Here is a guy I;'ve had trouble getting behind for many, many years. Helen Bach swears by him, I swear at him. I loved Look Sharp, but ever since then I've thought him an eclectic bore. the one time I saw him live he bored me to death, and, his upcoming album, Duke, hits me as a dreadful concept.
Dropping in late June, The Duke is a buncha Duke Ellington covers. Why bother? I don't see what anybody on the planet needs with Joe Jackson covering Duke Ellington. They are both pianist? And then what?
It sounds a little on the scary side, 15 songs over 10 tracks. Lotsa mental didggery do and guests like Iggy Pop and ?uestlove. Make you feel any better? Me neither. Incidentally, anybody who has a question mark in his name is an asshole by definition and the Roots suck.
Two nights at Town Hall… and here are the rest of the tour dates:
09/15: Bethesda, MD – Music Centre at Strathmore
09/16: Greenville, SC – Peace Center Hall
09/18: Glenside, PA – Keswick Theatre
09/19: Boston, MA – Wilbur Theatre
09/21: New York, NY – Town Hall
09/22: New York, NY – Town Hall
09/25: Red Bank, NJ – Count Basie Theatre
09/27: Ann Arbor, MI – Michigan Theater
09/28: Chicago, IL – Vic Theatre
09/29: Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theater
10/02: Seattle, WA – Moore Theatre
10/04: Saratoga, CA – The Lilian Fontaine Garden Theatre at Montalvo
10/05: San Francisco, CA – Nob Hill Masonic Center
10/06: Los Angeles, CA – Orpheum Theatre