CHERRY BLOSSOMS, THE - Live In Amsterdam

The Cherry Blossoms are to folk music what the Velvet Underground was to rock n_¢‚Ǩ‚Ѣ roll: anti-commercial, rebellious, pure, and unlike anything else. They deconstruct folk into a a very special experimental music, but they insist they_¢‚Ǩ‚Ѣre a front porch band. Specializing in kazoo, 6-gallon bucket, poetry, carefully awry drum rhythms, guitar, and vocals that span octaves, melodies, and time, the Cherry Blossoms are unforgettable.\r\n\r\nLead singer Peggy Snow has said that _¢‚Ǩ_ìNo one tries to control what anyone else is doing when we play._¢‚Ǩ¬ù The result is a sound that is ecstatically free, layered, and ranging. While songs like _¢‚Ǩ_ìAmazing Stars_¢‚Ǩ¬ù follow a chorus sung together in sweeping, traditional hymn with a few quirks, other songs skip and spaz into a trance awash with unorthodox folkloristic layers. Their sound is at once elusive and timeless (Have I heard this song before?). It_¢‚Ǩ‚Ѣs a sound they_¢‚Ǩ‚Ѣve been honing for twenty years. The Cherry Blossoms are s