Benefit for The Roots of Music w/Stanton Moore & Funky But Better @ Beekman‏ Beer Garden

Come Join us with Stanton Moore as Master of the Ceremony in a special performance of Funky But Better featuring Big Sam (of Sam's Funky Nation), Ivan Neville (of Dumpstaphunk), Stanton Moore (of Galactic), Eric McFadden (of PFunk & Animal), and Doug Wimbish (of Living Colour) to help support the Roots of Music at the Beekman on September 25th at 7PM. General Admission $35 and VIP $100 includes Nawlin's Buffet, Complimentary Red Bull, Absolut, and Bulleit Bourbon cocktails, Godiva Chocolate Gift Bags & Treme Recordings.   The Roots of Music’s mission founded by Derrick Tabb of Rebirth Brass Band is to teach, support, and empower New Orleans’ youth through music education, academic support, and personal mentorship, while preserving and promoting New Orleans’ unique musical and cultural heritage. The goal is to give the youth of New Orleans the resources to live positive, productive, and self-reliant lives in community with others. The Roots of Music is a year-round program for low-income, 9-to-14-year-olds that fills a void in our city’s middle school music education programs.  Once an integral part of New Orleans middle schools, after Katrina many schools discontinued their marching bands and music programs for this age group.

Upcoming: 4 Nights of Galactic @ Brooklyn Bowl

Openers:

Wed Aug 07 - Superhuman Happiness
Thu Aug 08 - High and Mighty Brass Band!
Fri Aug 09 - The Stepkids
Sat Aug 10 - The Mike Dillon Band

Upcoming: Dragon Smoke New York area tour

Upcoming: Medeski, Mali, Mercurio, & Moore @ le poisson rouge

Tonight: 50% OFF Meters Experience Presents "Icons Of Funk" feat. Leo Nocentelli, Fred Wesley & Stanton Moore

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The Meters Experience Presents

Icons Of Funk

Ft. Leo Nocentelli, Fred Wesley & Stanton Moore

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Leo Nocentelli ( The Meters)

Guitarist, composer, founding member of the internationally known group The Meters!
In their 41-year history, The Meters have grooved their way around the globe. They have toured with such talents as The Rolling Stones, and have been the rhythm for such diverse artists as Dr. John, Paul McCartney, Robert Palmer and Patti Labelle. Considered by many to be the founding fathers of funk, The Meters created a unique sound that lasted through the sixties and seventies and was reborn in the late eighties. Their trademark sound blends funk, blues, and dance grooves with a New Orleans vibe.
http://www.nocentelli.com/ 

Fred Wesley (JB Horns. / P Funk)
Trombonist, composer, arranger, bandleader and author known worldwide as one of the architects of funk music. Fred's work with Godfather of Soul James Brown in the 1970s established him as the world's funkiest trombone player. Today he fronts his own jazz-funk band, the New JBs, passes his expertise along to students and younger musicians around the world, and lends his fire to assorted artists across a broad musical spectrum.
http://www.funkyfredwesley.com/

Stanton Moore (Galactic)
Stanton Moore is a rock drummer raised in Metairie, Louisiana. Most widely known as a founding member of Galactic, Moore has also pursued a solo recording career (beginning with his 1998 debut All Kooked Out!) and recorded with bands as diverse as jazz-funk keyboardist Robert Walter and heavy metal act Corrosion of Conformity. He also travels internationally to teach New Orleans drumming, writes a regular column for drumming magazines, and releases instructional books and videos.
http://www.stantonmoore.com/

and Bill Dickens & Mark Rechler

Album Premiere: Anders Osborne "Black Eye Galaxy"

LISTEN TO THE ALBUM HERE.

