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The Globe & Mail, CD Review >>
They come from a place mere kilometres from New Jersiberia, a tiny country within the continent some know as “Manhattan.” It's TriBeCaStan, where instruments from dozens of cultures gather to play “folklordelicjazzgrass.” A joke? It would be, if the musical inhabitants didn't play as well as they do. John Kruth (known for “banshee mandolin” with the Meat Puppets and Violent Femmes) and multi (obscure) instrumentalist Jeff Greene create a new kind of urban folk music. A place where a Sonny Sharrock tune features conch shell (Steve Turre) and musical saw-like vocals (Jolie Holland) among other oddly pleasing music. Most of the tunes skitter and sway, instrumental arms akimbo, making it easy to visualize the group parading through TriBeCaStan (as they did when the band was conceived on World Jug Band Day). But even in its recorded incarnation it's well worth visiting this country, with its sketchy borders.
-- Li Robbins 07/27/09 >> go there
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