![]() ![]() In the five years since the release of their last jazz fusion CD, Lao Tizer Band has expanded its sound, band roster and presentation. Following the release of Nile’s recording debut in 1980, Pete Townshend invited him to open shows during the second leg of The Who’s North American tour.Īt SummerSounds, expect the New York singer-songwriter to sing about watching “grown men cry making out their wills on the day the world stood still.” And don’t take it personally when he wails, “Wake up America, red white and blue, you used to be great, what happened to. His rustbelt rock ‘n’ roll is served with a shot and a beer, and as much as he spanks New Yorkers for letting themselves down, Nile is the biggest booster of the city that never sleeps since Sinatra.Ĭutting his teeth in Greenwich Village clubs CBGB’s and Kenny’s Castaways, Nile and his band built a reputation for high-voltage performances of streetwise rock songs that resonated with blue collar workers of the late 1970s. Somewhere between Bruce Springsteen’s Jersey shore and Joe Greshecky’s Three Rivers, Willie Nile stakes his claim from the Hudson River to Long Beach. Official Website / Video1 / Video2 / Video 3 This year’s tour stops at the Rochester International Jazz Festival, FitzGerald’s American Music Festival and Greensburg’s SummerSounds. On the road, Victoria Victoria includes a full band bearing spectacular backing vocals. Played by Hunter, Elliott’s songs drift between indie pop, contemporary acoustic and jazzy cabaret. Hunter’s solo projects spotlight his work on homemade acoustic seven- and eight-string guitars simultaneously playing melodies, chord progressions and bass lines.Įlliott and Hunter teamed up on Victoria Victoria’s third release To the Wayside. He took guitar lessons from Joe Satriani and as an adult played guitar and organ with Michael Franti's political rap group The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, which toured with U2 in 1992. Guitarist, producer, songwriter and luthier Charlie Hunter has been a recording and touring artist since the 1990s. It’s not a band, more of a vehicle for North Carolina singer-songwriter and keyboardist Tori Elliott, whose introspective ethereal music takes the form of story fragments delivered in a quiet sultry voice. Songs from Victoria Victoria’s first CDs in 20 drew the attention of indie pop fans and were placed in reality TV shows. ![]() Official Website / Video1 / Video2 / Video3 / Video4 ![]()
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