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Next Show:
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
House of Blues
San Diego, CA
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CAMP MMW to be held Aug 1-6, 2010
The Third Annual CAMP MMW will once again be held on the grounds of Full Moon Resort in New York State's Catskill Mountains.
Learn to discover and approach music in a fresh new way, under the supervision of John Medeski, Billy Martin and Chris Wood. Campers will be engrossed in master classes, workshops, ensembles & live performances given by the trio. In the non-traditional atmosphere of CAMP MMW, campers will be encouraged to experiment, take risks and enjoy newfound musical freedom.
See what past campers have had to say about their experiences, "Camp Rocked My Face Off" and "Camp MMW was Magical." Photos from last year's camp are available on MMW's Facebook Page.
Visit the CAMP MMW Website for more information. Application deadline is May 3, 2010.
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Radiolarians: The Evolutionary Set
Only a limited number of MMW's box set, Radiolarians: The Evolutionary Set, was pressed. Get your copy today before they sell out.
The box set will be sold during MMW's February tour. For those not on the west coast, box sets are still available at MMW's Music Store as well as Amazon.
Fans can still download DJ Logic's remix of "Flat Tires," a track off the Remixolarians component of Radiolarians: The Evolutionary Set. Click here to download.
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Billy Martin News
MMW fans in the NYC area - Billy will be playing in Brooklyn, NY on Tues, March 9th as part of Rose Live Music's "Drummer Series."
This series, focusing on drummers as leaders, will feature one solo set and a second set with Billy and the Fang Percussion Ensemble.
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Medeski News
Medeski in Russia
3/11: St. Petersburg/ Music Hall Theater **
3/12: Moscow/ DK Gorbunova **
3/14: Kiev/ Central Dom Oficerov **
**with Fedorov, Volkov, Ribot and Smith
Medeski US dates
3/26: Stone Ridge, NY/ High Meadow PAC
- Benefit for High Meadow School
3/27: NYC, NY/ BB Kings
- Benefit for New England Conservatory
4/30: Philadelphia, PA/ The Kimmel Center
- Organ Jam
The new collaboration between Leonid Fedorov, Vladimir Volkov, Marc Ribot, John Medeski, and Ches Smith, "Razin Rim i Lev," will be released in March 2010.
This recording is a second joint studio experiment for these musicians after the 2007 album "Girls Sing" from Auktyon, which became an event of the year for the Russian independent music scene, and which had a warm reception from the western music critics. The forthcoming album consist of brand new compositions put to the lyrics of poem-palindrome "Razin" by Velimir Khlebnikov. All of the material was recorded in June of 2009 at Stratosphere Sounds Studio in New York.
The album is the new step for the Russian duet of Fedorov and Volkov on the path of synthesis of modern Russian and foreign avant-guard in popular music, and in classical Russian literature. The new album will undoubtedly become a big event for the contemporary Russian music, as it traditionally happens to every new release from Fedorov and Volkov. At the same time, the participation of such stars of New York downtown as Marc Ribot and John Medeski shows that the creative work of the Russian duet finds a lively response from the leading musicians abroad.
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Chris Wood & The Wood Brothers Dates
02/11/10: New Hope, PA - Triumph Brewery
02/12/10: Northampton, MA - Iron Horse
02/13/10: Fairfield, TC - Stage One
Check out The Wood Brothers website for additional news and information.
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MMW in the News
Medeski Martin & Wood stopped by The Moog Factory in Asheville, NC during their tour of the South in September 2009. Catch their performances of "Whiney Bitches," Improv for Bob" and "Broken Mirror" on "Live at Moog", Episode 3. Fans can also download a free MP3 of "Improv for Bob."
In other news, Amazon is selling MP3 downloads of Radiolarians I, II, III for $5 each as part of their January sale. This offer only lasts through the end of January.
Happy New Year!
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Trailer for Fly In A Bottle
The extended 5 minute trailer for "Fly In A Bottle" is online! Click here to see it on YouTube or here for the Vimeo link.
