A is Red
Cover art by Rebecca Pollack
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A is Red's upcoming album No Place to Fall, Live at The Townsend drops January 31, 2020, with a performance at The Townsend Listening Room.
A is Red is an instrumental ensemble led by drummer-composer Don Harvey (Ian McLagan, Billy Bragg, Joe Ely, Ronnie Lane, Storyville, Charlie Sexton). The ensemble plays original cinematic music and interpretations of songs by Ronnie Lane, Townes Van Zandt and Alejandro Escovedo. The all-star collective features “Eastern Soul" singer Nagavalli Medicharla, percussionist John Bush (Edie Brickell & New Bohemians), guitarist Chris Downey (Seahorse, Woodwork), Trumpeter Kevin Flatt (Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Spoon, Tameca Jones), bassist Scott Garber (Alejandro Escovedo, Storyville, Giant Sand, Ronnie Lane) and keyboardist Jan Flemming (Doppel, Grupo Massa, Ian Moore). A is Red won the Austin Music Award’s Best Avant-Garde Band of 2015. They were in the top 5 of 2019 and top-10 in 2011, 2013 and 2016.
Don Harvey
Don Harvey is a drummer, composer and producer with two critically-acclaimed solo albums under his belt. His ensemble, A is Red, won the Austin Music Awards "Best Avant Garde" band of 2015 and Don won the AMA’s "Best Drummer" honor in 2007. Don’s played with Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Ronnie Lane & Ian McLagan, Joe Ely, Charlie Sexton, Storyville, Billy Bragg, Alejandro Escovedo, Martha Davis and many others. He’s performed on The Late Show with David Letterman, Austin City Limits, and opened for The Rolling Stones. Don’s grateful to have co-founded Austin's SIMS Foundation. SIMS provides access to mental health & addiction recovery services that have helped thousands of musicians and their families thrive since 1995. He is currently executive producing Listen Here, a documentary film about musicians and mental health in Austin, TX.
Photo by Alex Koffler
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Feature Story, Austin American Statesman:
https://www.austin360.com/article/20120924/ENTERTAINMENT/309249440
Cover art by Richard Harvey
Light Shines Through Reviews:
On Light Shines Through composer-drummer Don Harvey merges diverse musical styles resulting in stunning genre-defying new music. Stefano Intelisano, Ruthie Foster, Ephraim Owens, David Grissom, David Broza, Glenn Fukunaga and Kevin McKinney shine brightly on this swirling mix of rock, world, jazz, ambient, soul & classical elements.
" ... chants and carols, dips and whirls, wild rides and dreamy musings; as well as beguiling apparitions ... Admirers might delight in the faint echoes of Brian Eno, George Gershwin, film noir soundtracks or Middle Eastern filigrees."
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman
" ... a lush journey that stands with the best of ECM Records. Not quite jazz or rock, not really New Age, Light Shines Through occupies its own space."
—Michael Toland, Austin Chronicle
"Light Shines Through has a romantic quality with the feel of a dreamy landscape that takes me into a world of colors and sound."
—Alejandro Escovedo
A Dance in Red Reviews: (2009):
Top-10 Albums of 2009: DJ Picks, KUT: A Dance in Red "A first class collection of moody, almost 'ambient' instrumental landscapes. Rock with jazz overtones or vice-versa? Either way, the sleeper of the year." —David Brown, KUT/NPR Austin
"Crescendos wonderfully." —Austin Monthly
Cover art by Don Harvey
"One listen to the opener "Dance in Red" and it's apparent that one should brace themselves for an engaging blend of Middle Eastern, blues, rock, ambient, jazz and classical influences ... In the Middle East, the color red symbolizes sacrifice, courage, love and passion. Harvey and his star-studded affair capture that mood. Whereas Harvey was more of a timekeeper in the Bump Band, here he is able to display the full extent of his talents in a thoroughly engrossing musical setting." —Jeff Boyce, Jupiter Index
Reviews links for Light Shines Through (2012):
Austin Chronicle
Babysue.com
Jupiter Index
Facebook:
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