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Hey everyone,

So the ever-busy Marco Benevento is dropping another album on us next week. "Between the Needles & Nightfall" is the 3rd release from the Trio featuring The Slip's Andrew Barr and Tea Leaf Green's Reed Mathis. Head to

see a sweet promo video created by the good folks over at Shine A Light Productions and head to their actual homepage to watch some cool behind the scenes videos of the Trio in action http://shinealightproductions.com/behind_the_scenes.htm

Enjoy!

Cool Luke I figured that was the case. Thanks for the heads up about that little spelling mistake there too. I was supposed to interview The Low Anthem and after that show I'm so pissed that I canceled on them. I really think that was one of the best concerts I have ever seen. Easily in my top 5.

well that's an easy fix

Brad would definitely know best, no question about that.

"He brushed the symbols of his drum kit did he, the symbols of his drum kit. Was he doing some light brush work on the ride symbol? Brother I do not know where to start with you." - I'm going to assume these are just friendly little chirps.

I just write how I feel about what I hear and see at the show...if you don't dig it that's totally cool but I know the guys like my writing as I just wrote the new bio for SMMD (look for that soon!)...

Also I'll assume Weirdness was the dude taping at the show. I was the guy who came up to him right after the concert ended asking where he was going to post it online.

To be honest, never heard of Alta Falls, and I have a few older "Barr Brothers" recordings when they were calling themselves "Super Little". If you want to send me an audio clip or something I'd likely be able to identify the track. lucassamuels@hotmail.com

I do like Land of Talk.

Glad to free up some time for a fellow writer!

Cheers.

did anyone get the low anthem setlist by the way...

here's the barr brothers setlist, not necessarily in the right order

Beggar in the Morning

Ooh, Belle

Old Mythologies

Deacon's Son

Lord I Just Can't Keep from Cryin'

Give The Devil Back His Heart

Was That So Long Ago (tentative title)

Their sound may not translate too well to the typically loud Horseshoe. Church of the Redeemer was literally silent for the entire performance.

I was actually shocked by how many people were lined up to buy the Barr Bros. cd after their set. So happy to see these guys moving product, hopefully they start selling the discs online too. I bought the cd it's really good with nice production.

Hey everyone,

Hope some of you made it out to see The Low Anthem & The Barr Brothers last night. It was truly an amazing performance. Head over to http://backin15mins.blogspot.com/2010/04/show-review-barr-brothers-low-anthem.html for a review, pictures and some video (to be posted soon).

Thanks!

go to thelowanthem.com and you can get them through there

it's a wicked old church. on blogto they showed a pic of it from 1901. should be a sick place to see a show

http://www.blogto.com/city/2010/03/nostalgia_tripping_via_old_toronto_postcards/

Hey folks,

I interviewed Nathan Moore of Surprise Me Mr. Davis this past weekend. The band is made up of The Slip (Brad and Andrew Barr and Marc Freidman), Marco Benevento and Nathan Moore.

http://backin15mins.blogspot.com/2010/03/exclusive-interview-nathan-moore-of.html

Hey guys,

I did an interview with Nathan Moore of Surprise Me Mr. Davis (The Slip + Nathan + Marco Benevento). You can check it over on my blog. Here's the link

http://backin15mins.blogspot.com/2010/03/exclusive-interview-nathan-moore-of.html

so i caught a lot of this show but not all of it

has anyone located a video rip yet? i would love to watch the concert in its entirety

i'm on my 2nd kettlewell after a camper dropped a barrel on my first mod-ott

i've had the pleasure of spending some time at Ray's shope just outside of haliburton. he's a super kind old man.

if you want to spend under $130 look into buying a "seconds" or imperfect paddle. they're still awesome but they often contain a knot or some small imperfection

i'm currently using a ray's special, i prefer it to my old mod-ott

buy a paddle from Ray before he actually retires (everytime i see him he tells me he's retiring, i think its a ploy to sell paddles haha)

these paddles are a steal, and really a piece of art (i hang them on my wall in the off season)

read the book and loved it, the trailer makes the film look insanely good. marty is probably my favourite director and his style, sense of space and knack for suspense should all translate nicely to this super dark book. can't wait for friday.

Hey everyone,

I was in Montreal this weekend interviewing Warren Spicer, the lead singer and guitarist for the Montreal rock band Plants And Animals. We discussed the new album, the Montreal music scene and a lot more. Check it out over at http://backin15mins.blogspot.com A discussion of all things music.

marco's website says it will be Andrew and Reed supporting him ala last may's Trio show...good bet that brad will show up as long as he's in MTL

that's too bad brad! you're the only mtl slip recording enthusiast i know of, but i've got a funny feeling brad probably wouldn't want a Berithen show circulating anyways

anyways better to get healthy then to go to a show sick

Brad & Andrew Barr + Sarah Page perform tonight as Berithen Berio (reduction of Super Little) at Le Divan Orange tonight...anyone going?

why try and get Jay-Z for the project when you can pay Noe instead....the two sound so much alike its scary

and yah, the cd rocks, leave it to the black keys to finally make rock and hiphop work while soooo many other bands have failed (save for RATM)

mayer is probably one of the best guitar player's out there right now. while his pop stuff is well, pop, his playing with the Trio is absolutely top notch and not to be ignored. his show at the Sound Academy is with the Trio and will be a smoking performance

check out this performance of mayer and the trio tearing up hendrix's "wait until tomorrow" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-TSVwPkCok and playing his original "who did you think i was"

COMING NOV 10th... FEATURE-LENGTH DVD from Marco Benevento & Friends

Pre-order direct from The Royal Potato Family before street date and receive a link to download five additional unreleased videos for your ipod, phone, or desktop, featuring performances from The Sullivan Hall residency.

FEATURING ...

Andrew Barr

Billy Martin

Bobby Previte

Brad Barr

DJ Olive

G. Calvin Weston

Reed Mathis

Joe Russo

John Ellis

Kaki King

Marc Friedman

Skerik

Stanton Moore

Steven Bernstein

Directed by Karina Mackenzie

Executive Producer Kevin Calabro

At the outset of 2008, Marco Benevento set up shop at New York City’s brand new Greenwich Village music space, Sullivan Hall, for a month-long residency. Calling it home for five Thursday nights in January, Benevento invited a who’s who in modern jazz and improvisational rock music to perform with him each week in various configurations. Benevento hauled his own baby grand piano from his Brooklyn apartment to the Sullivan Hall stage to host both musical friends and heroes. Each night he’d lead his musical co-conspirators through two sets of daring and consistently breathtaking improvisations. Whether it was the Bitches Brew-esque sonic explorations of the Benevento-Steven Bernstein-Bobby Previte-DJ Olive collaboration, or the glorious post rock ferocity of Benevento-Brad Barr-Joe Russo, or Benevento’s own trio with Reed Mathis and Andrew Barr celebrating the release of their debut album Invisible Baby, each performance took on a life completely its own. As the sold out crowds from week to week will attest, these shows were the stuff of legend in the recent history of downtown New York City’s music scene. Thankfully, all five nights were shot on high definition video along with multi-track recordings that are now set for a DVD release entitled Marco Benevento (& Friends): Live In NYC: The Sullivan Hall Residency. While it’s Marco Benevento’s name at the top of the billing, what the film portrays is a dynamic family of fearless, faithful, one-of-a-kind artists who are making some of the most vital music of their time.

Brought to you by Shine A Light Productions www.shinealightproductions.com & Royal Potato Family.

head over to www.marcobenevento.com to grab a copy!

Surprise Me Mr. Davis finally has a website www.surprisememrdavis.com. The site has new demo tracks they've been recording.