Track #	Title	Artist	Album	Duration
1	Send Me A Friend	Anders Osborne	Black Eye Galaxy	04:18
2	Mind of a Junkie	Anders Osborne	Black Eye Galaxy	07:29
3	Lean On Me/Believe In You	Anders Osborne	Black Eye Galaxy	04:10
4	When Will I See You Again?	Anders Osborne	Black Eye Galaxy	04:54
5	Black Tar	Anders Osborne	Black Eye Galaxy	04:58
6	Black Eye Galaxy	Anders Osborne	Black Eye Galaxy	11:16
7	Tracking My Roots	Anders Osborne	Black Eye Galaxy	04:03
8	Louisiana Gold	Anders Osborne	Black Eye Galaxy	05:47
9	Dancing In The Wind	Anders Osborne	Black Eye Galaxy	04:41
10	Higher Ground	Anders Osborne	Black Eye Galaxy	03:55
				55:31

New Music: Galactic Says It’s Carnival Time

• On its new Carnivale Electricos, Galactic rearranges one of Mardi Gras’ signature songs – “Carnival Time” – and brings along the man who wrote it and made if famous, Al “Carnival Time” Johnson. The album is due out on Fat Tuesday – February 21 – but since parades have started and it is Carnival Time, the band has given us the song as a download to preview the album.
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Listen: New Galactic Single

Hey Na Na feat. David Shaw (of the Revivalists) and Maggie Koerner by Galacticfunk

It's incredible that GALACTIC has never made a carnival album yet, but now it’s here.

To make CARNIVALE ELECTRICOS, the members of GALACTIC (Ben Ellman, harps and horns; Robert Mercurio, bass; Stanton Moore, drums and percussion; Jeff Raines, guitar; Rich Vogel, keyboards) draw on the skills, stamina, and funk they deploy in the all-night party of their annual Lundi Gras show that goes till sunrise and leads sleeplessly into Mardi Gras day. 

GALACTIC was formed eighteen years ago in New Orleans, and they cut their teeth playing the biggest party in America: Mardi Gras, when the town shuts down entirely to celebrate. CARNIVALE ELECTRICOS is beyond a party record. It’s a carnival record that evokes the electric atmosphere of a whole city – make that, whole cities – vibrating together all on the same day, from New Orleans all down the hemisphere to the mighty megacarnivals of Brazil. Armed with a slew of carnival-ready guests—including Cyril and Ivan Neville, Mystikal, Mannie Fresh, Moyseis Marques, Casa Samba, the KIPP Renaissance High School Marching Band, and Al "Carnival Time" Johnson (who remakes his all-time hit)—GALACTIC whisks the listener around the neighborhoods to feel the Mardi Gras moment in all its variety of flavors.

That New Orleans sound

The Economist Q&A: Galactic, a funk band

WHEN performing live, Galactic makes playing funk music look easy. It isn't. Delivering precise, tight funk is hard work, but this five-piece New Orleans band seems to power through their shows as if they could keep it all going endlessly. Their most recent album, "The Other Side of Midnight: Live in New Orleans", captures that energy and plenty of the flavour of the Big Easy. It was recorded during a sold-out show at Tipitinas, a legendary local club, and features some well-known local musicians such as Cyril Neville and Trombone Shorty.

Galactic has a unique sound built from eclectic influences—jazz, rap, electronica, jam-band music and bounce (a local take on hip hop)—honed over years of performing live. They have shared the stage with B.B. King and The Roots, among others, and they have recorded with a variety of other artists. "From the Corner to the Block" (2007) featured a slew of rappers and MCs including Boots Riley of The Coup and Gift of Gab from Blackalicious.

But the band remains devoted to the New Orleans music scene and often collaborates with local talent. "Ya-Ka-May" (2010), the last album, was a love letter to the city (named after a traditional New Orleans soup). “The Other Side of Midnight” is a fine follow-up, but still no match for seeing these guys in person.

Now on a world tour, the band's guitarist, Jeff Raines, answered a few questions from the road via e-mail about the new album, the music of New Orleans and learning from other musicians.

Why did you decide to make a live album from New Orleans?

We recorded our new album for a multitude of reasons. First and foremost is that we live here and wanted to record in the most comfortable environment possible. We also wanted to have options in terms of inviting our musician friends from around town to come play. Our own studio is close by. We did our first live album at Tips exactly ten years ago so we felt like it made sense on that level as well.

From a musical or cultural standpoint, what's changed in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina?

From a musical standpoint I don’t think all that much has changed since the storm. Certainly in the first few years there were less people playing music and going out to the clubs. These days the club scene seems pretty vibrant. There are new brass bands popping up and the bounce rap scene has been getting some national attention.

