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Hazmat Modine: Cicada

by Anthony Shaw
June 4, 2011

To call this band is eclectic is a understatement; to call it spectacular is a simplification; to say it is led by a mouth-harp duo is approximating a partial truth, but ignores the other seven people that comprise the troupe, not to mention ten other “past, adjunct and intermittent Hazmaticians!" However, the start and end has to be leader and mouth-harp extravaganzist Wade Schuman who, with his wails and howls, vocal and instrumental, owes as much to Tamla Motown as ...

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Joseph Daley Earth Tones Ensemble: The Seven Deadly Sins

Read "The Seven Deadly Sins" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
April 3, 2011

The Seven Deadly Sins comprises some of the most monumental music to have been composed and recorded in quite some time. Significantly, this does not only refer to the seven-part suite of the title, but also the second track “Ballade of the Fallen African Warrior," another extended piece with multiple sections. Joseph Daley, master of the tuba and composer extraordinaire--who wrote and arranged all of this music--has been a member of the brass sections of several important bands, including those ...