With all of the press about economic woes, meteorological catastrophes, sleazy politics, and other calamities, the news can be overwhelmingly depressing. But artists have always found an outlet for transcending the blues through music. Enter Snarky Puppy to add some relief; a collective with over 25 players in regular rotation from Dallas and New York City, ...

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A Love Electric

By Todd Clouser

Label: Ropeadope
Released: 2011
Track listing: Serenity Now; Meet Me At The Polo Grounds; Curtis; Bobby White In The City; The Habit Kick; Jimena; Littlest Number; The Border At Pachacan; Autumn City Portrait; One; Brass Suite; Mo City Kid; Hallelujah.

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Todd Clouser's A Love Electric

By Todd Clouser

Label: Ropeadope
Released: 2011
Track listing: Serenity Now; Meet me at the Polo Grounds; Curtis; Bobby White in the City; The Habit Kick; Jimena; Littlest Number; The Border at Pachacan; Autumn City Portrait; One; Brass Suite 1970; Mo City Kid; Hallelujah.

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Todd Clouser: Todd Clouser's A Love Electric

Read "Todd Clouser's A Love Electric" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki
November 26, 2011

"A Love Electric is possibility and energy," explains guitarist, composer and bandleader Todd Clouser. “I come from a rock place as a player. I still love Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, and the total madness in noise, even if I'm listening to Charlie Parker, Monk, or Wayne Shorter more often these days."“All that was once new ...

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Todd Clouser: A Love Electric

Read "A Love Electric" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
August 30, 2011

Todd Clouser ha lasciato gli Stati Uniti ed è emigrato in Messico, nella penisola Los Cabos, alla ricerca di un differente approccio ai ritmi della vita. E inevitabilmente ai ritmi della musica. In questo suo terzo album da 'messicano' ha voluto al suo fianco un trombettista molto noto come Steven Bernstein, sempre efficace e affilato nelle ...

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Todd Clouser: A Love Electric

Read "A Love Electric" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
April 8, 2011

Musicians and painters from the US have long since been relocating to Mexico, hoping to deepen their art through immersion in a slower pace of life. Guitarist Todd Clouser is a recent emigré, who moved south in 2006. Back then, Mexico's drug war was just starting to heat up, and has grown more vicious with each ...

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Who is This America?

By Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra

Label: Ropeadope
Released: 2010
Track listing: Who is This America Dem Speak of Today?; Pay Back Africa; Indictment; Big Man; Obanla'e; Elephant; Sister; Money Talks.