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Maroon: Who the Sky Betrays

Read "Who the Sky Betrays" reviewed by Celeste Sunderland


Framed by burgundy velvet curtains, Hillary Maroon’s crimson dreadlocks glowed in the red gels at Tonic one evening last month. After a few adjustments on her vocal effects box, she and her quartet gently launched into a Radiohead tune, “The Tourist,” one of a handful of pop/rock covers that appear on Maroon’s second studio release, Who The Sky Betrays. Mimicking Tom Yorke’s grudging, impassioned vocals, Hillary and her band, co-founder/keyboardist Benny Lackner, drummer Lance Carter, and bassist Derek Nievergelt, established ...

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Maroon: Who the Sky Betrays

Read "Who the Sky Betrays" reviewed by John Kelman


In a world populated with a plethora of female jazz singers whose focus is to interpret, reinterpret and interpret, yet again, the Great American Songbook, it is refreshing to hear Maroon, whose latest disk, Who the Sky Betrays combines jazz improvisation, a strong pop sensibility and contemporary grooves into a wholly unique experience.

The influences here are clear: take a dash of M-BASE ("When the Storm Comes"), a pinch of ambient (Radiohead's “The Tourist"), a taste of modern jazz balladry ...

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Maroon: Who the Sky Betrays

Read "Who the Sky Betrays" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Maroon's not playing it safe. Who the Sky Betrays is the Brooklyn-based group's sophomore effort, and by pushing hard at the boundaries of the blend of contemporary rock/traditional jazz themes laid down on their debut, Migratory, these players have created a stunningly sophisticated and hugely successful work of art.Keyboardist Benny Lackner and vocalist Hillary Maroon co-lead Maroon, co-writing six of the disc's forward looking compositions. Maroon's sound sizzles and pops with with a distinctive energy, with edgy harmonics ...

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maroon: Migratory

Read "Migratory" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Think back to the time you heard a song out of the blue--on the radio, say, or at a friend's at a wee hours listening session--that sounded so fresh and new that it stunned you. Sounds that seemed to sparkle out of the speakers like something from the Fourth of July. Something like Elvis on Sun; Dylan's new electricity in '65; Joanie Mitchell claiming to be raised on robbery; Hendrix howling about the Watchtower; Billie Holiday lamenting the strange fruit.

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Performance / Tour

Camaroonian Afro-Pop Sensation Kaissa Performs Free Concert July 30

Camaroonian Afro-Pop Sensation Kaissa Performs Free Concert July 30

Source: All About Jazz

On Wednesday, July 30, Kaissa performs a free outdoor concert at Waterside Plaza. Enjoy beautiful waterfront views, plenty of seating, onsite parking and dining. Featured with Paul Simon in BAM Under African Skies residency, Kaissa's voice is an electric mix of character and clarity, strength and fragility, total control and unbridled joy. She has worked with luminary artists such as: Manu Dibango, Papa Wemba, Salif Keita, Jean-Michel Jarre, Cesaria Evora, Sekouba Bambino, Martha Wash and Diana Ross. Kaissa's poignant lyrics ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Who the Sky Betrays

Head Fulla Brains
2004

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Who the Sky Betrays

Head Fulla Brains
2003

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Migratory

Head Fulla Brains
2002

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