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Dromedary Quartet: Sticks and Stones
by Budd Kopman
With Sticks and Stones string players Rob McMaken and Andrew Reissiger, the original members of Dromedary the duo, have reconstituted the group that was on their self-published 2006 eponymous album, replacing bassist Neal Fountain and drummer Jeff Riley with Chris Enghauser and Louis Romanos respectively. While the band's personnel might have changed, their music remains enchanting, hypnotic and full of hope and happiness. The Athens, Georgia scene is very fertile and the band has toured the world ...
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by Budd Kopman
The Dromedary Quartet expands the Dromedary Duo--a partnership between string players Rob McMaken (mandolin, cumbus, guitars) and Andrew Reissinger (charango, guitars)--with the addition of bassist Neal Fountain and drummer Jeff Reilly. McMaken and Reilly are also members of Kenosha Kid, which produced the genre-crushing Projector. If Kenosha Kid was pure fun to listen to, Dan Nettles' masterful arrangements on the idiosyncratic Quartet make this record just as enjoyable, as do several other reasons: the pure joy of ...
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