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I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Live , from Zac Harmon & The Drive and it's super! Opening with soulful, NTRO , Nate Robinson on bass and Gino Iglehart on drums set a solid foundation, with Corey Lacy building on keys and lush guitar work by Zac Harmon and Kingston Livingston really setting the bar. Terrific opener. Blue Pill Thrill has super movement and soulful vocals by Harmon. Lacy on keys works the rhythm with Robinson and Iglehart and Livingston and and Harmon play stinging riffs on guitar really giving this track some kick. Deep blues track, Feet Back On The Ground features Albert King like stinging riffs and super soulful vocals by Harmon. Keeping the music floor low allows Harmon plenty of space to go dynamically from soft to wow quickly adding real emotion to the track. Excellent! Boogie Down is a strong jam with a firm piano base by Lacy giving Harmon plenty of headroom for vocal corralling. Lacy lays in some real tasty keyboar...
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(Austin, Texas) “Me and the boyz have an original song, “Dance Everyday,” in one of those monster budget Warner Bros. Pictures movies,” says Terrance Simien. The Lucky One, starring Zac Efron, will be in theaters across America on April 20, 2012.
Based on a Nicolas Sparks novel and directed by the remarkable Scott Hicks, who won an Oscar for his film Shine, Terrance and the Zydeco Experience will be seen performing “Dance Everyday.” As well, Terrance's version of the zydeco standard, “Uncle Bud” is heard in the movie. Simply log onto www.terrancesimien.com to listen to his song, watch the show, and become experienced. Watch the movie trailer at www.imdb.com. Terrance feels, "It was an honor and a privilege to work with director, Scott Hicks and that Scott felt zydeco has enough reach and appeal to be used in a movie that wasn't about Louisiana.”
Terrance Simien is blessed with an extraordinary talent that expresses the deepest human emotions through the original instrument, his voice. His eclectic fusion of zydeco takes you on a multicultural musical tour of the world. Incorporating diverse music styles he creates a hypnotic blend of Zydeco-Roots-New Orleans Funk-Reggae-flavored-Afro-Caribbean-World music. www.terrancesimien.com | Sunday, May 6
for the 27th year in a row!
Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience
will perform their latest songs in
The Blues Tent The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
at 4 p.m. right before Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings!
For nearly 30 years, GRAMMY winning artist Terrance Simien, 8th generation Louisiana Creole, has been shattering the myths about what indigenous Zydeco roots music is and is not! Simien has become one of the most respected and internationally recognized touring and recording artists in roots music today. lineup.nojazzfest.com/band/terrance-simien More exciting Zydeco Experiences:
Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience are representing Louisiana and the zydeco community, again, performing for the U.S. Embassy in Kiev, Ukraine this April. A respected cultural ambassador, Simien has been representing The United States for twenty-four years. He's performed for U.S. State Dept. in Cuba, Paraguay, Mali, Mauritius, Seychelles, Rodrigue and the Dominican Republic.
"Bayou Boogie" is a Terrance Simien track on Farmer Jason's Nature Jams CD (see Jason & The Scorchers). Released March 2012 with feature guest artists Brandi Carlile, Mike Mills (R.E.M.), Hank Williams III, Tommy Ramone (of The Ramones), Tom Petersson (Cheap Trick), Victor Wooten and Terrance Simien.
There will be a new Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience CD release this summer produced by George Receli that will feature guest artists Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Shannon McNally and Terrance's daughter, Marcella Simien. More details coming soon!
| “Simien is a Zydeco Master: his voice yearning like Sam Cooke, he delivers soul worthy of Stax greats and shows crossover class.” – Rolling Stone | | |
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