eviction by the Bowery Residents’ Committee, the club’s landlord, which refused to renew CBGB’s lease on August 31st after a series of disputes over back rent.
The agreement calls for CBGB to close its doors on the Bowery by October 31, 2006, giving Kristal time to look for other possible sites in downtown New York, Times Square, and even Las Vegas.
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As posted on Trey Anastasio’s website, Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann will be performing with Trey Anastasio and Mike Gordon at Warren Haynes’ 17th Annual Christmas Jam. This will be the second recent appearance for Anastasio and Kreutzmann, as the Dead’s longtime drummer sat in with Anastasio’s band 70 Volt Parade last Friday night in San Francisco for versions of “Iko Iko,” “Going Down The Road Feeling Bad,” “Eyes of the World” and “Casey Jones.”
For those of you out there that got subjected to listening to oldies radio on those long car rides with your parents, all the songs here will take to back to those days fighting with your brother and sister in the back seat, and they will be as familiar as the artists covering them.
Indie pop-rockers Tegan & Sara are set to release their first full length DVD, entitled It
Exasperating for the unassuming, Year of Meteors is twelve tracks of hypothesis and theories for those who are willing to reach the gratifying conclusion, you can judge a record by its cover: beautiful, lingering, and peculiar.
JFJO enters an area that they previously let lay untouched. They stray away from their wild unruly live performances and move to a cohesion and maturity as a band. They bring highs to jazz that are virtually unheard of today while continuing to weave together solid song basses. The Sameness of Difference is filled with obvious stand outs.
