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Posted on February 11, 2010 - by John Ellingwood

Redwing Blackbird gonna play some songs…

Amid the daily howl of audio distortion, mental confusion and fuzzy guitar jams it’s amazingly refreshing to hear beautiful music which invites you to pause for a moment and remember what it feels like to be human. Eric Gagne, Austin Wright, Christine Hayward and Jeffrey Murphy offer just this invitation in Redwing Blackbird’s sophomore album titled That River Skinned A Bear. (more…)

Posted on January 26, 2010 - by John Ellingwood

Skinning Bears With Redwing Blackbird

The Sumner Night Chapel in Keene New Hampshire was packed to the point of standing room only with the faithful, on Saturday 1/16/10, for the release of NH based Redwing Blackbird’s new album, That River Skinned A Bear.  Joining them, with an amazing story, was veteran yarn weaver Sherwin Sleeves and a performance by the fantastic Vermont based folk duo Red Hart The Ticker. A solo performance by banjo and guitar wielding wonder Sam Amidon rounded out the evening. (more…)

Posted on January 7, 2010 - by John Ellingwood

Bordello in NYC

Opening with Marianni, the outrageously talented and even more beautiful Brazilian influenced pop musician and closing with a surprise visit from Gibby Haynes of the notoriously raucous Butthole Surfers, preforming Goofy’s Concern with Eugene Hütz, Gogol Bordello’s December 27th show at the NYC venue Webster Hall was a fist pumping affair baptized in red wine and sweat. (more…)

Posted on October 27, 2009 - by John Ellingwood

Control of the Circulatory System

The Circulatory  System, members of the massive Elephant 6 Collective, and comprised primarily of members of the now defunct Olivia Tremor Control, are a modern psychedelic/experimental/pop group out of Athens, Georgia. (more…)

Posted on October 22, 2009 - by John Ellingwood

Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike

The NYC Band, Gogol Bordello, consisting of nearly a dozen members hailing from places ranging from The Ukraine, Ethiopia, Japan, Israel and USA, offers more then just a earful.  It’s a full immersion experience taking your ears places you never imagined they’d go. (more…)