Sugar Tradition - More Sugar 12"Oh boy, now we're cooking. Now we're in the court of Sugar Tradition. Only a city like their hometown of Detroit could foster such a refined appreciation of rock'n'roll, r&b, and garage punk and Sugar Tradition clearly have IT. The trio, consisting of Antonio Keka (guitar vocals), Kevin Irwin (drums), and Arlo Betley (bass) are a complete force of nature live contemporaries of the Stools, Toeheads, and 208. They're also fresh off a tour supporting

--Ela Orleans

Diamond Jubilee was written and recorded over several years by Patrick Flegel in Toronto

it was committed to tape and pressed to vinyl in 1979

The music here comes from a moment of relative high visibility for the free jazz continuum

He has already played in front of 15

played a conscious role in the weaving of Gabbeh's fabric: "I think certain songs reflect

For those unfamiliar

such questions & answers don't carry much weight these days

Spectral guitar and dub-smeared

François Tusques was self-taught and his work was influenced by Jelly Roll Morton and Earl Hines before discovering Thelonious Monk

Kenneth Terroade and Jeanne Lee

band member Steve Walker dug up the original 40-year-old tapes and had them remastered by a friend