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By: Dennis Cook
JamBase Associate Editor

Bumbershoot :: 09.04.10-09.06.10 :: Seattle Center :: Seattle, WA

As much a city-unifying cultural spectacle as a music fest, Bumbershoot plays up all the quirks and characteristics that make Seattle such a hyper-cool town while offering a smorgasbord of stage talent as well as comedy, film and more. Its name comes from a slang term for umbrellas, which seems appropriate given the locale’s notorious rep for wetness. Bumbershoot takes place on a 74-acre site originally built for the 1962 World’s Fair, and has been running annually since 1970, making this installment the 40th anniversary. Big names on the bill this year include Bob Dylan, Hole, Jenny & Johnny, The English Beat and The Decemberists. Here are a few other acts on this year’s lineup that’ll brighten your Labor Day Weekend at the Seattle Center.

1. Plants and Animals :: Saturday :: 12:45-2:00 PM :: Green Vibes Stage

A true original in the rock world, Plants and Animals take the raw ingredients familiar to all and mix them up in a way that renews faith in the genre. Like kindred spirits The Slip and Apollo Sunshine, this band approaches their music with a level of craftsmanship and empathetic instinct that is truly impressive. They are currently on tour behind one of the great sleeper releases of 2010, La La Land, which listeners with good taste are encouraged to explore post-haste.

2. Justin Townes Earle :: Saturday :: 4:55-6:00 PM :: Starbucks Stage

Not so much a chip off the old block, Steve Earle’s son is happy extension of the line begun by Woody Guthrie and his namesake Townes Van Zandt, a true songwriter’s songwriter and boot leather slaying troubadour. Justin is full of tics and scars all his own, too, which makes his work more compelling with each passing year.

3. Horse Feathers :: Sunday :: 1:15-2:15 PM :: Starbucks Stage

Delicate things and ideas who elude easy phrasing soar in this folk-slanted quiet-rock unit, who seem to go from strength to strength with each release and subsequent tour.

4. Billy Bragg :: Saturday :: 8:30-9:45 PM :: Starbucks Stage

For decades has fought the good fight for the right causes AND made a mountain of great music in the process. Rarely has a politics and social justice ever had such a hugely romantic champion. The struggle for connection, be it on a grand scale or one hand cradling another, is at the center of Bragg’s oeuvre. Don’t miss a chance to see one of the few guys doing what Joe Strummer once did. He’s also a masterful storyteller, as this clip shows.

5. Trampled By Turtles :: Monday :: 1:15-2:30 PM :: Starbucks Stage

We’ve pushed TBT before, but we really think that Dave Simonett is one of the emerging young Americana songwriters out there, and the whole damn band picks with a finger-bleeding intensity and nimble skill that bowls one over live. They’re also really smart, nice guys, and that rates in our book. After catching two bracing sets at High Sierra, we’re more convinced than ever that these Turtles are picking up speed fast.

6. The Moondoggies :: Monday :: 5:00-6:15 PM :: Starbucks Stage

With a harmony sense that harks back to Crosby & Nash, a gospel sprinkled songbook, focused playing and an all-in energy that compares well with Delta Spirit and Dr. Dog, Seattle’s The Moondoggies are ripe for much wider discovery. Their debut floored a bunch of us (JamBase review), and their follow-up, Tidelands, arrives October 12. And kids, we’ve heard it already and it’s freakin’ awesome!

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EOTO

Consummate road dogs EOTO just announced a jam-packed fall tour with headlining dates
spanning both
coasts before topping off a wildly successful 2010. The 30+ day tour will kick off on
September 21 featuring 11
dates with DJ’s MiMOSA and MartyParty on the
west coast and then
beginning in October the duo will fly solo in the Mid-West before heading east for the
remainder of the winter.

TOUR DATES:

21-Sep-10 Moe’s Alley Santa Cruz, CA
22-Sep-10 Belly Up Tavern Solana Beach, CA

23-Sep-10 Music Box Los Angeles, CA
24-Sep-10 103 Harriet San Francisco, CA
25-Sep-10 Wurk Reno, NV
26-Sep-10 Blu Nightclub South Lake Tahoe, NV
28-Sep-10 McNear’s Mystic Theatre Petaluma, CA

29-Sep-10 Arcata Theatre Arcata, CA
30-Sep-10 Wow Hall Eugene, OR
1-Oct-10 Wonder Ballroom Portland, OR

2-Oct-10 Neumos Crystal Ball Reading Room Seattle, WA

8-Oct-10 Bourbon Theatre Lincoln, NE
9-Oct-10 The Ogden Theatre Denver, CO
15-Oct-10 Granada Theater Dallas, TX

