Trampled by Turtles slates live CD/DVD
The set was captured over 3 sold out nights celebrating the band's 10th anniversary at the Minneapolis venue, First Avenue. This collection features songs from all six of Trampled's albums, including hits Wait So Long and Alone. plus its version of The Pixies' Where is My Mind?
Both the CD and the LP package include a full concert DVD.
Formed in Duluth, Minn. in 2003, Trampled by Turtles is Dave Simonett (guitar, vocals), Tim Saxhaug (bass, vocals), Dave Carroll (banjo, vocals), Erik Berry (mandolin) and Ryan Young (fiddle, vocals). While they never set out to be a bluegrass band, Trampled by Turtles employs many of the same traditional techniques of the genre, but the band tends towards a more raucous sound.
Tour dates are:
Nov. 12 Athens, GA @ Georgia Theatre
Nov. 13 Blacksburg, VA @ Burruss Auditorium
Nov. 14 Chapel Hill, NC @ Memorial Hall @ Chapel Hill
Nov. 15 Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre
Nov. 16 Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works
Dec. 31 Milwaukee, WI @ The Riverside
Feb. 3-7 Miami, FL-Cozumel, MX @ Mountain Song at Sea
More news for Trampled by Turtles
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- 04/10/12: Steep Canyon Rangers, Trampled by Turtles out with new CDs
CD reviews for Trampled by Turtles
After a four-year-break from recording, Duluth, Minn. sextet Trampled By Turtles return with its eighth studio release of edgy bluegrass and Indie folk/rock. Lead singer Dave Simonett wrote all of the mostly dark themed lyrics with the lone instrumental that showcases the band's topflight musicianship, "Good Land," credited to bandmate Erik Berry.
The musicianship is best demonstrated on uptempo tunes such as the raging "Blood in the Water," which finds Simonett ...
Trampled By Turtles, the five-piece band from Duluth, Minn., combines bluegrass, folk and country into an enjoyable mixture. This act, which has been known to cover such unexpected artists as the extremely somber Radiohead in concert, is gradually moving away from its speedy bluegrass leanings and incorporating much more moody instrumental blends into its music. "Wild Animals'" title track, for instance, opens up this 11-song album with a slow, dirge-y piece. ...
"Stars and Satellites," the latest offering from Duluth, Minn.'s Trampled by Turtles, marks a literal change of pace for a group known for technically proficient neo-bluegrass jams at break-neck speeds. By slowing things down a bit, the band manages to produce its most complete and compelling artistic statement to date.
Although the band hasn't completely forsaken high-energy jams on this new album - songs like the ultra catchy pop-grass blitz of Sorry and the hard-charging ...
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