How does your new album reflect New Orleans music and culture as it is today?

I think this record reflects what Galactic has been doing recently. We have been touring with a fantastic trombone player so we are bringing a more full-bodied horn section feel. Having Cyril Neville on the show singing at that venue also strikes me as being something special to New Orleans.

How have collaborations changed your sound or approach to songwriting?

When we go into our demo-writing process the material that might lend itself to having some kind of vocal element becomes obvious. We sometimes will send the artist we are working with a few ideas and go from there.

What sets funk apart from other music genres? What makes funk "funk"?

I guess funk represents a certain feel in music that usually makes you want to get up.

What is Galactic's version of funk? How is your music unique?

We’ve been able to develop a sound over many albums and years of touring. I think a lot of that comes about through a shared history of playing shows together.

You've sometimes been called a "jazz jam" band. Do you embrace that or shrug it off?

We don’t pay much attention to names the media invent to try and classify what we are doing.

What's the most recognisable way New Orleans has shaped the sound of your band?

Through the songs we’ve learned and then done our own versions of. We’ve always covered songs by local brass bands or our local musical heroes. I think learning all this music has affected us as a band.

Galactic is now on tour. The band is at work on their next studio album, to be released next spring.

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Vote for the next Threadhead Records project

Fan-funded New Orleans-based Threadhead Records is hosting a poll to help determine their next project. You do not have to register to vote. You just click on the link and can vote once per IP address per day through 10/18.


My favorites include: Midnite Disturbers (the all-star brass band, which has included Stanton Moore, Kevin O'Day, Skerik, Ben Ellman, Big Sam, Mark Mullins, Shamarr Allen, Troy Andrews, Kirk Joseph, Matt Perrine)

Tin Men feat. Alex McMurray, Matt Perrine (again) & Washboard Chaz

Injun Orchestra


Feel free to vote for your favorite.

Vote Here! Poll Closes at 12am est 10/18

One vote per IP address, per day. At the end of the week, the top 10 suggestions will be put up for a final vote. Final poll will be open for another week and at the end of that time, THR will choose a project from the top 3 most popular suggestions to pursue. Note: There is no guarantee that any project suggested will materialize into a THR project but THR will seriously investigate the possibility.

Who should we pursue for our next project?
	AfricanZydeco Revue
	RamaFest: Twangorama and Bonerama collaboration
	David Torkanowsky
	Kora Konnection
	Anders Osborne (?), Johnny Sansone and John Fohl
	VOW
	Germaine Bazzle
	groovesect and the soul project (soulsect)
	Threadhead Records All-Stars
	A childrens CD recording the music clinic kids
	All That
	Midnite Disturbers
	Paul Sanchez and the Rolling Road Show
	Threadhead Records artists do the History of New Orleans music
	Wendell Brunious
	Christmas funk compilation
	Junko Pardners
	The Injun Orchestra
	Creole String Beans
	Brint Anderson
	Helen Gillet
	Joe Krown trio
	Bob Andrews
	(Big Fine) Ellen Smith
	John Gros
	Sasha Masakowski
	Tin Men
	Johnny Sansone
	Beatin Path

http://www.threadheadrecords.com

In Pictures: Stanton Moore Trio feat. Anders Osborne @ Brooklyn Bowl

photos by Michael Jurick

In Pictures: Stanton Moore Trio feat. Anders Osborne @ Brooklyn Bowl

By Dino Perrucci Photography

Anders Osborne - Brooklyn Bowl, NYC 9/23/10



Stanton Moore - Brooklyn Bowl, NYC 9/23/10


Anders Osborne & Stanton Moore - Brooklyn Bowl, NYC 9/23/10


Will Bernard - Brooklyn Bowl, NYC 9/23/10


Stanton Moore - Brooklyn Bowl, NYC 9/23/10

Upcoming: Stanton Moore Trio feat. Anders Osborne @ Brooklyn Bowl

Thu, September 23, 2010
Show: 8:30 PM
$12.00

A New Orleans musician in every sense of the word, drummer Stanton Moore's main gig is with his enormously popular funk band Galactic but he also plays with a wide variety of other musicians in both club and studio settings.


