Photos by Jake Krolick of the 7th Annual BBoy BBQ held June 10th, 2006 in south Philadelphia. “Our continued and sole purpose is to maintain and celebrate the styles and traditions of our community through HIP HOP culture” – POSE2/BBOY-BBQ Founder
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This typical first album smorgasbord makes you give up trying to guess what the next tune will sound like.
Under the blazing sun, Phil Lesh and Friends (Larry Campbell guitar, Barry Sless pedal steel, Joan Osborne vocals, John Molo drums, Greg Osby sax, and Rob Barraco keys) began stretching it out from the first note, with a patient jam that eventually fell into “Truckin’.”
Interpol has been working for the past six months on material it hopes will appear on its third album, according to a post on the band’s infrequently updated Web site. “We did break up — four times — but that’s all behind us now,” the message reads.
As for new songs, the band says, “We’ve got one gem in the works entitled ‘The Heinrich Maneuver.’ And another that was called ‘Pawn Shop.’ But that’s called something else now. Having yet to record, we can only say that [the new album] will come sometime next year.”
While the music may be taking shape, Interpol’s contract status is murky. Its 2004 album, “Antics,” was its last under contract with Matador, and sources say no decision has yet been made on whether a label change is in the cards.
In related news, Interpol drummer Sam Fogarino recently guested on sessions with California band Oslo while the latter was recording in New York.
Source billboard.com.
On September 26, Indirecto Records releases “Out Louder”, the improvisation-fueled date from John Medeski, John Scofield, Billy Martin, & Chris Wood. It is the inaugural release for Medeski Martin & Wood’s Indirecto label. “Out Louder” is jam-packed with irresistible grooves and spontaneous improvisation, music made not above nor below, but rather in some altogether hipper place.
Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood first recorded together on Scofield’s “A Go Go” (Verve 1998), a disc that has become a must-have classic. That project united jazz guitarist Scofield with the eclectic improvisational jazz trio Medeski Martin & Wood on material composed by Scofield and interpreted by all four musicians.
“Out Louder”, however, is a genuine four-way collaboration between Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood. “‘A Go Go'” was John’s record and we were essentially sidemen, where “Out Louder” musically comes from all of us” explains Wood.
Scofield adds that much of the material was composed when the foursome “would play free stuff, listen back, make a song out of it, and then go back with that idea in mind and play free again.”
Recorded in under a week at Shacklyn, MMW’s fabled downtown Brooklyn studio, “Out Louder” reeks of the scruffy, spirited basement in which it was created. There’s the undeniably funky “Little Walter Rides Again,” the free jazz excursions of “Miles Behind,” and the improvisation-rich take on Peter Tosh’s reggae anthem “Legalize It.” This is music not of this world, yet rooted in the earth tones of jazz, funk, and blues. Music from the heart, for the mind, and made to shake the earth, not to mention the body.
And there is more to come, as Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood embark on their first-ever tour (dates to come), showcasing their collaborative, instinctive sound. Look for them to perform music from “Out Louder” and “A Go Go, with several yet-to-be-released tunes poised to be thrown into the mix.
Syd Barrett, who founded Pink Floyd but later lived as a recluse, has died at the age of 60, according to a spokeswoman for the band.
A spokeswoman for Pink Floyd told the Press Association: “He died very peacefully a couple of days ago. There will be a private family funeral.”
The singer and guitarist, born Roger Keith Barrett, wrote many of the early hits for the avant-garde rock band, including the 1967 album “The Piper at the Gates of Dawn” and the band’s first hit singles, “Arnold Layne” and “See Emily Play.”
His behavior became erratic, though, and he left the band in 1968. He was replaced by David Gilmour, who had joined the band as its fifth member earlier that year.
Barrett also put out two noted solo albums, “The Madcap Laughs” and “Barrett,” both in 1970.
In 1975, during the recording of Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here” album, Barrett showed up unannounced at the studio — ironically, during the recording of “Shine On You Crazy Diamond,” a song about him. He had become overweight and shaved his eyebrows; the other members didn’t recognize him at first.
Much of British psychedelic music was influenced by Barrett, and a number of musicians have credited him, according to Allmusic.com.
Barrett had since lived in anonymity in the eastern English city of Cambridge.
The spokeswoman said a low-key, private funeral would be held. She did not disclose the cause of death.
Source CNN.com.
