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Friday, February 17, 2012
Friday music links: Al Green, Willie Nelson, the Hold Steady, more
New shows at ACL Live include Pink Martini (March 26), Al Green (April 26) and Ziggy Marley (May 2).
Pitchfork announced the rest of its showcase with Fiona Apple.
A campaign to have Willie Nelson perform at halftime at the Super Bowl.
The Hold Steady play the Mohawk April 10.
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‘Silent disco’ set for tonight
Disco fever is making a comeback in Austin.
Cedar Street Courtyard, 208 W. Fourth St., is the site of a “silent disco” tonight from 9 p.m. to 3:30 a.m.
What’s a silent disco? Disc jockeys serve up music available only via headphones given to concert-goers.
No headphones, no tunes.
The goal, according to the City of Austin, is to help mitigate sound complaints that have been coming from some downtown residents.
City staffers will be on hand tonight to see how things go. Stay tuned.
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Show review: Trombone Shorty at ACL Live Thursday
Troy Andrews brazenly disregards well-established genre boundaries. As Trombone Shorty, he and his band Orleans Avenue did one set of mostly Latin-influenced tunes at ACL Live Thursday night. After a set break and instrument switch-out, they got into funk, jumping New Orleans jazz, rock, a few bars of ska and a tease of Jimi Hendrix. No respect for borders, I tell you, and the best time you could possibly have had Thursday night. This is what the term “joyful noise is meant to describe.”
Shorty calls the band’s signature blend “supafunkrock,” and rock they most certainly did. Their songs have tricky changes and some offer plenty of solo space, but the band never strayed. Shorty has a more than just-OK bandleader’s voice and a load of natural charisma, but the real fun comes when he’s stretching out on trombone or trumpet, both of which he plays with a cocky but winning vigor.
They slowed down now and then but never lost steam. Shorty himself managed to hold a couple of notes for what must have been two full minutes through circular breathing and somehow didn’t pass out. “Get Your Groove On” was the nod to ska and rock steady. They also ripped through Ray Charles’ “I Got a Woman” in a way that surely would have made the old man grin. Before the show Shorty (or someone with his Twitter account) tweeted: “Time for soundcheck! Ready to burn this place down feeling good!!!!” And so they did.
