I’ve been on the phone and on Skype with interviewers for countless hours over the past few weeks doing interviews–some radio, some press– for this upcoming Antibalas Pacific Tour. Here are some of the interviews that have recently been published (more to come) Elsewhere blog with Graham Reid (New Zealand) Taranaki Daily News Online (New [...]
I am excited and privileged to be touring with Antibalas this February-March in Australia, New Zealand, and New Caledonia. Here’s a map of where we’ll be playing: Click on map icons for more info or see the Antibalas show listings page for details. View Antibalas 2013 in a larger map
Today I played on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, backing singer Jim James (My Morning Jacket) performing “A New Life” off his brand new solo record. The band included members of Antibalas, the Roots, Dap Kings, David Byrne/St Vincent band, and the latin/funk/jazz woodwind virtuoso Jay Rodriguez on flute. That’s me, dressed for a funeral, with [...]
Los Angeles. I came out here with Antibalas to perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live and do a show at the Troubadour with Buyepongo, a really good band from Norwalk/LA California. The day was a grind. Two shows, two soundchecks, and a whole day of LA/Hollywood traffic, but it was worth it. The crew at Jimmy [...]
I’ll be making a swing through Los Angeles this week for the following: 1/30 Antibalas on Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC-TV) 1/30 Antibalas live in concert at the Troubador, West Hollywood, CA, with openers Buyepongo 1/31 Guest musician with the Ethio-Cali Ensemble at the Blue Whale, Los Angeles, CA. Aside from that I’m looking forward to [...]
Happy new year. I haven’t done a web version of 2012, but suffice it to say that it was busy. Lots of packing, unpacking, readjusting, music making, airplane trips. Only about .0001% glamorous. Not a complaint but rather a statement of fact from someone on the creative hustle. A lot of my time as of [...]
Hello travelers. Thanks for finding your way here. It’s been about six weeks since I posted anything. Sorry about that. That was at the end of the Antibalas US/Canada tour. I had time to wash my underwear and repack my suitcase and then I went out again on the road in Europe with Antibalas, playing [...]
Last Saturday at the Austin City Limits Festival, I had the pleasure of performing with Antibalas horns and the Alabama Shakes. Here are two videos from the show:
Since April I’ve been all over the hemisphere with Antibalas, including Abril Pro Rock in Recife, Brasil, NPR’s “Tiny Desk Concert“, Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, WFUV, and the Daptone Records House of Soul. Here are some choice videos from our travels, from the stage and from the studio:
Congratulations to David Byrne and St. Vincent on their new album “Love This Giant.” The album features massive horn sections on all songs, including “One Who Broke Your Heart,” which features the Antibalas horns (yours truly on baritone saxophone) plus the Dap-Kings horns plus tuba legend Bob Stewart. We recorded the song last fall at [...]
Our new record is out across the world. We’ve already begun touring with five dates last week in California, but things kick into high gear starting 11 Sept in Minneapolis. The map below has our dates in the US, Canada, and Europe through the end of Nov 2012 and will be updated as shows are [...]
In a memory jogging exercise, I put together this map marking various significant points in our history in Brooklyn / NYC from 1997-forward. It’s a work in progress. If you can’t see it below, check this link: http://goo.gl/maps/yFJ8u View Antibalas: New York Walking Tour in a larger map
