A Rusted Root Salute:

Stereo Rodeo

By T. Virgil Parker




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I've come to the conclusion that every member of this band is an event as well as an individual. This is why people take off their clothes at Brazilian Girls concerts. The combined kinetic friction of so many avatars on one stage turns up the heat unbearably. Sabina Sciubba, if she were a little less edgy, would make the ideal Bond girl. Mysterious, painfully sexy, and intellectually provocative, all she would have to do is stand there to create an uproar, but she does much more than that.

Bassist Jesse Murphy and drummer Aaron Johnston could easily be mainstream modeling icons, if they could stand still long enough-and a bigger if- if they could lose their contempt for all things vacuous. Keyboardist Didi Gutman is redefining suavity for the 21st Century, in a jubilantly Postmodern way. These are the immediate impressions, before you hear a note.