June 2013
10 posts
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50 Bands in 50 Weeks: Week 23, Trampled by Turtles
Some more pickin’ and a strummin’
“I think the beauty of what’s going on here is that the hard part is over. I think we all have the universal feeling that we will never find a playing situation that will be anything like this, even close to as satisfactory. And the beautiful thing is that when we came together it was a musical attraction. We’re five very different guys in the band, but there’s just such camaraderie, and that, above all else, is the thing that makes the music.”
—Chris Pandolfi, banjo player for The Infamous Stringdusters, on the formation of the band.
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50 Bands in 50 Weeks: Week 22, The Infamous Stringdusters
More bluegrass you say?
You got it.
May 2013
25 posts
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No BS! Brass Band is a powerful brass band that embraces the spirit of New Orleans into its original East Coast modern funk. Their danceable arrangements are outstandingly well thought-out and organized, drawing inspiration from funk, jazz, klezmer, calypso, and Led Zeppelin. Nearly every member has had conservatory training, holding various Bachelors and Masters degrees in music. Based in Richmond, Virginia, this band has quickly earned a reputation as a premiere band to see for an evening of heart-pounding energy and uncontrollable dancing.
For more on the No BS! Brass Band, check out their website here.
50 Bands in 50 Days: Week 21, No BS! Brass Band
10 pieces. 1 band. All the awesome.
“We’re among many bands that have carried on traditions that have come before us and given it our own energy from what we grew up with. I didn’t grow up really listening to bluegrass. I didn’t grow up playing it. I grew up playing heavy metal, and hard rock, and listening to Nirvana. And then in high school, Ketch started playing the banjo, and I started listening to the blues. It’s a real organic thing that happens. This music allows for new energy to be infused into it.”
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Chris Critter Fuqua
banjo, resonator guitar, guitar, accordion, vocals