Growing up in New Orleans, Moore was attracted to the thriving music scene, where he absorbed the work of Professor Longhair, Meters drummer Zigaboo Modeliste, and his mentor, Johnny Vidacovich. After meeting founding Galactic members Robert Mercurio and Rich Vogel in the early '90s, Moore played in a series of early versions of the group, including Galactic Prophylactic and the Ivanhoes (in which the band learned a good portion of the catalog of the legendary Meters, New Orleans' founding funk band).


In 1994, producer Dan Prothero featured the band's song "Black Eyed Pea" on his Is That Jazz compilation. The band soon recorded Coolin' Off (1996) for Fog City Records, joined in the studio (and, eventually, on the road) by vocalist Theryl Declouet. Through constant touring, Moore met and collaborated with many established funk and jazz musicians, including Medeski, Martin & Wood keyboardist John Medeski, Karl Denson, and even the Meters' bassist George Porter, Jr.


Two musicians that Moore hit it off with in particular were eight-string guitarist and TJ Kirk founder Charlie Hunter and saxophonist Skerik. With this core, the band played a handful of live dates and, in the weeks after Mardi Gras 1998, cut what would become {Moore}'s first solo disc, All Kooked Out. The disc also featured a handful of New Orleans horn players, including Brent Rose, Brian Seeger, Matt Perrine, Ben Ellman, and former Sun Ra trumpet player Michael Ray.


Following the recording of Crazyhorse Mongoose with Galactic, crammed in between Galactic tours, Moore traveled with Hunter and Skerik, playing incendiary live shows throughout the west. Many of Moore's songs are included in Galactic's setlist. He has often played around New Orleans with a revolving cast of musicians, billed as Moore and More. He has also been a member of the New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars.

NY Times Review: Garage a Trois

A Jam Band Counting on a Style of Its Invention

By NATE CHINEN

HOBOKEN, N.J. — The terminology can’t be trusted when it comes to Garage a Trois, a band consisting of the drummer Stanton Moore, the saxophonist known as Skerik, the percussionist Mike Dillon and the keyboardist Marco Benevento. That’s four people, not three, despite the group’s chosen name; it doesn’t have much stake in garage rock, either. And while Garage a Trois fits the profile of a jam band, its music feels more focused and less freewheeling than that particular pigeonhole might suggest.

Garage a Trois formed just over a decade ago, originally with Mr. Moore, Skerik and the guitarist Charlie Hunter. Its sensibilities have skewed grittier and more psychedelic with the current lineup, largely because of the fuzz-tone output of Mr. Benevento. On Thursday night at Maxwell’s here, the band played a shrewdly overdriven show, combining heavy-riff distortion with a rough-and-tumble funk delirium.

Almost all the songs were from its most recent release, “Power Patriot” (Royal Potato Family), a respectable album but only a faint intimation of what Garage a Trois can do live. (That may ultimately be the strongest link the group shares with its jam-circuit brethren.)

The band’s life force is rhythm, both at a subterranean level and on the surface. Mr. Moore is also a founding member of Galactic, which has evolved into an all-purpose New Orleans house band equally at home with bounce music or Mardi Gras funk. He has a knack for disarming bombast with elasticity, sounding sly and adaptable even when jackhammering at his toms. And he had a ready sidekick in Mr. Dillon, who began the set on vibraphone before turning to congas, tablas and effects.

There was mathematical complexity in some of the tunes, like “Rescue Spreaders,” which involved a whorl of superimposed meters, in groupings of four and five. (During a vibraphone solo by Mr. Dillon the rest of the band shifted neatly into swing.) But it was no less satisfying to hear the album’s relatively simple title track rendered tougher and wilder, with Mr. Dillon socking a pair of cowbells and Skerik howling through his horn. One tumultuous stretch of the tune recalled the Brecker Brothers at their fusioneering peak, when their sound was best described by the title of a live album: “Heavy Metal Be-Bop.”

Skerik and Mr. Dillon also played an opening set as two-thirds of the Dead Kenny G’s. (The other third is Brad Houser, on bass and baritone saxophone.) Their rapport in this setting was a bit more feverish than in Garage a Trois, and their tone a lot more juvenile. Skerik was freer and more impulsive with his improvising as the trio pinballed between styles: Afro-pop, Balkan klezmer, pocket funk lashed to Middle Eastern modality.

