Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound

Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound are the latest in Fresh Venerable. Benefitting from years of unassuming and understated hipness, they bring forth a funky, lyrically charged racket that sits comfortably with soulful sounds the world over.

Intricate but free-swinging, explosive yet intimate, fresh and green as grass.

Taking cues from the dance bands of western Louisiana (and his native Midwest,), the streets (and 45’s) of New Orleans, touring African and Caribbean combos and the soul, funk & blues of his youth coupled with early , teeth-cutting experience in the verbal hotbeds of the coffeehouse scene, Cebar is a masterful synthesist of rhythmic culture.

Tomorrow Sound are an elite crew of offhand adepts who bring plenty of their own wood to the fire. Drummer Reggie Bordeaux, casts his nets with a mystifying subtlety bringing his own fleet-footed refinement and grease. Multi-instrumentalist Bob Jennings, lends his bandleader the luxury of implying a much larger ensemble with his multi-hued contributions on keys and reeds. Bassist Mike Fredrickson (a distinguished singer-songwriter in his own right) anchors and prods with the best of them.

Rami & The Reliables

On their new full-length album, As If, Rami & The Reliables provide us with new classics in sweet soul, rock n’ roll, doo wop, rocksteady, and even country music. The all-star band features Scott Ligon and Casey McDonough from the legendary NRBQ and The Flat Five as well as recording engineer Alex Hall (Nick Lowe, J.D. McPherson, Pokey LaFarge, Robbie Fulks, Cactus blossoms) performing original songs by guitarist Rami Gabriel. The band has recorded over seventy of Rami's songs in the past eight years in hi-fi at Reliable Recorders studio in Chicago. Scott describes the sessions as "Our own little version of Second City: Rami sets the scene and we go berserk!" On As If, Rami & The Reliables prove again that ‘the way they used to make records’ with live takes, analog equipment, technical skill, and emotional performances is still the best way to the heart.