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Sean Noonan Releases Pavees Dance 'Slide Gate': An Epic Journey Of Transformation And Conflict Through Experimental Jazz Rock
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Drummer and composer Sean Noonan, celebrated as a “Rhythmic Storyteller,” unveils his latest release, Slide Gate, marking the third installment from the jazz-rock ensemble Pavees Dance. On the new album, Noonan is once again joined by the original Can vocalist, Malcolm Mooney, the legendary bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma (Ornette Coleman's Prime Time), and the guitarist Ava Mendoza (Unnatural Ways). Comprised of ten tracks, Slide Gate embarks on a storytelling adventure which revolves around an android's quest to reclaim its humanity. Within ...
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Drummer/Composer And Rhythmic Storyteller Sean Noonan To Release Two Imaginative New Albums In Early 2022
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Drummer and composer Sean Noonan has long preferred the term “Rhythmic Storyteller” to describe his audacious, genre-defiant artistry. As a modern-day self-described sonic griot he combines the most ancient of traditions with forward-seeking experimentation; as a kind of post-modern wandering minstrel he gathers irreverent folk tales and offbeat inspirations from various cultures and translates them through his own singular worldview. The first of the two releases that he has slated for 2022 is Knott Tones, a collision of new music ...
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Sean Noonan's Stories From Behind The Drum Kit Continue With Bruised By Noon
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Bruised by Noon, A Limited Edition Solo Drum Project Which Concludes the Tale of Finny Finnigan, the Gambler Who Was Introduced on Noonan's Critically Acclaimed 2012 Project A Gambler's Hand, Available as CD, Download and Vinyl and Accompanying Book Drummer/composer/storyteller/producer Sean Noonan is among the most prolific and innovative musicians of his generation. Just a few months after the release of his punk-rock influenced Pavees Dance: There's Always the Night, which paired the 38 year old drummer with Malcolm Mooney, ...
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Sean Noonan Will Preview Music From New CD On Concert Window Webcast On May 28
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On Wednesday, May 28, drummer, composer and producer Sean Noonan will preview music from his upcoming June 3 album, Pavees Dance: There's Always the Night, in a very special webcast on Concert Window. The live, real-time performance will feature Noonan, along with keyboardist Alex Marcelo, and - in a rare performance - former Can frontman Malcolm Mooney. The webcast will begin at 5:00 PM Eastern time. In addition to the watching the performance, viewers will get to chat live during ...
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Sean Noonan's A Gambler's Hand Is A Further Step Forward In His Evolving Blend Of Music And Narrative
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Drummer's Latest, Along With Oudist Gordon Grdina's Her Eyes Illuminate, Will Be Released by Songlines on August 14 Songlines Recordings will once again traverse musical boundaries and challenge genre specificity with its two August releases: Sean Noonan's A Gambler's Hand and Gordon Grdina's Haram's Her Eyes Illuminate. While Noonan's last release for Songlines, Boxing Dreams (2008), featured such unlikely combinations as Irish and West African vocalists singing simultaneously in Gaelic and Bambara against raucous guitar and hyperactive drums, A Gambler's ...
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Moonalice Score 100k Downloads w/ "It's 4:20 Somewhere"
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MOONALICE SINGLE “IT'S 4:20 SOMEWHERE" SURPASSES 100,000 DOWNLOADS Band with no manager, label or publicist leverages Twitter/Facebook
Moonalice To the astonishment of an entire tribe, Moonalice's new single “It's 4:20 Somewhere" has been downloaded more than 100,000 times since its introduction on November 13, 2009. Three-fourths of the downloads have been in the lossless FLAC format. Recorded, mixed, and mastered for a mere $5,000, “It's 4:20 Somewhere" is available only on the web and only for free. The ...
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Moonalice Inducts New Drummer John Molo into the Tribe
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All About Jazz
MOONALICE WELCOMES DRUMMER JOHN MOLO INTO THE TRIBE AS BAND HITS THE SUMMER FESTIVAL CIRCUIT
Acclaimed Sticksman Is Veteran Collaborator of Bruce Hornsby, Phil Lesh, John Fogerty & More
San Francisco, CA - Just in time for the upcoming summer festival season, all-star Bay Area-based rockers Moonalice have welcomed a new member of their tribe with the addition of drummer John Molo into the band. A GRAMMY-winning member of Bruce Hornsby's band for nearly 15 years, Molo has also logged ...
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Twitter's Musical Potential Unlocked by K'naan, Moonalice
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All About Jazz
Crossover hip-hop artist K'naan is revising one of his hits using his fans' tweets. After securing $35 million in February and continuing its explosive growth, the only thing that is left for Twitter to do now is to go viral with innovation.
A pair of musical projects that use the microblogging service could help make that happen: Somali-born hip-hopper K'naan Warsame is revising his song “People Like Me" using fans' tweets, and the San Francisco sessions vets in Moonalice are ...
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Sean Noonan's Brewed by Noon: November 9th & 18th with Thierno Camara, Aram Bajakian, Abdoulaye Diabate, Mat Maneri
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All About Jazz
Brewed By Noon pre-recording session sneak album preview performances When:Tea Lounge, Friday, November 9, 9pm Soundfix Records, Sunday, November 18, 7pm With: Thierno Camara -bass/vocals, Aram Bajakian -guitar, Abdoulaye Diabate -vocals, Mat Maneri - viola, Sean Noonan - drums SEAN NOONAN'S BREWED BY NOON DELIVERS A RICH BLEND OF TRADITIONS ON STORIES TO TELL Drummer/composer Sean Noonan describes Brewed by Noon as “tribal rhythms by an Irish griot....My goal is to adapt folklore in a modern jazz context, ...
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Sean Noonan's Brewed By Noon American Composers Forum premiere w/ Marc Ribot, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Mat Maneri, Abdoulaye Diabate, Susan McKeown etc.
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All About Jazz
NOONAN'S BREWED BY NOON DELIVERS A RICH BLEND OF TRADITIONS ON STORIES TO TELL
Songlines Debut from NY-based Drummer Fuses Jazz-Punk, Rock, Blues with Celtic and West African Rhythms
Speaking of his Brewed by Noon project, which will release its new CD, Stories To Tell, on January 9, 2007, drummer Sean Noonan describes it as “tribal rhythms by an Irish griot". “My goal is to adapt folklore in a modern jazz context, merging storytelling and folk music from bardic and ...
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