http://www.mattdurfee.net
http://www.mattdurfee.bandcamp.com
Bio- A songwriter for many years, Matt Durfee weaves thoughtful lyrics and ghost melodies over intricately picked guitar lines. Based out of Albany NY, he has been a rising regional performer as a solo musician, half of the acoustic folk duo Palatypus, and a band leader with The Rattling Baddlies. Durfee has won songwriting competitions, was named Best Male Singer-Songwriter by Albany's Metroland newsweekly in 2006, and has played with such acclaimed artists as Diego Garcia, Donna the Buffalo, Zach Deputy, Yarn, Basement Band and more. His debut solo LP "Little World" will be released in late summer/early fall of 2012
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Baja, Mexico-based—by way of Minneapolis—guitarist Todd Clouser and his band, A Love Electric, make their Royal Potato Family recording debut with 20th Century Folk Selections. The album, which is part of a series of releases planned for 2012 by the much buzzed about young jazz artist, collects eight interpretations of songs he calls “folkloric in nature.” Ranging from his anthemic take on protest singer Malvina Reynolds “Little Boxes” to a psychedelicized, guitar freak out on the Beastie Boys iconic “Gratitude,” Clouser displays a muso’s appreciation of songs and styles through the lens of jazz-inspired improvisation. His reading of Neil Young’s “The Needle And The Damage Done” deconstructs its haunted melody to uncover even deeper sorrow in the storyteller’s tale, while a gorgeous straight-ahead take on Nirvana’s “All Apologies” replaces Kurt Cobain’s classic lyric with the dark moan of a trumpet. Special guests joining A Love Electric on 20th Century Folk Selections include trumpeter Steven Bernstein and percussionist Cyro Baptista.
Todd Clouser—a revered jazz name south of the border in his adopted home of Mexico—spent the majority of 2011 on the road touring the U.S. In doing so, he worked his band into a razor sharp unit capable of telepathically melding jazz finesse spiked with rock energy into its own instantly identifiable sound. As the results captured on 20th Century Folk Selections prove, a major new voice in the idiom is on the rise.
"Sporting avant flourishes and grooves galore...Todd Clouser’s A Love Electric liberally mixes jazz, funk and rock with compelling results." - Minneapolis Star Tribune
"An impressive act that relies on fuzzed out acid rock guitars and vintage, laid back funk" - Time Out New York
"If categorized in a record shop, you’d likely find Clouser’s records in the jazz section, but he covers a lot of ground. Some tunes start as straight jazz then develop into a slightly freer situation. There are frenetic pieces that are fascinating in their wildness yet still carry great melodies that hit on several levels." - Vintage Guitar
"Clouser spices the all-American vibe of guitarist Bill Frisell with some Jimi Hendrix fire." - Philadelphia Inquirer
"It's jazz and the blues; it's funk and old-school 70s rock; it's good, damn good music. Turn it on and turn it up." – The Waster
Link To Website &/or YouTube Channel: www.toddclouser.com wwww.youtube.com/toddclousermusic
