Jazz Articles about Schfvilkus

Schfvilkus: Genrealization

by Todd S. Jenkins
October 16, 2003

Schfvilkus (pronounced “shpil-kuss,” Yiddish for being on pins and needles) is a band with its hand on the new century’s pulse. These Nashville cats throw everything into the blender: rock, funk, hip-hop, bluegrass, Arabic music, and good old jazz, to name but a few. What is surprising is how completely everything coheres instead of becoming the expected mish-mash. Christian Grainger and his buddies know just what they’re doing and they sell it like pros.

“Pleather” was a great ...