Acoustic Syndicate

	Acoustic Syndicate - Tributaries CD Code:AS2 Price: $14.00 Quantity in Basket: none

Acoustic Syndicate

Acoustic Syndicate is a highly energetic acoustic americana act using all acoustic guitar, banjo, upright bass and drums. With a dynamic vocal trio the group moves in and out of folk, jazz, rock, r&b, reggae and bluegrass. The core group has been together since 1992. Occasional additions include flute, saxophone, and extra guitar. Great guest musicians like Sam Bush and Larry Keel appear on their 1999 release Tributaries . Their new CD, Crazy Little Life is affirmation that Acoustic Syndicate has forged a truly unique sound. the first work released in 1997, Self Titled Acoustic Syndicate, also featured Sam Bush. A supercharged energy makes for a feverish live show. 

"Cleveland County, NC's very own bluegrass boys turn out a second album that eclipses their self-titled debut. With instrumentation that flows from core bluegrass, Acoustic Syndicate's music courses through musical tributaries outside of traditional banjo boundaries. Including such atypical bluegrass instruments as the bongos and a flute, the Syndicate moves beyond newgrass and lands on the banks of acoustic originality. This is one trip worth taking."   -- WNCW "Hot Picks" for 1999, vol. 9 issue 4          

"Attention all you jam-bluegrass-newgrass-whatever bands out there. Listen to Acoustic Syndicate's new disk Tributaries for a primer in restraint. Tasteful mandolin, guitar and banjo all wrapped around songs that are more Vince Gill than Bill Monroe, yet still surprisingly powerful. They don't break off string-popping solos on every song, which makes it all the more pleasing when they cut loose. If you put stock in such things, these guys have what's called a "solid regional buzz." All I'll say is I like 'em a lot more than a whole heap of national acts of the same breeding."  --from Creative Loafing, 8/28/99 issue

"...just a few yards away at the Olde Hickory Tap Room, this evening's entertainment was provided by Shelby, NC's Acoustic Syndicate. This band just got out of the studio and I could tell by how much tighter the band sounded on stage. Playing one song after another at a fevered pitch, everybody's feet and heads were tapping and nodding all night long. This band plays some great original material, and in the middle of one of their tunes they seugewayed into a killer Santana jam... that lasted for about ten minutes. Hot stuff! Go check 'em out."   --from EnterActive Weekly, 2/3/99  
 

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