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Thursday 17th Mill Street Brewery Presents: The Idlers w/ Tim Turvey Band Brantford @ The Arts Block 10pm - $12/15 Friday 18th - Exclaim Presents The Idlers w/ Tim Turvey Band Toronto @ the Rivoli 10pm - $10 idlers.ca turvey.ca
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New album is fantastic! [color:red]St. John’s reggae supergroup the Idlers enlisted Bad Brains bassist Darryl Jenifer to produce their energetic new album. by Alison Lang The Idlers want to make one thing perfectly clear: They may play reggae, but they're not here to lecture. "With entertainment and politics, it's a fine line," says the group's guitarist, Paul Schiralli-Earle (who boasts an uncanny ability to speak from St. John's, play with a baby and cook bok choy at the same time). "You have to figure out a way to make things political without being overly political. You don't have to be all 'Jah Rastafari,' and anyway, it would be completely inappropriate. None of us are Rastas." Instead, the 11-piece group from Newfoundland presents an energetic hybrid of reggae fused with African percussion, saxes and trombones, soaring harmonies and dashes of ska---and they keep the social commentary confined to their lyrics. The Idlers' latest, Keep Out, opens with bursts of guitar, a surge of horns and lead singer/trumpet player Mark Wilson's simple words: "We cry when we see nations starving/We fight to stop the terror spreading." The song then builds to a cool, shuffling chorus of a single word: "War." It's a socially aware tune that you can drink, smoke and dance to---Edwin Starr would be proud. Last January, when the band was seeking a producer, someone suggested Darryl Jenifer. The former bassist for hardcore punk heroes Bad Brains had worked on Bedouin Soundclash's breakthrough album Building a Mosaic and seemed a good fit. Schiralli-Earle says he got a fanboy thrill when Jenifer responded to his email. "I had known Bad Brains from being a skateboarding punk kid," he says. "We sent him some demos and he loved it." In March, 10 Idlers packed up and headed to Woodstock, NY, to meet Jenifer and engineer Phil Burnett (who won a Grammy for his work on Steely Dan's Two Against Nature) at Dreamland Studios---an old church Weezer and The B-52s had recorded in. Before the Idlers began recording, they learned something surprising about the men at the helm: the Steely Dan producer was once the sound man for Bad Brains. "They had some kind of argument, and then they didn't talk or see each other for 10 years," Schiralli-Earle says. "This was the first project they'd worked together on in a decade. Now I think Phil's doing sound for them again on the road." During the band's two-week stay, Jenifer took on the role of the elder saint, keeping the musicians organized while corralling their sound with maximum efficiency. Though he and Burnett joined the group every evening for meals, joints and beers, Schiralli-Earle says the producer also ran a tight ship to keep things efficient. "We'd be standing in the control room listening to a groove, and sometimes he'd turn around and go, 'Can you just leave?'" he remembers. "It was intimidating. He wasn't hard to work with, but he was very diligent in his process. He has a huge part in how the new album sounds. He's just a stellar, upstanding dude."
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Idlers are an eleven-piece,‘reggae circus’ from St. John's, Newfoundland. Their unique sound comes from a love of reggae, ska and afro-beat, peppered with their Atlantic influences. Ringmaster Mark Wilson fronts a solid rhythm section with heavy horns and tight harmonies, and has been bringing audiences to a dancing frenzy since the band came together in 2006. Idlers have cultivated a loyal following and are expanding their fan base on a national level. The band has also achieved its fair share of accolades. They were the winner of the Galaxie Rising Star of the CBC Awards and were named Alternative Artist/Group of the Year at the 2008 Music Newfoundland (MusicNL) Conference and Awards Show and nominated for the 2009 East Coast Music Award for Best World Album. Opening the show will be local jazz innovators, the Tim Turvey Ensemble. Brantford Arts Block 80 Dalhousie Street Doors at 7 p.m. $10
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Check it out folks! feat. Jonny Kerr - bass Jonas Berkeley - tenor Matt Mosionier - guitar Tobias Yaremczuk - violin Kevin Williams - trumpet, flugel Karl Langton - baritone Rich Halley - accordian, piano Nick Bastian - guitar Tim Turvey - drums
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A great video! http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f9f_1243778452 "I've got to be unstoppable"
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Come Together Fest May Long Weekend Lineup
jazzinfivefour replied to mark tonin's topic in Soundboard
Check it! Turvey Ensemble -
If anyone can help us out with some bookings in the Ottawa area, please email me! Our shows are fun! www.turvey.ca
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Turvey Ensemble w/ The Stoics - Boxing Day - Browntown
jazzinfivefour replied to jazzinfivefour's topic in Soundboard
Tonight Folks! We are giving away ACDC tickets and Ragaffaire tickets as a door prize. This will be a fun one! cheers -
Turvey Ensemble w/ The Stoics - Boxing Day - Browntown
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Hey folks Were putting on a fun show this Boxing Day @ Two Doors Down. If you haven't seen the Stoics,.. you're missing out. TURVEY ENSEMBLE (midnight) THE STOICS (10:30) FRI DEC 26 TWO DOORS DOWN $5 COVER $3 MIXED DRINKS $2.50 SHOTS DOOR PRIZES! GOOD TIMES
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MY ID with VERNON REID and other Jazz Heavyweights, Saturday, Dec. 6th, 20
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We're totally stoked to play this one. If you want to catch our set, we will start around 9:30! -
The Turvey Ensemble feat. Jonny Kerr Jonas Berkeley Nick Bastian Tim Turvey + guests Drew Ayerhart Karl Langton & more Free Concert Dildo Contest! yes thats right! McLauchlin House on Colborne St. down in the brown 10pm good times
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His propane tank was leaking,.. as soon as he passed over the docking plate,... kaboom. We were 2 cars behind him, it was crazy. news link: http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=4e65c2ec-ac5a-4857-80ce-b039479dfb6f
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While on tour in 2007 www.turvey.ca