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Harvest Music Fest 2011: Day 3 Recap & Photos

Harvest Music Fest 2011: Day 3 Recap & Photos

At Yonder Mountain String Band’s Harvest Music Festival, the honeysuckle-sweet sounds of bluegrass travel through the Indian summer air all the way from the main stage to the tent farthest back. It isn’t even necessary to leave the campsite to enjoy the festival. But it’s certainly a lot more fun if you do.  read more

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S.M.V.: Thunder

S.M.V.: <em>Thunder</em>

Supertrio glorifies the bassIn most rock and even jazz groups, the bass often takes a backseat to guitar, keys and reeds, stuck in the back communicating rhythm more often than melody. But the members of S.M.V. have preached the instrument’s full potential for decades. They’re essentially The Three Tenors of bass: Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller and 
Victor Wooten are legends, having played with Chick Corea, Miles Davis and Béla Fleck, among others. Their debut, Thunder, proves playful: With vocals (courtesy of beatboxer Butterscotch) relegated to the background, the bass takes the melody, the rhythm, the low end, the high end...  read more

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