This Canadian was one of the forces behind one of the biggest bands to come out of the great white north. He then lent his creative talents to music production for moves, such as Raging Bull, The Color of Money, and The Gangs of New York, to name a few. Mixed in to this time, he has released some critically praised albums.
Team Temporary select Robbie Robertson
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"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
Moved into a new place and my roommates are useless and haven't gotten it yet. Ive just discovered if I use my roommates laptop in her room I can get a 'Very Low' connections from next door.
I do have my next picks in mind if I can have my team back....
__________________ I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love." - John Steinbeck
crap... I really need to be more observant.. lets try this again...
I will select Jim Donovan of Rusted Root in the Drummer Category.
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Jim Donovan (born March 10, 1968) is a professional drummer and percussionist, a recording artist, teacher and lecturer.[1] He is best known as the drummer for the band Rusted Root.[1] He plays both standard drum kit and African hand drums (such as the djembe, ashiko and talking drum). He has released several solo CDs and instructional drumming CDs, and has recorded with Triloka recording artist Krishna Das on his highly acclaimed CD Live on Earth (For a Limited Time Only). Donovan's CD Revelation #9 was nominated for 2004 Electronica Album of the Year by Just Plain Folks Songwriters organization.[2]
Donovan is an instructor at Saint Francis University in Loretto, PA and the director of their annual Summer Rhythm Renewal multi-day workshop. He is also the current director of drumming at the New York Institute of Dance and Education.
Donovan has built a series of educational drumming workshop programs that he teaches across the US at universities, festivals, schools, corporations and specialty venues, and in 2006-2007 he released his first instructional drumming DVD entitled - "Jim Donovan's Rhythmic Foundation: Interactive African Drumming for Everyone."
He has performed and taught throughout North America and Euorpe. Performance highlights include opening slots for Santana, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant from Led Zeppelin, the Grateful Dead, the Allman Brothers, Sting, and the Dave Matthews Band. Teaching highlights include the Omega Institute (2007), The Great Blue Heron Music Festival (2000-2008), the Finger Lakes Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance (2005), the Starwood Festival and the WinterStar Symposium, and participation in the SpiritDrum Festival (2002), a tribute event to the late African master drummer Babatunde Olatunji with Muruga Booker, Sikiru Adepoju, Perry Robinson, Halim El-Dabh, Badal Roy and Jeff Rosenbaum. [1][3] He is a featured columnist in Drum! Magazine, and was nominated for “Best Rock Pop Percussionist” in the 2004 Drum! Magazine Readers poll. He has been named winner of the 2008 Best Drum Circle Facilitator award and is a nominee for 2008 Best Percussion Performance in Drum! magazine.
In the World category, Team Phlegmp3 selects French Celtic rap group Manau.
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Manau is a hip hop group formed in 1998, known for their fusing of traditional Celtic melodies with modern hip hop beats. It was initially composed of Martial Tricoche, Cédric Soubiron, and R.V. (Hervé) Lardic until R.V.'s departure and replacement by Gregor Gandon. Although the band is currently based in Paris, all of the members can trace their roots back to Britain. The group's name comes from the old Gaelic name for the Isle of Man.
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They went on to finish their debut album, Panique celtique, after just a few weeks' work in the studio. The album was released in July of 1998 and, as expected, it soared to the top of the French album charts, selling over 500,000 copies[citation needed] almost immediately and reaching the one million mark a year later. Manau's popularity increased exponentially. They were soon invited to several music festivals, including the famous Francofolies festival in la Rochelle, and the annual music festival in Marseilles. They also were able to perform with the legendary French folk group Tri Yann at the Saint-Renan festival in Britain.
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En 1998, le trio parisien est dans les meilleures ventes de disques avec la chanson La Tribu de Dana, mélange de rap et de musique celtique et reprise de la chanson traditionnelle bretonne Tri Martolod (popularisée dans les années 70 et 90 par l'interprétation et l'arrangement d'Alan Stivell, enregistrée également par quelques autres artistes), qui reste classée numéro 1 dans le Top 50 durant pas moins de 12 semaines consécutives (26 semaines de présence en tout). Le groupe est ainsi propulsé sur le devant de la scène en France, puis dans d'autres pays tels que l'Allemagne, l'Angleterre, le Canada, la Suisse et même la Nouvelle-Zélande. Après avoir vendu deux millions de singles, le groupe livre son premier album Panique celtique, qui est un très gros succès commercial. Plusieurs autres singles furent des tubes en 1998 et 1999 (Mais qui est la belette ? aussi n°1, L'avenir est un long passé n°30, La Confession n°32, ou encore la chanson-titre de l'album classée n°9). Une tournée de plus de 120 dates dans le monde s'en suivit.
