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Nation Beat playing FREE show on the Hudson this Sunday!
July 17 2008
Evergreen artist Nation Beat will be playing a FREE show this Sunday, July 20th at Pier 1, Riverside Park South. Overlooking the Hudson River, listeners will be treated to spectacular sunset views as the band brings their indispensable, audacious energy to the stage starting at 7pm. Click HERE to listen to a podcast detailing the history of Nation Beat and their unique sound, which seamlessly bridges an unprecedented mix of folkloric Brazilian rhythms with classic American roots music, including New Orleans second line rhythms, Appalachian-inspired bluegrass music, funk, rock, and country-blues.
Hollywood Holt featured in The New York Times
July 10 2008
Hollywood Holt received a glowing write-up in the July 9th edition of The New York Times. The article focused on the Fourth Annual Afro-Punk Festival, where Hollywood Holt delivered an energetic and entertaining performance that "brought the 100 or so onlookers together for the first time all night, even jumping into the crowd to breakdance."
Supreme Beings Of Leisure – live at The Viper Room this Thursday, July 10th!
July 8 2008
Evergreen is pleased to invite you to an evening with Supreme Beings of Leisure, performing live this Thursday at The Viper Room in Los Angeles. Come witness the band's chilled-out and seductive grooves at this legendary venue, featuring tracks from their latest album 11i.
Click here for more information, including links to audio and video!
EverGreen is proud to announce the acquisition of the 2 Live Crew catalog
June 30 2008
EverGreen is proud to announce the acquisition of the 2 Live Crew catalog, one of the seminal groups in rap history and pioneers of the Miami Bass genre. The band's controversial breakout album As Nasty As They Wanna Be, featured the sexually explicit single Me So Horny and went on to sell over 2 million copies. The group released the hugely popular single Banned In The USA as their answer to charges of obscenity, and are also credited with the very first live rap album, simply titled Live In Concert. Their music remains an important and vital part of American culture, and we are proud to welcome them to the EverGreen family.
Orchestra Baobab delights with River to River performance
June 26 2008
Last night at the gorgeous Rockefeller Park in TriBeCa, EverGreen artist Orchestra Baobab played to a large and diverse crowd united in their eagerness to dance to the band’s sultry Afro-Cuban grooves. Playing a free show as part of the summer-long River to River festival, Orchestra Baobab performed for nearly two hours as the sun slowly sank over the Hudson River, providing the perfect backdrop for an incredible night of music. BrooklynVegan has posted some wonderful photos of the evening, which you can view by clicking HERE. Orchestra Baobab has a few more dates scheduled in the US before they head overseas, where they will tour relentlessly until the end of October. Click HERE for a list of tourdates and for more information on the band.
Definitive Bill Monroe DVD in stores July 8!
June 25 2008
Bill Monroe is the undisputed king of bluegrass music. He helped define the style with his innovative songwriting and instrumentation, and to this day remains the genre’s most well-known and beloved ambassador. Now, with the arrival of Bill Monroe: The Father of Bluegrass Music, the legend gets the definitive retrospective he deserves. Arriving in stores July 8, the DVD is stuffed with extensive and intimate behind-the-scenes footage of Monroe himself speaking of his life and career, in addition to unforgettable performances and interviews featuring Paul McCartney, Emmylou Harris, Jerry Garcia, and many more. Bill Monroe’s brilliant career spanned a staggering 60 years, and his music continues to inspire and astound young and old alike.
Bassekou Kouyate featured in The Sunday Observer, wins prestigious BBC Radio 3 Award
June 17 2008
EverGreen artist Bassekou Kouyate was featured in last week's "World Music" edition of The Sunday Observer, the popular weekly newspaper of London. The article notes Bassekou's recent collaborations with Franz Ferdinand and other indie rockers. "Any kind of cross-cultural exchange is great," he explains. Bassekou has been described as a "wizard" on the ngoni, his native instrument that often draws stylistic comparisons to the banjo.
Bassekou also recently took home the top prize at the BBC Radio 3 Awards for his breakout album Segu Blue. Representing his native land of Mali, Bassekou took home the honors for Africa, beating out fellow EverGreen artist, and longtime friend and collaborator, Toumani Diabaté. Both artists are currently on tour throughout Europe.
Orchestra Baobab and Vieux Farka Touré schedule FREE concerts in NYC for end of June
June 13 2008
Mark your calendars now for two FREE concerts by some of EverGreen's finest World musicians, taking place at the end of this month in New York City. Orchestra Baobab, the world-renowned Afro-Cuban group from Senegal, will be performing at Rockefeller Park (map) on June 25 at 7pm as part of the River To River Festival. The band is currently touring in support of their excellent new album Made In Dakar and will be playing songs spanning their 30+ year career. Three days later, on Saturday, June 28, Malian-born artist Vieux Farka Touré will perform at the SummerStage in Central Park (map). Known for his global perspective on blues music, Vieux will be headlining a full day's worth of performances, and is expected to take the stage at 4:30pm. These are two events that are not to be missed, so come celebrate summer with EverGreen.