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Album Review

TriBeCaStan: New Deli

Read "New Deli" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki


TriBeCaStan is a mythical kingdom or mystical state (or both) founded by John Kruth and Jeff Greene, built upon music brought within its walls from Western China, Cuba, Morocco, Uzbekistan and just about any and every where else. For New Deli, their second official “state communication," TriBeCaStan's population expands to include Claire Daly, baritone sax ace for Taj Mahal (and previously, James Brown); ska trumpeter John Turner; and Bruce Huebner, master of the pentatonic bamboo Japanese flute.“As we ...

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TriBeCaStan: Strange Cousin

Read "Strange Cousin" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki


The musical state of mind known as TriBeCaStan was co-founded by multi-instrumentalist John Kruth (whose more colorful credits include “banshee mandolin" for rock bands the Meat Puppets and Violent Femmes) and ethnomusicologist Jeff Green. Their forces were joined, in their march toward musical independence, by bassist Dave Dreiwitz (from the band Ween), and multi-reed man Matt Darriau (The Klezmatics).

Strange Cousin builds relationships between unfamiliar international musical relatives. Even while charting new musical territory, Kruth recognizes that TriBeCaStan ...

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Recording

Tribecastan's 5 Star Cave

Tribecastan's 5 Star Cave

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Around The World in Three Blocks: The Traditional, Radical Music of the Nation of TriBeCaStan

Nestled in the heart of a bustling urban sprawl, between skyscrapers and shanties, lies a sonic oasis in which the sounds of the Indian sarod meet surf rock, West African kora merges with Appalachian mountain tunes, and Afghani melodies mingle with avant-garde jazz. This isTriBeCaStan, a nation in flux, where tune smugglers and artistic immigrants from all parts of the globe converge to create the ...

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Tribecastan Releases "Strange Cousin" on 7/14

Tribecastan Releases "Strange Cousin" on 7/14

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Amidst Holland Tunnel traffic is John Kruth, decked out like a Technicolor Bedouin conducting the blaring horns of frustrated drivers with a pencil and channeling a hybrid symphony of New York noise. Next appears the slyly unassuming Jeff Greene, whose conventional attire belies a profound first-hand knowledge of esoteric overtone flutes, Arabic scales, and all things ending in “-stan." We're not in Soho anymore.

Welcome to Tribecastan, a country without borders tucked away in a corner of downtown Manhattan. This ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

New Deli

Evergreene Music
2012

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Strange Cousin

Evergreene Music
2009

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