Louis-Virie Blanche
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An ever tenacious Singer/Poet, Songwriter/Producer, a dedicated Social Activist/Performance Artist, Louis-Virie Blanche is the first American/Native American to play the internationally renowned reggae festival Sunsplash. Louis-Virie Blanche, who is a cultural hybrid, can be expected to season the gumbo of his Cherokee, Choctaw, Blackfoot, French Creole and African roots into a soulful, intriguing mix of pop multicultural rhythms, seasoned in a mystical jazzed up brew that embraces a multitude of styles...mixing the syncopation's of Native America, New Orleans, The Caribbean, Africa, The Middle East, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and various points in between He has an extensive history of utilizing unique, pioneering ideas, innovations, and concepts, such as energy follows thought and the Heisenberg Principle, while attracting some of the most highly respected and legendary musical talents of all time to record and perform his original multicultural pop music. CONSTANT CREATION BAND FEATURES JAZZ GUITARIST ERIC GALE (STUFF) AND PERCUSSIONIST JAMES "BIRD" LOVELESS (RHYTHM DEVILS), AND ON SOCIAL SECURITY GETS SOME GUEST HELP FROM DR. JOHN, DAVID "FATHEAD" NEWMAN, AND THE RIDDIM TWINS (SLY AND ROBBIE), WHO TOGETHER SUPPLY THE FREE SPIRITED "ROOTS" MUSIC WITHOUT COMPROMISE! CREATION FEATURES JAZZ GUITARIST ERIC GALE (STUFF) AND PERCUSSIONIST JAMES "BIRD" LOVELESS (RHYTHM DEVILS), AND ON SOCIAL SECURITY GETS SOME GUEST HELP FROM DR. JOHN, DAVID "FATHEAD" NEWMAN, AND THE RIDDIM TWINS (SLY AND ROBBIE), WHO TOGETHER SUPPLY THE FREE SPIRITED "ROOTS" MUSIC WITHOUT COMPROMISE! |
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Reviews....
(BLANCHE, WHO IS A CULTURAL HYBRID, CONTINUES TO TRANSLATE HIS CHEROKEE, CHOCTAW, BLACKFOOT, & FRENCH CREOLE ROOTS INTO MUSIC THAT'S EXTREMELY LYRICAL AND WHOLLY UNIQUE) THE VOICE OF A WORLD TRAVELED, THIRD GENERATION GYPSY SPIRITED TROUBADOUR PUTS HER 'CHANNELED' VOCALS WITH HIS SPOKEN WORD, TO A KALIMBA BACKDROP… …AS THE INSTRUMENTAL PALETTE UNFOLDS WITH THE ANCIENT SERENADE OF THE CEDAR FLUTE, FOLLOWED BY INTERTRIBAL NATIVE AMERICAN CHANTS, FLOWING INTO THE GUMBO OF A POP MULT1 CULTURAL WORLD THROUGH A COLLAGE OF FUNKY FOLK, AND JAZZED-UP GYPSY ACOUSTIC COUNTRY BLUES… WHILE SERVING UP SCANDELICIOUS MORSELS OF ECLECTIC SERENITY WITH VOCALS AND POETIC LYRICS SUBLIME, ROMANTIC FLAMENCOS, AND BRAZILIAN LULLABIES... ON A SIMPLE, YET SUCCULENT BED OF INSTRUMENTAL TEXTURES BLENDING LAKOTA CEDAR FLUTE, CHARANGO, CAJUN, KALIMBA, WATER DRUM, AND DIDGERIDOO... "LOUIS SINGS WITH A MOST SOULFUL ANCIENT VOICE THAT CONJURES UP BEAUTY RIGHT HERE AND NOW." Taj Mahal (legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member) "DIFFERENT SOUNDING, UNIQUE AND OH SO GOOD!" "WE'VE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING LIKE HIS MUSIC BEFORE! SOME OF THE SOUND TEXTURES HE GETS ARE AMAZING AND HIS POETRY IS QUITE INTRIGUINGLY GOOD!" RADIO ETHIOPIA, PATTI SMITH & LENNY KAYE (ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME MEMBERS) |