http://www.iamadd.com/music/archives/add/2006/05/01/18 music commentary the A.D.D. way: disjointed, fragmented, unfinished, and misspelled Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:34:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://www.iamadd.com/music/archives/add/2006/05/01/18#comment-7 Fri, 26 May 2006 18:50:14 +0000 http://www.iamadd.com/music/archives/add/2006/05/01/18#comment-7 [...]   I was a litle late to the show and opening band Nomo had already begun by the time i’d arrived, and i quickly regretted that i hadn’t been on time. There are few things better than a surprisingly good opening band, and this was just one of those pleasant surprises. After shedding a tear for the loss of Antibalas a short time back, i was happy to see an afro soul group who had put the emphasis on the soul. Nomo numbered 7 on this night, with a full horn section, bass, guitar, keys, and up to 5 on percussion depending on the song. It wasn’t as dancy as Antibalas used to be but it had soul for days. They put the intimacy of the Black Cat’s backstage to excellent use on their closer, taking the horns into the crowd, with the rest of the band on percussion, for an acoustic and perhaps even ‘moving’ finale. They were damned good. [...] […]   I was a litle late to the show and opening band Nomo had already begun by the time i’d arrived, and i quickly regretted that i hadn’t been on time. There are few things better than a surprisingly good opening band, and this was just one of those pleasant surprises. After shedding a tear for the loss of Antibalas a short time back, i was happy to see an afro soul group who had put the emphasis on the soul. Nomo numbered 7 on this night, with a full horn section, bass, guitar, keys, and up to 5 on percussion depending on the song. It wasn’t as dancy as Antibalas used to be but it had soul for days. They put the intimacy of the Black Cat’s backstage to excellent use on their closer, taking the horns into the crowd, with the rest of the band on percussion, for an acoustic and perhaps even ‘moving’ finale. They were damned good. […]

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