TBT initiates festival
In addition to Trampled by Turtles, confirmed performers include The Head and the Heart, Low, Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Field Report, Spirit Family Reunion, The Apache Relay, and Erik Koskinen.
Festival Palomino will take place at Canterbury Park just outside of Minneapolis in Shakopee, Minn.
Singer Dave Simonett said, "As a band, Trampled by Turtles always envisioned creating a Minnesota festival featuring the music of some of our favorite musicians."
The entire festival will be curated by the band with a focus on live music and Minnesota's craft beer and food truck culture.
Tickets are available now at the Depot Tavern, the Electric Fetus in Minneapolis and online at www.festivalpalomino.com.
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). The band recently released their newest album,"Wild Animals."
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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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