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The Hot 8 Brass Band: On the Spot
by Chris M. Slawecki
On the Spot celebrates the fifth album and twenty year history of The Hot 8 Brass Band, the first American band signed by UK-based Tru-Thoughts Records. Like their New Orleans hometown, The Hot 8 knows tragedy, from Hurricane Katrina to the separate deaths of five bandmates, yet triumphantly and fiercely embody the Dionysian energy and gospel fervor in New Orleans' musical culture. Certain music seems to come at you roaring and then detonate in between your ears with ...
read moreThe Hot 8 Brass Band: Tombstone
by Angelo Leonardi
Parte integrante dell'afro-american community di New Orleans, l'Hot 8 Brass Band torna con un nuovo album, riproponendo l'incendiaria miscela di soul, rap, funk, hip hop e jazz in chiave di marchin' band.Fondata nel 1995 dal tubista Bennie Big Peter" Pete e dal trombonista Jerome Baybay" Jones, la formazione è sopravvissuta alla tragedia dell'uragano Katrina ma ha subito dei lutti in situazioni di violenza urbana, perdendo quattro dei suoi componenti storici. Questo terzo album lo dedica a loro e ...
read moreHot 8 Brass Band at Mawazine Festival 2014
by Mehdi El Mouden
Hot 8 Brass Band Rabat Streets Mawazine Festival Rabat, Morocco June 4-7, 2014 From New Orleans, down to Rabat, The Hot 8 Brass Band crossed the Atlantic to revive the tradition of the marching band in an African spot. Part of the street program in Mawazine Festival Rhythms of the World, Hot 8 Brass band played for four days in four different parts of the city. Marching down the hot and even mean streets ...
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