A Few Jewels From The Vault

I have decided to clean up my collections of photographs and recordings and will start spotlighting some bands that I feel merit your attention. This will be an on-going process until I get the vaults cleaned up and organized.

Music is indeed the International Language that we all speak and understand on a very primeval level. It has been my savior and what has gotten me through the good and bad patches of my life so far. I hope that you enjoy the following two bands/artists as much as I have and continue to do.

This evening enjoy Papa Grows Funk and Theresa Andersson. Check out some of my photographs of them here....http://www.flickr.com/photos/matik72/

Theresa Andersson is one of the hottest sensations to come out of Sweden IMHO. Great vocals, plays the violin like it was attached, and a darn sight pretty as well. Check out her tunes here...http://www.myspace.com/theresaanderssonmusic
How can you not love a woman who list her influences as: Tobias Froberg, Linus Larsson, Allen Toussaint, Ane Brun, Smokey Johnson and of course ABBA?

I was first turned on to Theresa while an undergrad at Tulane University in Nawlins and was spellbound. This gal can and does do it all. She is clearly and Indie musician but has been gigging with an amazing number of folks over the years. She has a hot new album out entitled "Hummingbird Go" that I can't rave enough about. You can listen to some tracks from her site if you dare to disagree. ;-)

Papa Grows Funk is one of New Orleans' premier blues and funk music bands featuring the music of Russell Batiste Jr, John Gros, Jason Mingledorff, June Yamagushi. June is one of the hottest blues/funk guitarists to come out of Japan in quite some time. Check their music out here...http://www.papagrowsfunk.com/

John Gros first came to my attention when I was working at the the now defunct Muddy Waters Music club on Oak Street across from the Maple Leaf when he was jamming the Hammond B3 as one of George Porter Jr's Running Pardners. I was lucky enough to meet and become friends with June also while an undergrad at Tulane University when he first came to the US hardly speaking a word of American English. Their last album "Mr Patterson's Hat" dropped in 2007 and is still some of the best booty thumping party music that you can play. I kid you not. They were just booked to play Saturday Sept 26 at Broadway Oyster Bar in St Louis, MO. Be there and be amazed.

Have a funky good night and I hope to see you out at the show!

Namaste,
Mati :-)