The jumpiness felt a little dated and obvious — very 1990s Knitting Factory — as did the ostensible target of the band’s fury. There are few easier marks than Kenny G, the living symbol of simpering instrumental pop. Skerik and crew know this, but why would they let that stop them? What’s in a name, anyway?

In Pictures: Galactic @ Brooklyn Bowl

photos by Greg Aiello

Galactic with Doug E Fresh - Brooklyn Bowl, WIlliamsburg - 6/4/10

Galactic @ Brooklyn Bowl


Stanton Moore @ Brooklyn Bowl


Cyril Neville @ Brooklyn Bowl


Galactic @ Brooklyn Bowl

Galactic w/ Doug E Fresh @ Brooklyn Bowl


Galactic with Steven Bernstein & Corey Henry @ Brooklyn Bowl


Doug E Fresh & Corey Henry @ Brooklyn Bowl


The High & Mighty Brass Band @ Brooklyn Bowl

Corey Glover @ Brooklyn Bowl, Williamsburg - 6/3/10


Galactic w/ Corey Glover @ Brooklyn Bowl, Williamsburg - 6/3/10


Galactic w/ Corey Glover @ Brooklyn Bowl, Williamsburg - 6/3/10

Festival Spotlight: Exclusive NolaFunk NYC Contest: Win a Pair of Tickets to Michael Arnone's Crawfish Fest

For the third straight year, I'm pleased to offer an exclusive ticket giveaway in connection with Michael Arnone's annual NolaFunky Crawfish Fest.

Just follow the directions below for your chance to win...

In order to win, just email me with: your name, email, and the band you're most excited to see at this year's Fest. I'll be picking a winner at random and will send email confirmation to the winner only.

Here are this year's NolaFunky artists...

Here's the menu of Nola Eats:

Listen:Stanton Moore Trio feat. Robert Walter, Will Bernard & Anders Osborne (May 6, 2010)

Setlist:

Pie-Eyed Manc
Maple Plank
Pot-Licker
On the Road to Charlie Parker
Boxes, Bills and Pain
Echoes of My Sins
Darkness at the Bottom
Ya Ya
Love is Taking its Toll
(second set)
Squash Blossom
Sprung Monkey
Keep on Gwine
Who Took the Happiness Away?
Late Night at the Maple Leaf

In Pictures: Instruments A Comin' @ Tipitina's

By Dino Perrucci Photography

Stanton Moore & Bill Kreutzman - Tipitina's New Orleans 4/26/10


Anders Osborne - Tipitina's New Orleans 4/26/10


Galactic w/Anders Osborne - Tipitina's New Orleans 4/26/10


Fred LeBlanc - Tipitina's New Orleans 4/26/10

In Pictures: First Weekend of Jazzfest

By Dino Perrucci Photography Stanton Moore & Levon Helm - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 4/25/10 Jim James - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 4/25/10 Anders Osborne - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 4/25/10

Dr John - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 4/24/10 Midnight Disturbers - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 4/24/10 funky Meters - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 4/24/10 Creole Wild West Mardi Gras Indians - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 4/24/10 Harry Shearer - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 4/24/10

Zigaboo Modeliste, George Clinton & The Soul Rebels Brass Band - Tipitina's, New Orleans 4/23/10 Zigaboo Modeliste - Tipitina's, New Orleans 4/23/10 Trombone Shorty - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 4/23/10 Glen David Andrews - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 4/23/10

Anders Osborne - Blue Nile, New Orleans 4/22/10 The Wild Tchoupitoulas - Tipitina's French Quarter 4/22/10 Charmaine, Lorraine, Art & Ian Neville - Tipitina's French Quarter 4/22/10 Trombone Shorty & Cyril Neville - Tipitina's French Quarter 4/22/10

The Maple Leaf - New Orleans, LA 4/21/10 Funkifried - The Maple Leaf, New Orleans LA 4/21/10 Funkifried - The Maple Leaf, New Orleans LA 4/21/10