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PERFORMANCE/TOUR: British Flannel-Wearing Wall of Ragged Sound

When it comes to the young British band Fanfarlo, its mostly the trumpet. At the beginning of The Walls Are Coming Down, the groups current single, Leon Beckenham, playing that instrument, steers the song with a countermelody thats somehow both lethargic and triumphant while the singer Simon Balthazar muses on the descent of the would-be exorcist Pellegrino Ernetti. All in all, the horn tells the better tale...

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19:37 on September 23 2009

Fanfarlo & Wildbirds & Peacedrums @ The Bell House - pics

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Ryan Muir Fanfarlo "Collectively, they have a homespun quality, as if still learning how to make do. Three band members played mandolin over the course of the s... more info

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19:56 on September 23 2009

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: British Flannel-Wearing Wall of Ragged Sound

All About Jazz — When it comes to the young British band Fanfarlo, its mostly the trumpet. At the beginning of The Walls Are Coming Down, the groups current single, Leon Beckenham, pla... more info

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