New video of
The Hot Holy Mess:
From our June 17 show at Branded.
see more at thehotholymess.com
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From our June 17 show at Branded.
see more at thehotholymess.com
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-- Time Out New York
"Steele's violin work evokes the instrument's deep history and globe-spanning heritage. He and Lavalle have strong folk roots, but they surpass the boundaries of the genre with music that embraces opposites — folksy and discordant, easygoing and frenzied — in search of transcendence."
--Beacon Pass
"Brooklyn's own dirty church band"
--The Brooklyn Paper
....we've begun work on our first recordings.
Stay tuned!
:::::past announcements:::::
highlights from our BK debut in December:
New Video:
We did a live-stream performance for billboard.com, courtesy of Davidjr.com.
Here's footage of him getting the footage:
New Press on late bloomer from our California tour:
"Steele and his band make artful leaps across musical boundaries"
--George Varga, San Diego Union Tribune
it's a nice feature. Click to read the whole piece.
Other recent press:
Nate Chinen of the New York Times made favorable mention of late bloomer in last week's jazz listings, calling us "rustic and worldly."
Couldn't have said it better myself. Here's the piece.
The folks from lucidculture.com heard us at Barbes in January and had this to say:
"....thoughtful, meditative instrumentals, full of beautiful little intricacies, often absolutely mesmerizing: you can get completely lost in this stuff...."
Read the whole piece here
(it's nice!)
--Trio Tarana in China--
With:
Ravish Momin-- drums and tunes
Peter Scherr-- bass
Skye Steele-- violin
Nov 26th @ Wuxi
Nov 27th @ QingDao
Nov 29th @ GuangZhou
Nov 30th @ Shenzhen
Dec 3 @ Foshan
Dec 4 @ Hong Kong
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NEW VIDEOS UP!
SSQ in Brooklyn and other summer fun:
HERE.
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Cadence Magazine reviews late bloomer:
"It's clear that this crew is ready to stretch out in a million different directions and have tons of fun doing it.... Steele's fiddle darts in and out of the oddball rhythmic structures with great panache and rhythmic assurance.... Steele's fabulous tone and inventive solo sense didn't just happen overnight." --July, 2008
do you have your copy yet....?
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Saturday, Sept 20th: Nation Beat Plays with Willie Nelson @ FarmAid '08
check it out on le youtube!!
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Saturday,
Sept 27th: Skye
Steele/Jay Vilnai Quartet @ Baltimore-- WindUp
Space
A combined evening of SSQ and Vampire Suit material, as well as films currated by Peter Bolte. Wind-Up Space is Baltimore's hippest new art-spot. Come join us if you're in the mid-atlantic.
Monday, Sept 29th: Skye Steele Quartet @ NYC-- Sweet Rhythm
the new SSQ book featuring words by some of America's most inspiring poets.
With Andrew D'Angelo, reeds; Josh Meyers, bass; John Hadfield, drums.
Sunday, Oct 6th: Skye Steele Quartet @ Boston-- Lily-Pad
SSQ hits the warpath.... Watch out for the road blog!
A combined evening of SSQ and Vampire Suit material, as well as films currated by Peter Bolte. Wind-Up Space is Baltimore's hippest new art-spot. Come join us if you're in the mid-atlantic.
Monday, Sept 29th: Skye Steele Quartet @ NYC-- Sweet Rhythm
the new SSQ book featuring words by some of America's most inspiring poets.
With Andrew D'Angelo, reeds; Josh Meyers, bass; John Hadfield, drums.
Sunday, Oct 6th: Skye Steele Quartet @ Boston-- Lily-Pad
SSQ hits the warpath.... Watch out for the road blog!
NATION Vs.
NATURE
Nation Beat summer tour '08
celebrating the release of our new CD
Legends of the Preacher
on Modiba Productions.
w w w . n a t i o n b e a t . c o m
Nation Beat summer tour '08
celebrating the release of our new CD
Legends of the Preacher
on Modiba Productions.
w w w . n a t i o n b e a t . c o m
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