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Hazmat Modine
"Bahamut"
How to describe a band like the New York City-based Hazmat Modme? It's an ensem ble that meets American music at Ellis Island. This ain't your normal roots band. The core group consists of two diatonic harmonica players, two blues/Latin acoustic guitar ists, a drummer and a trumpet er, with the bottom handled by the funkiest tuba guy this side of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band.
The group kicks off its hour- plus international debut with rock-steady Caribbean rhythms. The disc presents many genres. The band waltzes and shuffles through klezmer, gypsy, jug- band, '20s/'30s jazz and pop, vin tage soul and Dixieland.
The harps act as a sweet, swinging horn section, while the twin guitarists pick out rural blues, African and country riffs. It sounds as if the Squirrel Nut Zippers joined a traveling East ern European brass band.
Whatever Hazmat Modine creates, it's fun and toe-tappin' while celebrating American music at its African, European and Latin roots.
Tracks to download: "Yesterday Morning," "Broke My Baby's Heart," "It Calls Me"
- Eric Feber, The Pilot 10/20/06
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