New Music Discovery!
03/24/2011
The Artistic Director’s Diary
- Sean Timmons
March 23, 2011
New Music Discovery!
There’s a great thrill in discovering something new. Do you remember that amazing restaurant tucked away in a side street that you seemed to have all to yourself until the food critic gave it rave reviews? It’s still there and doing a roaring trade, which just proves you were right about that one!
There’s so much music out there that sifting through it all to unleash the gems can sometimes seem to be a daunting task! Of course, when you hit the jackpot it’s well worth the effort. One of the recent gems for me was The David Wax Museum from Boston. The music is fun time folk and Americana with a distinct Mexican influence. Their unique sound comes from an eclectic array of musical instruments including accordion, fiddle, jara (small Mexican guitar) and hand percussion, combined with ethnic rhythms and call and response interaction with their audiences.
The Boston Globe named them “one of Boston’s hottest new bands” and Time recently included the band among “Ten Acts That Rocked South By Southwest.”
The band’s founder and namesake, David Wax, took a year-long fellowship in Mexico to study the indigenous music. He began blending his native Midwestern folk music with the instruments, rhythms and song structures of the traditional rural music of the Mexican countryside.
The band’s other core member, Suz Slezak, travelled the world on a fellowship before bringing that experience to bear on the traditional Irish, classical, and old time folk music of her upbringing in rural Virginia. David and Suz have performed as The David Wax Museum since 2007 and are joined by various other musicians on the road and in the studio.
The David Wax Museum will join us for an early set on the Meadow Stage at the Arts & Music Festival on June 4th.
More info here:
http://www.appelfarm.org/arts-music-festival/performers-schedule
