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...infectious but shallow title track from the album are both more polished and restrained. The new songs deviates from the crunchy sound and lack of inhibition that characterized Root’s earlier work. With the bluegrass-influenced “Blue Diamonds,” Glabicki??s lyrics abandon the intriguing lyrical obscurity of earlier songs. Composed as a “love song to an angel” from a childhood memory of Glabicki??s, the deliberate and lucid lyrics lack the subtlety that made earlier songs so deliciously mysterious and exotic...
Berlin described the band as transitioning from its “democratic” origins to a more conventional focus on singer/songwriter Glabicki??s vision for the band...
They set the tone for an intense night by opening with the evocative “Voodoo”—from the band’s 1996 album Remember —showcasing lead singer Mike Glabicki??s unmistakable whooping. As the concert progressed, each band member rotated instruments again and again, eventually taking full advantage of the instrumental smorgasbord that had taken so long...
...John Buynak switched from mandolin to penny whistle to tom-toms, Liz Berlin alternated from cowbells to electric guitar to a tin washboard and the textures of the night’s sounds became increasingly richer. The only constant in the show, besides Glabicki??s unique vocals, was bassist Patrick Norman. His dynamic playing was interrupted only briefly when he switched to drums for one piece, but his euphoric grin was an enjoyable thread running through a shape-shifting performance...
...hour show, drummer Jim Donovan started a percussion improvisation that went on for over ten minutes, drawing in one band member after another until everyone on stage was part of one massive rhythmic organism. The concert peaked, however, with Root’s encore set, starting off with Mike Glabicki??s soulful acoustic solo, “Scattered” and including, of course, their smash hit, “Send...
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