Dirt music
Dirtmusic is a folk-rock band project founded in 2007 , consisting of Chris Eckman from the Walkabouts , Hugo Race , among others founding member of Nick Caves " Bad Seeds ", and the former Codeine drummer Chris Brokaw .
history
The band was formed in 2007 with the aim of getting back to the roots of folk music . She combines folk with rock and world music elements. Acoustic instruments are often used here. The first album Dirtmusic , with clear roots, rock and blues influences, was released in 2007. The follow-up album BKO , which was released in April 2010, shows strong influences from West African music. "BKO" is the abbreviation for Bamako Airport in Mali . Some Malian musicians worked on the album, such as For example, the Tuareg rock band Tamikrest , who had already met in 2008 at the Festival au Désert in Essakane, near Timbuktu , and who accompanied Dirtmusic on the European tour from May to August 2010, for example. B. at the Sziget -Festival 2010 and the Orange Blossom Special Festival of their record company Glitterhouse .
In 2009, Eckman, Race and Brokaw then returned to Mali for jam sessions with local musicians, on the basis of which the new album was created. This cooperation is partly documented on the bonus DVD, which is distributed together with the new album.
Discography
- 2007: Dirtmusic ( Glitterhouse )
- 2010: BKO (Glitterhouse)
- 2013: Troubles (Glitterbeat)
- 2014: Lion City (Glitterbeat)
- 2018: Bu Bir Ruya
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Disc review ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. by Renzo Staub on now-on.at
- ↑ Disc review on zoolamar.com ( Memento of the original from April 21, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
