CONCERT REVIEW: Slowey and the Boats/Belleville Quartet @ Moonstone Arts Center, 2/24

The second band, the Belleville Quartet, performing everything from Serbian folk to gypsy jazz, was by far the highlight of the evening

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CONCERT REVIEW: Slowey and the Boats/Belleville Quartet @ Moonstone Arts Center, 2/24

POSTED: Thursday, March 1, 2012, 10:00 AM

Filed Under: Music | Concert Review Philly Bands

While I was upstairs at Robin's Books, skimming a weathered copy of Czeslaw Milosz’s Roadside Dog, Slowey and the Boats drifted to the front for their first ever concert. Led by the mellow warbles of Isaac Stanford’s steel guitar, the band didn’t take long to capture my attention with their country and Hawaiian covers. Although their raw, talented performance was occasionally affected by disjointed timing, Slowey and the Boats’ passion seeps into everything, causing them, and us, to beam even through the sorrowful verses of Hank Snow’s “Yellow Roses”.

The second band, the Belleville Quartet, performing everything from Serbian folk to gypsy jazz, was the highlight of the evening. Russia native Marina Vishnyakova’s violin soars above the rhythmic thump of Matt Stein’s bass and intersects with the multi-faceted guitar tones of Zach Fay and Frenchman Alban Bailly. With four distinct sounds that simultaneously need the others to be whole, the quartet radiates unity and control — over their instruments, their music, and their audience.

Blue Drag from Alban Bailly on Vimeo.

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