rizorkestra one-man-folk-roots-blues-band

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voodoo child

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Released: Jan 1, 2007

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voodoo child
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sow good seeds
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string quintet
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st thomas
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i am a pilgrim
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Genre: Blues / Folk / Roots Music
Location los angeles, California, US
Profile Views: 196653
Last Login: 8/6/2011
Member Since 2/19/2005
Website http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LnlvdXR1YmUuY29tL3Jpem9ya2VzdHJh
Record Label bollweevil/justalookingforahome
Type of Label Indie
Bio
...... ..100,000+ visits for the rather obscure music i play? .... what a great bunch of folks in this world!! .. . . . well heck. . . i' m a- gonna celebrate the love of music... .... no turning back now... not a chance!.. mebbe you'll find something.. in here to pass the word about... .... so here we go,.. further in for the obscure: .... cozy-up by the fire for... .... intuitive archeology of spontaneous music.. fireside sessions 2009 .... solo improvisations with riz featuring stringed instruments: .... ? boukzouki.. ? vihuela.. ? plectrum banjo.. ? guzheng.. ? oud.. ? pipa .... a 39 video playlist.. for your viewing and listening enjoyment.. (about the length of a cd-worth of music!!)...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... find all this and more on ..rizorkestra youtube.. .. ...... .."...keepin' music real down-home for y'all..." .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... ..riz plays jazz vibraphone.... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ........ .. .. ...... .. .. .... ....keep the music flowing ........ .. .. ...... .. .. .. help pass the good word for rizorkestra music...we'll send you a link to the poster! ...... .. .. ...... .. .. .... ...."... the rustic blues/jug/rag hustle..." ..- Good Times Weekly, Santa Cruz.. .... .... ...."...rizorkestra has a deep appreciation for the American music tradition. I respect that. I appreciate the fact he is out there spreading the word...".. Sir Hodge / Oracles Music Network.. .... ...."...worth a listen. not just for the fact that most of the CD is a history lesson in american music, but also for the fact that there ain’t many cats doing this stuff no more, and the more who listen, the more players can learn and carry it on. precisely the way folk music has always worked." ..- Dirk Wissbaum / Bluessource.com.. .... .... ...."...it's american music that celebrates pioneer spirit and yankee ingenuity, the kind of thing that brings people together: ..jugband tunes, rags, jumps and shuffles, gospel tunes, folk tunes, some real gut-bucket blues."" ..- New Times Weekly, San Luis Obispo.. .... .... ...."...the one-man band is something you seldom see or hear these days. for all it mattered, the very notion could have faded into history, to be revived only by old films. if you doubt the existence of one-man bands, you should give los angeles multi-instrumentalist rizorkestra a listen..."american guitar" was recorded without the use of studio overdubs - another art that has almost been made extinct in this modern age. to listen to the album only makes this meat all the more credible. "drunkard's special" is pure bar-room blues, and being honest, almost every song on the album could go by that description. the reworking of hendrix's "voodoo child" is well worth hearing. it's almost as if this recording predates the original. instrumental tracks like "st. thomas" wouldn't sound too out of place on a latter day Beefheart album." ....Peter McGee / Bluesbunny Independent Music Review.. .... ...."..as an avid amateur musicologist, i try to dig up the earliest american popular music. lots of interesting cats...think leadbelly and woody guthrie. then think of two generations before that...1890s to 1929-ish. that's some of what i search for to listen to...lots of good stuff from back there!" ..- Santa Barbara Independent.. .... .... ...."...a nice break from the over-processed, over-produced shit we hear everyday. it is true, bluesy, folksie and unpretentious. while it provides no angst or punkiness, I would recommend taking a listen. you may be surprised to learn that somewhere out there, people are still “paying respect to the roots”. ..Krystal Tolle / Upstarter Punk CD Reviews.. .... ...."