Hypnotic Clambake - Boston, MA
"There's a lot to like about Hypnotic Clambake's sound.
The Quartet, led by accordionist/singer Maury Rosenberg, is adept at weaving
together a multitude of styles: klezmer, zydeco, bluegrass, country, blues,
tango and indie-rock all turn up..." - Bill Meyer, Option Magazine, Music Alternatives.
"Speaking of unusual, a Doctor in Berlin likened this band to a "bar-mitzvah on
acid" and that's about as close as one is going to come. Which is okay; let's
not try to pigeonhole this band, by any means. Defining a thing puts limits on
it and Hypnotic Clambake should have no boundaries. "Bulgarian Boogie" alone
should tell us that..." - Doug Treadway, Night Flying Magazine, News of Records
"On "Kent The Zen Master" Hypnotic Clambake embodies the new American man: he's
wordly, tuned in, unplugged and hears the music of the world in his head.
Hypnotic Clambake has struck again, and the group's archetypical leading man sums
up it's whole attitude: make music, play well, have fun. The band members play tag
with klezmer, play hide-and-seek with swing, drum like Arabs, sing like Okies,
and blow and squeeze like the Count Basie Big Band. They are firmly tongue and cheek,
maybe too clever for some folks who don't want to listen, but they are never predictable,
never boring, and certainly caustic." - Ciff Furnald - CMJ Journal, New Music Report
"On "Square Dance Messiah", this way-ecclectic Boston-based spoofenanny rips a psychoklezmatic
swath across the sacred folk sounds of many nations. If ever a reason existed to venture into
this neck of the nightlife, these cross-cultural zanies are probably it." - Gehr - The Village Voice
"Thank god there are still people out there with a sense of humor. Musicians who not only have
a grasp of the technicalities, but also a grasp of the absurdity of our situation in the world."
- Cliff Furnald - CMJ, New Music Reort - 1993.
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