SXSW 2005 Showcasing Artists
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Twinemen
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Consider the ball of twine.
It begins as a spray of loose threads, takes shape when the strands are twisted around one another, and thickens into a solid, interwoven mass. If it unravels, you wind it back up. With every revolution, the ball of twine grows bigger and stronger. If that description sounds a bit erudite for a bunch of string, all the better. It's hard to imagine a more appropriate way to introduce Twinemen, an ambitious and virtuosic new trio formed by drummer Billy Conway, saxophonist Dana Colley, and singer Laurie Sargent. Twinemen's music is a tangle of horns and voice, rhythm and motion that eschews the usual linear progressions. Songs burble and tumble in intimate grooves and circuitous patterns. Richly textured, cool and relaxed, Twinemen's music is not at all unlike the remarkable chemistry between these three musicians, whose personal and artistic lives are inextricably bound together. Conway and Colley were two thirds of Morphine, the beloved Boston rock ensemble that came to a sudden, tragic end when bassist/vocalist Mark Sandman died of a heart attack on a concert stage in Italy. Sargent, a fixture on the Boston music scene, was a singer in Orchestra Morphine, the touring musical tribute to Sandman. All three are part of a close-knit circle of musicians who, through the years, have played in countless band configurations, contributed to the others' albums, and been one another's best friends. (The Boston Globe) |
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