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Shana Tucker -][- SHINE – [Shana Tucker, 2011] –

30 Wednesday May 2012

Posted by Rob Young in Afro Pop, Biography, Chamber Soul, Creative Music, Jazz, Vocals, What's New?

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Shana Tucker, SHINE

Shana Tucker -][- SHINE –Mp3– [Shana Tucker, 2011] –

Transcending genre distinctions, SHANA TUCKER is a “ChamberSoul” cellist and singer/songwriter from New York who’s set on blazing a trail for herself down in North Carolina. Her music is a sultry pastiche of acoustic pop and soulful, jazz-influenced contemporary folk. “It’s different, yet comfortably familiar…I love 80’s music and I’m a sucker for jazz. Many of the grooves have a bossa-nova/latin heartbeat, translated through percussive vocal phrasing. I can’t deny the classical training; it inspires my cello sensibilities…but I like the thump of walking blues & old-timey bass lines. It’s like a delicious coffee blend: bold and robust, with subtle undertones of bittersweet…and something you can’t quite place, but it’s still good!” she says with a smile. Continue reading →

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Dynamic and Virtuosic Cellist ERIK FRIEDLANDER Receives High Critical Praise For BONEBRIDGE, Out Now on SkipStone Records

24 Friday Jun 2011

Posted by Rob Young in Modern Jazz, Music News, What's New?

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Erik Friedlander - BONEBRIDGE

Critical Acclaim For Bonebridge –

The New York Times

, JazzTimes

, Pitchfork

, All About Jazz,

WNYC Soundcheck

, NPR

“They sounded very much like a working band and not much like any others you
could name. . .His tone, more expressive than you would expect,
could evoke either a slimmed-down upright bass or a deeper, woodsier lute or
guitar.”  Continue reading →

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Cellist Erik Friedlander Releases Bonebridge, June 7 on SkipStone Records

04 Monday Apr 2011

Posted by Rob Young in Eclectic, Fusion, Improvised Music, Music, New Music, What's New?

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Cellist, Doug Wamble, Erik Friedlander, Fully Altered MEDIA, Mike Sarin, Trevor Dunn

Dynamic and Virtuosic Cellist ERIK FRIEDLANDER
Finds Inspiration in a 1971 Visit to Virginia Bluegrass Festival
On His New Album, BONEBRIDGE

To Be Released June 7, 2011 on SkipStone Records

Click to watch the Erik Friedlander Bonebridge EPK:

Erik Friedlander

Erik Friedlander’s Bonebridge is a collection of spirited pieces with intelligent twists and turns, and a distinctive American flavor. Pairing his cello with Memphis native Doug Wamble’s savvy slide-guitar makes for a buoyant and expressive front line: the two instruments are kindred spirits when played in this fresh context. Continue reading →

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