BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:558@jointherevolution.net DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240215T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240215T230000 DTSTAMP:20231115T224234Z URL:https://www.jointherevolution.net/concerts/north-mississippi-allstars/ SUMMARY:North Mississippi Allstars DESCRIPTION:Nothing runs deeper than family ties. Brothers\, sisters\, fath ers\, mothers\, sons\, and daughters understand one another at the purest level. When families rally around music\, they speak this oft-unspoken bon d aloud and into existence. After 25 years\, twelve albums\, four GRAMMY® Award nominations\, and sold out shows everywhere\, North Mississippi All stars open up their world once again on their thirteenth album\, Set Sail [New West Records]\, welcoming other family (by blood and by the road) int o the fold. As legend has it\, Luther and Cody Dickinson started the band in 1996 as a loose collective of like-minded second-generation musicians w ho shared a local repertoire and regional style. Over the years\, the line up shifted by design\, and each subsequent record offered up a different c ombination of collaborators. This time around\, they mined the talents of Jesse Williams on bass and Lamar Williams\, JR. on vocals. During the Allm an Betts Band Family Revival\, the Dickinsons first linked up with Lamar\, son of the Allman Brothers bassist Lamar Williams\, Sr.\, becoming fast f riends and collaborators and eventually paving the way for Set Sail. \n\n “The chemistry we have with this lineup is powerful\,” observes Luther . “We are all second-generation musicians and share a telepathic\, relax ed ease about creating and performing. I believe music is a form of commun ion with our loved ones and conjuring this vibe with members of musical fa milies can be inspirational. Lamar and I are like-minded. I’ve never had the pleasure of working with a singing partner like Lamar. He has a true- blue quality in his musicality that will pull you in and break your heart. At the same time\, Jesse grew up playing music with his brothers and his father—as did we. He plays like a sibling. We recorded the album fresh o ff the road and captured the energy we had worked up with him. I’m drawn to musical families\, regardless of style. Playing with second- or third- generation players allows us an easy unspoken musical dialog. It’s not a big thing\; it’s just what we do. We never had to figure out what it me ans and takes to be a musician. We all inherently know.” \n\nThey picke d up this wisdom by osmosis. As sons of legendary producer and musician Ji m Dickinson\, Luther and Cody have been producing records themselves since they were teenagers. Separately\, the brothers have produced albums by Sa mantha Fish\, R.L. Boyce\, Lucero\, Amy Lavere\, the Birds of Chicago\, Ia n Segal\, and more. Luther produced two records from Otha Turner\, includi ng Everybody Hollerin’ Goat\, which was named one of the ten most import ant blues albums of the nineties. Luther and Cody co-produce North Mississ ippi Allstars records as the “Dickinson Brothers.”\n\n“We learned an enormous amount from our father\,” Luther says\, “Cody and I made mis takes\, but we’ve always believed in ourselves\, and we had to learn for ourselves. Rock ‘n’ roll is self-taught. Each generation has to reinv ent itself and shed the skin of the elders. On Set Sail\, we feel as if we ’ve once again ‘broken the code\,’ and know what we want and how to get it.” \n\nFollowing 2019’s Up and Rolling\, which received a GRAMM Y® Award nod in the category of “Best Contemporary Blues Album\,” Set Sail continues the band’s tradition of creating roots music that displa ys remarkable variety. Luther and Cody Dickinson dig in with the productio n and different guitar tones\; the record sizzles with hard yet understate d groove\, grown folk music. Luther’s wide-ranging guitar style features jazz riffs\, psychedelic sounds\, and soulful slide. Drummer and multi-in strumentalist Cody draws on roots music\, rock\, jazz\, rap\, and other st yles to create rhythms that propel the band’s sounds and move it forward . Their two aesthetics combine to create the band’s unique style\, “Pr imitive Modernism\,” melding the new and the old\, traditional\, and fut uristic\, crafted lyrics and improvisational music. Speaking of\, the firs t single and title track “Set Sail Part I” [feat. Lamar Williams\, JR. ] rides a riff right out of the Southern Delta into the embrace of a horn section as the vocal interplay simmers on the line\, “The water may rise again\, but we shall set sail.” \n\n“‘Set Sail’ really set the t one\,” Cody goes on. “It could be taken literally or figuratively. Phi losophically\, it’s about the way the