Hazmat Modine - Cicada

http://hazmatmodine.com

http://www.myspace.com/hazmatmodine





Origine du Groupe : North America

Style : Blues , Indie , Jazz Fusion

Sortie : 2011



By Robin Denselow  from
http://www.guardian.co.uk



Hazmat Modine are a maverick New York band who are shifting from Americana to global influences with remarkable results. Founded by singer-songwriter, guitarist and impressive harmonica-player
Wade Shuman, they are distinctive both because of their range and their line-up: two harmonicas are matched against a three-piece brass section, guitar, steel guitar and percussion. The songs
here are often blues-based, but always different; the opening Mocking Bird starts like a slow work-song and builds into rousing, harmonica and brass-backed folk-blues, while Two Forty Seven is a
finger-clicking burst of brassy R&B, and the title track is an exercise in poetry and blues. The cover songs are equally original, and include a cheerful, spoken treatment of Irving Berlin's
Walking Stick and the harmonica-backed 70s soul of I've Been Lonely for So Long. But the collaborations are even better, with Kronos Quartet adding their strings to the cheerfully rhythmic blues
Dead Crow and Benin's Gangbé Brass Band bringing African jazz influences to Cotonou Stomp and the slinky Child of a Blind Man, where Natalie Merchant provides lead vocals. A brave and unexpected
record.





Tracklist :

01. Mocking bird

02. Child of a blind man

03. Two forty seven

04. Cicada

05. Buddy

06. In two years

07. I’ve been lonely for so long

08. The tide

09. Ebb tide

10. Walking stick

11. So glad

12. Cotonou stomp

13. Dead crow