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Album Review

Euforquestra: Fire

Read "Fire" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki


Although Fire is their fourth studio album, it also marks two milestone “firsts" in the history of jam masters Eufórquestra: The band's first studio album since the live album Let Us In straddled their 2009 relocation from Iowa City, Iowa, to Fort Collins, Colorado; and their first studio album managed by an external producer, keyboardist Kyle Hollingsworth from The String Cheese Incident. “Kyle helped with pretty much every aspect of shaping songs for this record," explains group guitarist and vocalist ...

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Album Review

Euforquestra: Explorations In Afrobeat

Read "Explorations In Afrobeat" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki


The second release from this seven-piece ensemble seems quite purposeful. Subtitled A fusion of Nigerian and Cuban music rooted in Yoruba tradition, it explores the deep connection between West African Afrobeat and Afro-Cuban music channeled through the religious, ceremonial music of the Yoruba tradition of West Africa.

Purposeful? The detailed liner notes sure seem so. For example, they explain that the Yoruba are the largest single ethno-linguistic group in Nigeria and the second largest in Africa, and that ...

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Recording

Eufórquestra Announces New Album "Fire" Out March 25

Eufórquestra Announces New Album "Fire" Out March 25

Source: Press Junkie PR

Fort Collins/Denver-based band Eufórquestra (pronounced: yoo • FOHR • keh • struh) returns with their fourth full-length studio album, Fire, set for worldwide release on March 25, 2014. Fire was produced by Kyle Hollingsworth (The String Cheese Incident) and mastered by Dominick Maita, whose credits include Billy Joel and Herbie Hancock. The album spans 14 funk-infused tracks featuring guest spots by roots vocalist Elliot Martin (John Brown’s Body), soul singer Kim Dawson, trumpeter Gabriel Mervine (The Motet), and keyboardist Kyle ...

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Technology

Euforquestra: Live Download w/Members of Sci

Euforquestra: Live Download w/Members of Sci

Source: JamBase


Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Fire

Self Produced
2014

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Explorations In...

Eufórquestra Productions
2007

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