tis Taylor: ‘Trance Blues’ in Concert
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tis Taylor: ‘Trance Blues’ in Concert
NPR – Sep 22, 2007
WBG September 22 2007 – At the 50th annual Monterey Jazz Festival tis Taylor will perform what he calls “trance blues” — a blues sound drenched in Appalachian country music and moody psychedelic rock. He discovered blues and folk music early on through Denver’s Folklore Center where he first heard Mississippi John Hurt. By his mid-teens Taylor was already playing guitar and harmonica in his own groups the Butterscotch Fire Department Blues Band and later the tis Taylor Blues Band. Taylor returned to music in 1995 with albums reminiscent of John Lee Hooker’s work albeit with a more minimalist bent. But it wasn’t until 2001 when Taylor started to play “trance blues” that people really took notice.
Music Box: Blues virtuoso Robben Ford plays weekend of shows
highbeam.com – Sep 22, 2007
find Maryland Gazette articles. As the summer fades and leaves begin to fall the live musiccalendar is really picking up. To start with the amazing b.
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New York Times – Sep 22, 2007
css); Finntroll – Music – Review – New York Times. King Blues Club & Grill was invaded by trolls. The occasion was a concert by Finntroll a folk-metal band from Finland that is obsessed with all things trollish… The members’ real innovation is their embrace of a Finnish polkalike genre called humppa which sounds well like it sounds more or less. It’s a rhythm that easily transcends language barriers and on Thursday night whenever a galloping riff gave way to that exuberant rhythm hump-pa hump-pa hump-pa there was a roar from the crowd. This is music that goes well with a tankard of Bud Light. (Available for $7 tankard not included. )There was something odd about seeing this band play for a relatively small well-behaved audience. (The endlessly entertaining video for “Trollhammaren” much viewed on YouTube shows the band members carousing and feasting in their native environment. ) But Vreth did his best to keep the energy high asking “Are you ready to mosh-pit?” In response a pair of bouncers assumed positions on the dance floor ready to enforce the club’s longstanding rule against turning nouns into verbs.
Goin’ Home – Fats Domino Tribute Album – Music – New York Times
New York Times – Sep 22, 2007
Besides that it was Fats Domino and these days that’s more than reason enough. Domino 79 made many of the rhythm-and-blues hits that laid the groundwork for rock ‘n’ roll. He’s also something of a recluse and a perfectionist known to cancel appearances without warning or cause. Yet he is still a presence in the city he has always called home. “For lack of a better way of putting it” Irma Thomas known as the Soul Queen of New rleans said recently “he’s a living walking legend among us in New rleans.
Akron/Family melds its influences in fiercely original show
Columbus Dispatch – Sep 22, 2007
Taking them chronologically:The spirit of the Grateful Dead was echoed at more than a few points last night though thegroup might shudder at the possible mistaken association with the jam- band culture new and old. ne song ended with a raving reading of the blues standard Turn n Your Lovelight a centerpiece of the Dead?s early sets. Another tune echoed 1960s San Francisco?s Quicksilver Messenger Service while still anotherseemed to explore that band?s influence on the 1980?s group Television. Folk blues (theButterfield Blues Band was conjured at times) the great American songbook even a smidgeon ofmodern classical worked into the mix… ne song ended with a raving reading of the blues standard Turn n Your Lovelight a centerpiece of the Dead?s early sets. Another tune echoed 1960s San Francisco?s Quicksilver Messenger Service while still anotherseemed to explore that band?s influence on the 1980?s group Television. Folk blues (theButterfield Blues Band was conjured at times) the great American songbook even a smidgeon ofmodern classical worked into the mix. The spaced-out delicacy of the quieter sections in last night?s songs sounded as much like therecent freak folk of Davendra Banhart as 1960s inspirations the Incredible String Band.
Home family help inspire Lyle Lovett’s music
Hindu – Sep 22, 2007
“I was able to buy it back from the investment group that bought it. I’ve put most of it back together and for me that’s been my greatest accomplishment. ” In many ways Lovett’s music is an extension of his home and his family. n the new album “It’s Not Big It’s Large” he sings in “South Texas Girl” of cruising the back roads with his parents in a ‘58 Fairlane: “But now looking back it seems like it was everything singing with Mom just so we could hear ourselves sing. ” Like most of his work the album _ which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard country chart the best showing of his career _ is an amalgamation of country folk rock gospel jazz and blues. The title “It’s Not Big It’s Large” is a nod to his 17-piece Large Band and their flirtations with big band jazz… n the new album “It’s Not Big It’s Large” he sings in “South Texas Girl” of cruising the back roads with his parents in a ‘58 Fairlane: “But now looking back it seems like it was everything singing with Mom just so we could hear ourselves sing. ” Like most of his work the album _ which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard country chart the best showing of his career _ is an amalgamation of country folk rock gospel jazz and blues. The title “It’s Not Big It’s Large” is a nod to his 17-piece Large Band and their flirtations with big band jazz. “Writing songs is part of my daily life and really a reaction to my day-to-day life” Lovett says. “For me writing is just an exercise in trying to figure everything out. ” His tunes are often playful eclectic and subtle.
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