Mar 29, 2006
A more diverse selection of music this week.
Elizabeth Lohninger - Beneath your surface
Austrian vocalist Elizabeth Lohninger has been causing quite a stir
since moving to New York City in 1994 and teaming up with pianist
Walter Fischbacher to co-found the duo Perfect Roommates.
This collaboration resulted in a CD called Austrian Lied
Good and concerts at American and European Jazz Festivals.
Elizabeth also scores music for film and TV.
With her latest project titled Beneath Your Surface she
returns to her jazz roots, from her own perspective, with lots of
rhythm, passion and complete authenticity.
The CD features Walter Fischbacher on piano, Steve Doyle on bass
and Hari Ganglberger on drums.
Elizabeth
Lohninger
Lame Duck - Chaos Theory
I've had this on my playlist for some time and last week gave the
perfect opportunity to air it - as a part of an audio-comment /
promo tentatively sent to Adam Curry at Daily Source Code. Less
than 3 hours later it was on his show.
A confession - I sent the clip to a few friends and one of them,
Melvin, who works at a college played it, loud, on his desktop PC -
in a room populated by librarians. A few eyebrows were raised
rather a long way!
Lame Duck are a trio based in Espoo, Finland specialising in
high-energy rock songs with a punk attitude. The band formed in
2004 and are having a great time giging - I think their music
should be heard more widely. I hope the credit they got on the DSC
(and Adam's reaction) has done them some good.
www.thelameduck.net
The Woodshedders - Two roads
The Woodshedders, a.k.a The Hot Club of West Virginia, is an
acoustic Hot Club *Gypsy Jazz style quintet consisting of Dwayne
Brooke, Ryan Mayo, Chance McCoy, Stuart Orser, and Fiddlin' Dave
VanDeventer.
They play a mixture of gypsy and american jazz folk songs and
standards, as well as like inspired original songs and
compositions. The Woodshedders deliver up the hot sounds of
Acoustic Gypsy Jazz with verve and enthusiasm.
Their first CD Some Live Tunes is available from their
website at $13 in shipping (but check the price if you're outside
the USA).
www.the
woodshedders.com
The Detonators - Rain, Rain
To my shame this is the first out and out blues track that I've
played on the show in 8 weeks.
The Detonators are comprised of Martin Martin on bass & vocals,
Sean Aumack on guitar, Pat Gustoso on keys and Uncle Louie on
drums.
Based in New Jersey, they keep pretty busy with gigs around the
state. April sees them playing:
7th Gaslight Brewery - South Orange NJ
14th Orange Lantern - Paramus NJ
15th Thirsty Toad - Lodi NJ
21st PJ Ryan's - Jersey City NJ
28th Irish American - Kearny NJ
Their website is well worth a look.
www.thedetonators.org
Wailers and Springsteen at Max's
It was a long time ago but a week to remember. I was the Wailers'
roadie / sound mixer / driver/ etc. at the time and it was the
band's first date in New York.
It was only after the word got out after the first night that the
crowds really started to cram in. That upstairs room was humming.
Well, the electricity supply on the stage was humming, I lost count
of the shocks I got! It was a great week and the roadies all mucked
in together. In fact, one of the Springsteen crew (of two), Mike
Batlin, came out on a few Wailers gigs. It would be good to catch
up with Mike.
www.maxskansascity.com
Buju Banton - No more misty days
Something of a legend, who has not always enjoyed the best of
publicity, Buju Banton is renowned for his gravely vocals and
fusions of traditional roots rock, contemporary R&B and
dancehall DJing.
On this track from his 2000 album Unchained Spirit on
Epitaph he is joined by punk rock compadres Rancid.
www.bujubanton.net
Don't forget the Frappr Map on the main website!
Peter