waters literally do rise. We’re talking about climate change in a literal sense\, but it’s also symbolic in a social sense. It won’t be the first time.” \n\n“See The Moon ” [feat. Lamar Williams\, Jr. &\; Sharisse Norman] hinges on a head-n odding bass line as Sharisse’s harmonies uplift a downright spellbinding performance from Lamar underlined by Luther’s unpredictable guitar phra sing. The most familial moments on the record happen when Luther’s daugh ters Lucia and Isla sing together on “Authentic” and “Didn’t We Ha ve A Time\,” marking a full circle moment in poetic fashion. Delicate in strumentation wraps around plaintive and powerful lyrics laced with nostal gia on the lullaby-style chorus. “It’s one of my favorite songs\,” s miles Cody\, who has recently become a father himself. “Hearing my niece s on it was a high point. It was really meaningful\, deep\, and beautifull y sad\, but also hopeful.” \n\nStrings and horns give way to the smoky blues of “Never Want To Be Kissed” [feat. William Bell]\, illuminating yet another side of the sound. Luther notes\, “Most of these songs have been floating around in my lyric books\, waiting for their time to come. ‘Rabbit Foot’ and ‘Outside’ were inspired by conversations I remem ber having with Otha Turner and R.L. Burnside. We leaned into our other gr eatest influences: folk\, soul\, and psychedelic rock\, but everything we play feels like North Mississippi. The recording also benefited from a new creative process I learned from a book\, Q on Producing\, that Cody sent me. I read about Quincy Jones’s philosophy of never recording a vocalist reading a lyric sheet. Up and Rolling was recorded with the band in the r oom. The genesis of Set Sail was the nylon string guitar and the vocals\, and letting the memorized lyrics shape the song structure or lack thereof. This led to a whole new phonetics-based editing process that I’d never used before. Some of the lyrics were improvised and created on the mic\, c apturing the moment of creation.”\n\nBuilding the songs from the guitar and BPM on Set Sail enabled Luther and Cody to experiment with their drum and guitar sounds in a leisurely way they hadn’t afforded themselves sin ce their debut album\, Shake Hands with Shorty (1999). In the studio\, Cod y mixed the songs again and again\, working tirelessly but never losing pe rspective. Cody’s grooves and Luther’s songwriting furnish the album ’s foundations. \n\nLuther admits\, “Recently\, I had my mind blown b y Rick Rubin saying that fitting lyrics into the puzzle of structure can c ompromise the message. Indeed\, rules are made to be broken. I’m glad th ese songs came to fruition at this time because I was able to express my s tance on life and love. The fear of having my children grown up and asking me why I didn’t speak up for what I believed in has driven me and helpe d mature my songwriting and solidify my stance. Having kids made me get my story straight.” \n\nThe Dickinson brothers have recorded and toured w ith Mavis Staples\, Charlie Musslewhite\, John Hiatt\, Robert Plant and Pa tty Griffin\, G Love\, Jon Spencer\, the Tedeschi Trucks Band\, Los Lobos\ , and the Black Crowes. Meanwhile\, their seminal debut\, Shake hands with Shorty (2000)\, earned the band the first of four GRAMMY® nominations\, and changed the Dickinson brothers’ lives forever. \n\nLuther adds\, “Quincy says\, ‘Music gives back what you put into it.’ We have dedi cated our lives to music\, and it’s given us a fantastic journey that’ s still only beginning. \n\nIn 1997\, R.L. Burnside hired me and took me on the road. R.L.\, Kenny Brown\, and Cedric Burnside taught me how to tou r nationally after years of touring locally. The Shake Hands with Shorty t our in 2000 took Cody and I around the world and changed our lives. We nev er really slowed down.” \n\nThey forge ahead always as a family\, first and foremost. “North Mississippi Allstars means family\,” Cody conclu des. “I get the joy of working with my brother. Our families keep growin g too. There’s a sense of history. The older I get\, the more I realize how important it is to record this music\, so younger kids can hear it. I just want to make sure we pass it on. It’s a huge honor to be a part of this tradition.” ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.jointherevolution.net/wp-content/upl oads/2023/11/REV_NMA_4x6.jpg CATEGORIES:All Ages,Concerts LOCATION:Revolution Live\, 100 SW 3rd Ave.\, Fort Lauderdale\, FL\, 33312\, United States GEO:26.121358;-80.1461974 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=100 SW 3rd Ave.\, Fort Laud erdale\, FL\, 33312\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Revolution Live:geo:26.121358,-80.1461974 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR