Out-of-Town Picks Like a lot of people, my first taste of Chairlift came about because of their hit song “Bruises” that was featured in an iPod commercial. But when they opened for Peter, Bjorn and John this past April at the Southgate House, I saw a band that was about more than writing catchy songs that could become radio-friendly hits. In the …
Tag Archive: Extra Golden
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2009
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14
2009
MidPoint Brings Music From Around the World
One of the finer aspects of MidPoint is that festival organizers bring in some of the hottest, up-and-coming talent from all over the world, although only nine of the two-hundred and seventy bands are from outside the United States. Other than the United States, MidPoint 2009 will be represented by bands from six other countries. Making their way south …
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2009
MidPoint 2009 Artist: Extra Golden
Extra Golden (Kenya/Washington D.C.) Funk/Psychedelic/World Music Although Extra Golden just formed five years ago, they have quickly taken the world by storm. In 2004, Ian Eagleson, Alex Minoff and Otieno Jagwasi created the band in a small village outside of Kenya, but it all started with some drum tracks created by Onyango Wuod Omari. With …