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Revolutionary Snake Ensemble's "Live Snakes" To Be Released By Accurate Records March 11
Boston-based saxophonist/composer Ken Field has drawn deeply from the wellspring of the New Orleans brass band tradition since forming his Revolutionary Snake Ensemble in 1990. Using the boisterous rhythms of that tradition as a launching pad for unbridled improvisations on both original and traditional material, the band has emerged as a singular force in the music. ...
Agachiko: Agachiko: Yes!
by C. Michael Bailey
Agachiko is a band led by Boston-based vocalist Gabrielle Agachiko, bringing together an impressive array of musicians that includes saxophonist Russ Gershon of the Either/Orchestra, and Ken Field of the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, both distilling their amply-endowed playing down to a bare essence where all that remains is the music to support an exceptional voice and ...
Ken Field & The Revolutionary Snake Ensemble: The Musical Road Less Taken
by Tod Smith
Saxophonist/composer Ken Field describes the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble as a “funk and street beat brass band playing New Orleans and other modern improvised celebratory styles." Playing original compositions and those of artists as diverse as Billy Idol and Ornette Coleman, the RSE was formed in 1990 to entertain a at a pagan women's ritual celebration. The ...
Revolutionary Snake Ensemble in Boston, Philadelphia, New Orleans, and Worldwide!
It's a difficult time, and doubly so for small independent record companies like our Maryland-based label Cuneiform Records. Not only are sales down due to the economy--CD burning and illegal free download sites are cutting significantly into the market. You can support dedicated and creative independent music businesses by buying a CD or two, and of ...
Publisher's Top Picks for 2008
by Michael Ricci
It was another productive year for “Team AAJ" as we delivered some new features and upgraded several others across the website. We also beefed up our editorial staff to better manage the increasing number of contributors. The programming staff (Mike Lorenz and myself) continued to build on our foundation that has firmly established AAJ as the ...
Forked Tongue
By Revolutionary Snake Ensemble
Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Just A Closer Walk; Slots; Little Lisa Jane; The Large S; Chippie; Give Me Jesus; Down By The Riverside; Que Sera
Sera; White Wedding; Minor Vee.
Revolutionary Snake Ensemble: Forked Tongue
by Joel Roberts
What do Billy Idol, Ornette Coleman and Doris Day have in common? One thing at least: They’re all fodder for the creative madness of the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble (RSE), the wildly eclectic, uproariously entertaining Boston-based group that offers a post-modern, Sun Ra-meets-Mardi Gras twist (down to their outrageous costumes) on the New Orleans brass band tradition. ...
Revolutionary Snake Ensemble: Forked Tongue
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il Revolutionary Snake Ensemble di Ken Field conferma con questo eccitante Forked Tongue la buonissima impressione che ci aveva lasciato col disco di esordio Year of the Snake (uscito per Innova nel 2003). La trama di fondo è sempre quella delle marching band di New Orleans ma gli sviluppi dell’azione ci portano inesorabilmente ben oltre i ...
Revolutionary Snake Ensemble: Forked Tongue
by Mark Corroto
Feel good. It's okay to feel good in these days of war, floods, pestilence, and (insert the current price of) gasoline. Certainly the tradition of jazz, especially New Orleans jazz, tells us to celebrate the moment, even if that moment is minutes after you've buried a love one. For that you must have a brass band ...
