We Are Plastic Ono Band [Brooklyn]

February 16, 2010
Gilman Opera House
Brooklyn Academy of Music
30 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn NY 11217
Tickets on sale January 12, 10am
For Tickets: 718-636-4100 or www.BAM.com

FROM OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE:

“Launched in 1969 with the single “Give Peace a Chance”, Plastic Ono Band is known worldwide for its avant-garde music, film, art and activism. Early ’70s albums by the Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band have proven to be influential and ahead-of-their-time.40 years later, Yoko has revived the name and spirit of Plastic Ono Band, joined by son and co-producer Sean Lennon along with the creative Japanese musicians Haruomi Hosono,Yuka Honda and Cornelius (Keigo Oyamada, Hirotaka Shimizu and Yko Araki)

Between My Head And The Sky (released 9/29/09) has garnered impressive critical acclaim, including four & five-star reviews from Rolling Stone, Mojo, Spin, Uncut, Q, NME, Nylon and others. Last year, Yoko was recognized with the prestigious Golden Lion lifetime achievement award at the Venice Biennale, and the Mojo Magazine Lifetime Achievement Award.

On Tuesday, February 16, 2010, Yoko will perform a very special concert featuring the “new” Plastic Ono Band, along with original members Eric Clapton and Klaus Voorman, plus an intriguing cast of special guests, friends & accomplices. It promises to be a unique, unpredictable and unforgettable evening.”

Medeski Martin & Wood

No other group can be more adequately credited with the revival of the Jazz trio.  Since their formation in 1991, they have only gotten better with each year, live performance and studio release.  I first became aware of MMW in ‘98, with the release of the album Combustication, which featured scratches by DJ Logic.  It was instantly clear that the trio had control of solid fundamentals and the skills to pull off anything they wanted but a way out freak jazz mentality to keep things on edge.  They’ve had the ability to transition from acoustic to hip hop beats to crazy improv moments to straight up jazz funk.  As a team they are amazing, but each member still retains their individual identity.  It’s always easy to identify Billy Martin’s breakbeats, John Medeski’s reckless and chunky organ chops, or Chris Wood’s solid foundation of bass grooves.  The members have collaborated effortlessly with John Scofield, PHISH, and even DJ Spooky.  Since 2008, MMW has released 5 separate albums, one of which was a childrens album.  I’ve seen them a handful of times and, no matter what direction they’re taking in their performance, it’s always interesting.  They provide everything that I love about jazz music and make it feel like the smooth jazz movement never even happened.

Tour Dates

Trailer Park Boys LIVE

Regardless of how you feel about Canadian football or Celine Dion, Canada has always managed to kill it in the field of their greatest export, comedy.  From SCTV to Kids In The Hall, Canadian comedy has always been potent enough to seep from the North and infiltrate the cynical minds of the U.S.  One of the country’s most inventive and entertaining products of the last 10 years hasn’t been a sketch comedy show, but rather 7 season mockumentary, focused around 3 small time hoods robbing parking meters and living in a Canadian trailer park.  Since it’s original creations as a black and white short film in 1999 to it’s most recent 2nd full-length film from last year, the show and it’s character’s have continued to develop and garner die hard fans across the globe.  Now the 3 main characters are taking the show on the road as a live act called “Ricky, Julian, and Bubbles’ Community Service Variety Show“.  I’m not exactly sure what this will entail but, if it’s like everything else that they’ve been involved with over the last 10 years, it should be amazing.

As of now, only 2 U.S. dates have been announced.  More dates will be posted when and if they arrive.

TOUR DATES:

Feb. 25th
Wiltern Theatre
Los Angeles, Ca

Feb. 28th
Moore Theatre
Seattle, Wa

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