16-Oct-10 La Zo Na Rosa Austin, TX

31-Oct-10 The Granada Lawrence, KS

2-Nov-10 2720 Cherokee St.Louis, MI
3-Nov-10 The Canopy Club Urbana, IL
4-Nov-10 Majestic Live Madison, WI
5-Nov-10 Epic Minneapolis, MN
7-Nov-10 The Intersection Grand Rapids, MI

8-Nov-10 Blind Pig Anne Arbor, MI

9-Nov-10 Rex Theater Pittsburgh, PA
10-Nov-10 Tralf Music Hall Buffalo, NY
11-Nov-10 The Westcott Theater Syracuse, NY

12-Nov-10 Higher Ground Burlington, VT
13-Nov-10 Port City Music Hall Portland, ME
17-Nov-10 World Cafe Live Philadelphia, PA

19-Nov-10 Brooklyn bowl Brooklyn, NY
20-Nov-10 Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA
23-Nov-10 Headliners Music Hall Louisville, KY
25-Nov-10 Southbound Knoxville, TN

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Welcome back to JamBase’s baker’s dozen to the bright lights of the music world. Last time we heard from These United States.

Whether searing the fat off jam music in Robert Walter’s 20th Congress, lighting up a Broadway stage as part of the Fela! band, keeping soul music soulful with Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, getting deep with Archie Shepp or blazing a session with the likes of Amy Winehouse and Paul Simon, NYC fixture Cochemea Gastelum is the living embodiment of “coming correct.” His crisp, lethal, adventurous sax and flute playing find the sweet spot in whatever type of music he’s involved in, and unlike many horn players, he never overstays his welcome, playing just what’s needed and leaving listeners hungry for more. Though clearly well grounded in the work of his predecessors, Gastelum synthesizes honking 50s big band rumble, 60s modal moves, 70s electricity, New Orleans slink and more in a way that simply announces a man in total command of his instrument, free of other’s fingerprints and ready to engage in whatever comes his way.

Gastelum’s long-awaited debut as bandleader, The Electric Sound of Johnny Arrow (released July 20 via MOWO! Inc.), unfurls an intoxicating array of sounds, tapping into On The Corner Miles-isms, vintage Fania salsoul, warm Brecker Brothers-esque excursions, the Latin pop of War and El Chicano, and the charged, forward thinking feel of late 60s/early 70s jazz, particularly the electric sax work of Eddie Harris and the impossible-to-place groove of Phil Woods’ European Rhythm Machine. Co-produced by Gastelum and Mocean Worker, the album rolls along layered percussion and a controlled, powered-up energy – a flowing inducement to move, to swing, to sway, aided by guest turns from Joe Russo, Brian Jordan, Zak Najor, Chris Stillwell and more.

It’s bloody sexy music, and executed so smoothly that it’s only upon further inspection that one realizes how much is actually going on. Yet, The Electric Sound of Johnny Arrow never feels overstuffed or confusingly diverse. Like Gastelum’s playing, it is exactly what it needs to be and a fantastic snapshot of a rich musical mind in full flight. (Dennis Cook)

Here’s what Gastelum had to say to our inquiries.

Cochemea Gastelum by Greg Aiello

Nickname: “Cheme” pronounced /tchem-ay/

1. Great music rarely happens without
Listening, letting go, and in the immortal words of Fred Wesley, playing like you don’t give a fuck.

2. The first album I bought was
Charlie Parker’s “Hot House“

3. The last song or album to really flip my wig was
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Contou’s “Echos Hypnotiques”

4. When I was a kid I wanted to grow up to be
A drummer

5. My favorite sort of gig is
A sweaty dance party

6. One thing I wish people knew about me is
There are moments when I may seem detached or distant, but I just like to be quiet and watch sometimes.

7. I love the sound of
The ocean

8. One day I hope to make an album as fantastic as
Sly & The Family Stone’s There’s A Riot Going On

9. The best meal I ever had on tour was at
Au Virage Lepic in Paris

10. I always find the coolest audiences in
Unexpected places

11. The worst habit I’ve picked up being on the road all the time is
Eating late night junk food!

12. The Beatles or the Stones? Por que?
Hmmm, probably The Beatles. My mom used to play their records all the time growing up, and I always seem to go back to their songs for some inspirado. Been on a big Stones kick lately, though.

13. The craziest thing I ever saw was
Ornette Coleman having a jam session in his apartment.

Cheme will perform perform the entire solo album in its entirety on September 10th in New York City at 92Y Tribeca with ten piece band, including members of Antibalas and Budos Band.

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