The shorter, 90 second trailer is still available here The DVD is part of "Radiolarians: The Evolutionary Set," which is MMW's first box set release (scheduled for 11/24/09).
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Billy Martin sits with ROCKOM
In the article entitled "MMW and the Power of Creation," Billy gives candid insight into his creative process.
"I'm not very good with words and I've developed my own way of making music and using sound that is my own. It's been an inspirational and spiritual self-discovery that I've gone through. There's magic in there"
The full interview can be read in its entirety here
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MMW releases final installment of Radiolarians series
Radiolarians III is out now!
Highlights include the passionate and gritty traditional "Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down," the anthemic "Undone," and the Latin-influenced acoustic opener "Chantes Des Femmes."
Overall, Radiolarians III finds the trio doing what they do best - melding genres and improvising. What results, is maybe the strongest and most cohesive album of the entire Radiolarians Series.
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MMW Featured in September 2009 issue of DownBeat Magazine
DownBeat Magazine sat down with Medeski Martin & Wood to discuss their upcoming Radiolarians box set, the band's evolution from their early days in the East Village and the chemistry that still binds them together after 18 years. The September MMW issue is on newsstands now!
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CAMP MMW 2009
The trio concluded yet another successful year of CAMP MMW in upstate New York.
Campers enjoyed special performances from guitar virtuoso David Tronzo, trumpeter/composer Steven Bernstein and MMW as well as participating in intimate workshops/master classes with the individual band members.
MMW Management would like to thank the staff at Full Moon Resort for hosting this event as well as the campers for making this experience special.
Click here to learn more about CAMP MMW.
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MMW Radiolarians II highlighted in MTV's Subterranean Blog
Subterranean, MTV's alternative and indie music blog, features Medeski Martin & Wood and the release of Radiolarians II in their April 2009 issue.
Click on their link for a free download of "Flat Tires," the lead track from Radiolarians II.
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Scotty Hard Trust & HardWear
The benefit concert for Scott Harding at the Highline Ballroom was a huge success, thanks to everyone who participated.
100% of the concert proceeds were donated to the Scotty Hard Trust, established to provide Scott with financial support for medical bills.
A special HARDWEAR T-shirt, designed and produced by Ropeadope, can be purchased online at ropeadope.com with 100% of the profit going to the Scotty Hard Trust.
Please buy a shirt today, look cool, and do good!
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MMW Merchandise
You can still be a part of the Radiolarians Revolution!
MMW has partnered with Klean Kanteen to produce stainless steel "Revolution" water bottles. You can also sport a hemp/ cotton blend, "Evolution" sweatshirt and a limited edition, organic cotton, Radiolarians Tee.
Check out the Radiolarians Combo in the MMW Store.
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MMW's Children's Album
Get your copy of MMW's first children's record "Let's Go Everywhere" available in stores and at the MMW STORE now.
Please visit myspace.com/letsgoeverywhere to listen to select tracks from this album!
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Zero to Sixty in Four Seconds - The New Electric Car
While in California, MMW visited Tesla Motors, makers of the Tesla Roadster, a 100% electric sportscar which goes from 0 to 60 in 4 seconds. The Roadster changes perceptions of the electric car, proving it equivalent to the performance of gasoline powered vehicles.
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Illy B's Veggie Oil Diesel
Here's Cyro Baptista and Billy Martin with his 1991 Dodge Ram (Cummins diesel).
This truck has moved, dirt, rocks, garbage, drums, bamboo, and more for Billy. He has been driving this used vegetable oil truck for over a year now. Not only has Billy helped recycle the truck, but he has also recyled all the nasty restaurant
waste oil that is eventually dumped in a land fill somewhere. If interested in converting your car to run on grease like Illy B did, please order a kit from greasecar.com and have your local mechanic install it. If you smell a little Japanese tempura on the highway, it's probably Illy B and his truck!
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