...riz is not after nostalgia, he says. instead, it's immediacy, which is the same spirit his oldest songs were written in—persistors and resistors from the last years before radio erased the regional accent. .. "it's a young country," he says. "the tradition is essentially non-tradition. if we went back 150 years and i'm a musician and you're a journalist, there'd be a German guy in my band playing an accordion because that's what he brought with him, and someone from Mexico, and another guy from New Orleans. we're all out of our traditional context here in the new world, and we have each other to reach out to, so when we're making music, we bring what we have. the beauty of being American is that we're bastards, and we can take whatever we want and include it. that's really the definition of the free world. that's the American deal." ..Chris Zeigler / Long Beach District Weekly
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rizorkestra roots-music-family world map .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .... some wonderful record labels: .... smithsonian folkways.. dust-to-digital..arhoolie..rounder..shanachie..yazoo..nonesuch..deutsche gramophone..jsp..okeh..black swan..paramount..columbia..chess..jvc..document..revenant..blue note..delmark..stax/volt..vanguard..library of congress..ocora... .... ...and some wonderful musicians: .... blind blake.. scrapper blackwell.. ramblin' thomas.. robert johnson.. dock boggs.. casey bill weldon.. joseph spence.. b.b.& group (prison songs).. norfolk jubilee quartet.. bascom lamar lunsford.. sister cally fancy.. charlie patton.. uncle dave macon.. luther magby.. blind willie johnson.. empire jubilee quartet.. masked marvel.. blind lemon jefferson.. coley jones.. geeshie wiley.. "22".. kokomo arnold.. son house.. jim jackson.. lonnie johnson.. eddie lang.. jaybird coleman.. tampa red.. frank palmes.. bessie smith.. c.b. & axe gang.. a.a.gray.. big bill broonzy.. elders mcintorsh & edwards sanctified singers.. memphis jug band.. gus cannon.. golden gate quartet.. sleepy john estes.. lil mcclintock.. leadbelly.. dinwiddie quartet.. mattie may thomas.. rev. j.m.gates.. john lee hooker.. rev. gary davis.. mississippi john hurt.. nehemiah skip james.. sister mary nelson.. jesse fuller.. casey bill weldon.. roosevelt graves.. bo carter.. furry lewis.. jimpson.. tommy settlers and his blue moaner.. sister rosetta tharpe.. josh white.. texas alexander.. the trumpeteers.. georgia tom dorsey.. brother claude ely.. mound city blue blowers.. sister o.m. terrell.. bessie jones and the georgia sea island singers.. roy smeck.. washboard sam.. louis armstrong.. memphis slim.. willie dixon.. blind willie mctell.. edward w. clayborn.. alfred lewis.. rev. a.w. nix.. memphis sanctified singers.. arizona dranes.. nugrape twins.. dorothy love coates.. the blue chips.. eddie head & his family.. dock reed and vera hall ward.. goldia jaynes.. kokomo arnold.. mahalia jackson.. peter chatman.. rev. sister mary nelson.. bukka white.. blind mamie forehand.. willie newbern.. cotton top mountain sanctified singers.. henry thomas.. ed & lonnie young.. empire jubilee quartet.. otto virgall.. rosie hibler & family.. john lee "sonny boy" williamson.. t.c.i. women's four.. arthur "big boy" crudup.. prof. johnson & his gospel singers.. henry spaulding.. laura henton.. sol hoopii.. taskiana four.. charlie pool.. rev. anderson johnson.. richard "rabbit" brown.. the famous blue jay singers.. henry thomas.. jimmie strothers.. elder david ross.. sonny terry.. jesse "babyface" thomas.. ramblin' thomas..... .... and, also....some modern wonderful musicians: .... chet atkins.. taj mahal.. ry cooder.. bob wills.. aretha franklin's gospel singing.. ali farka toure.. blind boys of alabama.. cephas & wiggins.. leon redbone.. robert randolph & the family band.. sonny rollins.. jimi hendrix ... ....
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one-man-folk-roots-blues-band .... guitar, dobro, vocal, fife, kazoo, with hi-hat and bass drum playing simultaneously. repertoire consists of early blues songs, jug band tunes, gospel music classics, instrumental stomps, romps, jumps, and rags, early country music, early jazz, tin pan alley tunes, folk songs and novelty songs, with the additional insertion of themes and motifs from sousa marches, european classical music composers, musical theater and film music, in original compositions and improvisations. .... and... ..everyone's welcome in the ..open invitiational "rizorkestra roots-music-family volunteer chorus" ..drop by...bring yer singin' voice!