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72 Hours: Le Butcherettes and Devotchka among the weekend's top gigs

4787 days ago

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — 72 Hours apologizes for missing its deadline. Friday Medeski Martin and Wood @ the El Rey. Now heading into their 20th year, the category-busting jazz trio of keyboardist John Medeski, drummer Billy Martin and bassist Chris Wood show no sign... more info

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EVENT: Camp MMW 2011

4906 days ago

All About Jazz — FOURTH ANNUAL PRIMO GATHERING FOR MUSICIANS ANNOUNCED Medeski Martin and Wood have announced Camp MMW 2011. The fourth annual Camp MMW will take place July 31—August 5, 2011 at the Full Moon Resort in Big Indian, NY. All types of musicians, ages... more info

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Jimi Hendrix experience at Handel museum

4986 days ago

Guardian Music — The Handel House Museum is marking 40 years since the death of Jimi Hendrix, the composer's neighbour separated by timeNot only is it a smart address – Brook Street, Mayfair – but for Jimi Hendrix it was extremely convenient for the cat-about-tow... more info

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Andy Cutting: Andy Cutting | CD review

5007 days ago

Guardian Music — (Lane Records)Andy Cutting is one of the great British exponents of the button accordion, and a musician who seems to have played with everyone on the British folk scene. After all, he worked in a duo with singer-songwriter Chris Wood, spent time wit... more info

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FESTIVAL/CRUISE: Medeski, Martin and Wood to Headline the Scranton Jazz Fest

5015 days ago

All About Jazz — The trio of keyboard/organ/pianist John Medeski, drummer/percussionist Billy Martin, and bassist Chris Wood formed in a neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, known as D.U.M.B.O. (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) in 1991. By 1995, Medeski Marti... more info

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The Imagined Village | Folk review

5190 days ago

Guardian Music — Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonThe Imagined Village have become a lot better by becoming more Âconventional. When they started out, playing in a large tent in the mudbath that was ÂWomad 2007, they were Âalmost Âfrantically Âexperimental ... more info

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The Imagined Village: Empire and Love | CD review

5215 days ago

Guardian Music — (ECC/Proper)When they first appeared at Womad, back in the summer of 2007, the Imagined Village sounded well-intentioned but in need of serious rehearsal. The idea was intriguing - to rework folk songs with global influences and electronica to reflec... more info

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New Orbit To Leslie – The World Was Saved With Chocolate Cake [album]

5217 days ago

Pasta Primavera — Philadelphia’s Orbit To Leslie, the side project of Chris Wood (of Downtown Harvest – who I just posted on a few days ago), has taken a more serious turn with the release of their debut album The World Was Saved With Chocolate Cake (out via Obvio... more info

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Quick Hits: Downtown Harvest

5219 days ago

Pasta Primavera — I’ve just started getting into Philadelphia’s Downtown Harvest (their drummer is Chris Wood of Orbit To Leslie – a fave of mine – more on them soon). Â They have a new album Discovering Dinosaurs due out on Valentine’s Day. Â This album... more info

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Chris Wood | Folk review

5247 days ago

Guardian Music — Union Chapel, LondonChris Wood is an intriguing blend of the witty and easy-going, and the quietly passionate, angry and emotional. He is also the finest and most original singer-songwriter to have emerged from the British folk scene since Richard Th... more info

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