Critics’ Pick for Best World Jam Fusion: The Hip Abduction
This lively eight-piece fuses the flavors of jazz, acoustic rock, tropicalia, blues, funk, Afrobeat and reggae into a sound that grooves with the easy-going vibe of the islands without ever coming off as trite. Against supple basslines, fluid keyboard melodies and a two-piece horn combo, frontman David New delivers his stream-of-consciousness style lyrics in a warm husky-rich timbre.
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This article appears in Sep 16-22, 2010.