Grupo Fantasma News

 
MTV.com
Bonnaroo 2012 adds more acts, reveals daily schedule
Consequence of Sound
Among the new additions are GZA, who will be playing Liquid Swords backed by Grupo Fantasma, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Pelican, Sara Watkins, and The Dirty Guv'Nahs. As for the schedule, the festival kicks off on Thursday, June 7th, ...
Bonnaroo 2012's 5 Most Wrenching Set-Time ConflictsSPIN
Bonnaroo 2012 Schedule and More Acts RevealedGlide Magazine

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UCLA series' new leader picks big names, restores plays to mix
Los Angeles Times
28), Bajofondo (Oct. 12), Grupo Fantasma and Chicha Libre (Nov. 9), Yemen Blues (Nov. 15) and Vieux Farka Toure's tribute to his father, Ali Farka Toure (Feb. 1, 2013). Soul singer Charles Bradley performs Nov. 29, and and Robert Randolph leads an ...
Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA announces 2012-13 seasonUC Los Angeles

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Austin Chronicle
Phases & Stages: Brownout
Austin Chronicle
Brownout has masterfully averted the pitfall thus far, dishing out after-hours funk that perfectly counters Grupo Fantasma's big-band fervor. The local octet's 2007 debut, Homenaje, hit like a Texas heat wave, stretching sweaty Latin instrumentals for ...

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HitFix
Bonnaroo unveils daily schedule and adds GZA, Sharon Jones, Sara Watkins
HitFix
Jones will be joined by the Dap-Kings, while GZA will be performing "Liquid Swords" in its entirety with backing band Grupo Fantasma. Metal group Pelican, recent HitFix interview Sara Watkins, the Infamous String Dusters, Unchained "The Mighty Van ...

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Yes! Weekly
Everything all at once: Previewing Bonnaroo 2012
Yes! Weekly
Unchained “The Mighty Van Halen Tribute” (That, 2 am) GZA with Grupo Fantasma (This, 2:30 am) Booking a Van Halen tribute band given how awful the real thing is these days might be preferable, but putting them in one of the festival's most coveted ...


 
jambands.com
Jens Lekman, The Olivia Tremor Control, Beach Fossils and More Added to ...
jambands.com
These acts join previously confirmed artists including GZA (who will be performing his 1995 album Liquid Swords with Grammy-winning Latin funk orchestra Grupo Fantasma), of Montreal, ?uestlove, Ceremony, Tinariwen, Starfucker, Kool Keith, ...

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Latin Funk Alter Ego
World Music Central
Although the group was initially an alter ego jam band of well-known Austin (Texas) band Grupo Fantasma, Brownout has matured into a stable band with a life of its own. “When Brownout first came together some eight years and four albums ago, ...