BOB'S HEART OF GOLD BAND
The Music of The Dead, Dylan
and Neil Young

lespecial is redefining the term “power trio”. The multi-instrumentalists from Connecticut continue to push the boundaries of what a three-piece band is capable of both live and in the studio ahead of their latest album, “Odd Times”. The band’s signature blend of “heavy future groove” combines headbanging metal riffage and surgical rhythmic precision with bone shaking 808s, sub synths and ethereal vocal stylings for a dance floor that welcomes moshing, dancing and hip swaying alike. Listeners are taken on a journey to the musical netherworld through esoteric soundscapes punctuated by raw, primal power.

Odd Times, lespecial’s darkest and heaviest record to date, is an enigmatic and compelling musical project that explores the ever-changing nature of time amidst isolation. With heavy riffs, tribal drumming, and hints of levity, it's a captivating journey crafted in collaboration with Havok's David Sanchez. An intriguing blend of old-school metal and modern djent-inspired riffage awaits in this haunting sonic experience.

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Frank's cynicism, sarcasm, and biting social criticism isn't recreated, it's pointed at the present, and it still works!

Who is The Z3?
Tim Palmieri (Lotus, The Breakfast) - Guitar, Vocals
Bill Carbone (Max Creek, Melvin Sparks) - Drums, Vocals
Beau Sasser (Kung Fu) - Organ, keys, vocals

The Z3 are and aren’t a Zappa tribute. They do play only the music of Frank Zappa. They don’t try to recreate it exactly as it happened in the ‘60s, 70s, or 80s. Instead, they orchestrate it for their funky organ trio vibe, with an energy and groove that carries it into the 20-teens. They embrace the cynicism, sarcasm, and biting social criticism for which FZ was famous, but they point it squarely at 2024. It’s Funky Takes on Frank in the present tense.

Organist Beau Sasser and drummer Bill Carbone discovered a shared passion for Frank Zappa while touring together in the band of guitarist Melvin Sparks. They daydreamed of a trio in the organ-funk style that performed nothing but Zappa--but what third musician could serve as the missing link to bridge the two genres was a mystery. When guitarist/vocalist Tim Palmieri, a diehard Zappa fan, ended up on a string of regular Wednesday night funk gigs with The Beau Sasser Trio in November 2011, the Z3 was born.

Boundless: An intimate evening of songs and stories, unbounded by tradition, pre-conceptions, and expectations.

This acoustic, in the round, performance features three dynamic songwriters, artists and performers, joined in the pursuit of finding and exploring human connection through song and stories. Stories about pushing past limits, internal and external, finding peace and joy, and understanding that the road ahead is boundless, full of promise, acceptance, and light.

·       Elizabeth and the Catapult (solo)

A New York native, Elizabeth uses smart lyrics, catchy melodies, and a tongue in cheek style to connect with audiences globally.  With 5 studio releases, the most recent being fully self-produced, Elizabeth is also known by her collaborations including with Sara Bareilles on Apple TV’s “Little Voice”, with Paul Brill and his award-winning documentaries. Her song “Together Alone” was on NPR’s list of top ten songs of 2021.

·       Autumn Nicholas

Highlighted as Country Music Almanac, and Nashville Scene’s 2024 Artist to Watch, Autumn Nicholas has been creating a musical storm in the Americana circuit.  Music Forward Foundation honored Autumn with the LGBTQ+ Emerging Artist Award in 2023, a year that also saw her supporting some of the Country World’s most beloved names, and sharing the Stage on the Bridgestone Arena Love Rising with the likes of Allison Russell, Hozier and Maren Morris.  Autumn is a true artist, and her unapologetic work of music resonates with all who hear and who dare to go against the grain.

·       Monica Giraldo

Calling Bogota Colombia home, Monica is a Latin Grammy Nominee, a two-time Billboard Award winner for composing and song writing, Monica is an artist who has managed to build a bridge between North and Latin America earning her the label of being the Latin Joni Mitchell.  Taking the audience through a soulful journey of Spanish and Portuguese songs, Monica is making language secondary to the heart and how music resonates to embrace cultural differences 

Bio :

Have you ever seen a car crash in slow motion only to have all of the pieces from the crash come back together and drive off as if nothing happened?

That feeling is what is at the heart of Fishbone’s Angelo Moore.

Led by legendary Fishbone front man Angelo Moore, the group consist of seven total members featuring Skabone Stan and Danny Kay in the brass section, an engine room consisting of the powerful Ben Kishaba, Hasma Angeleno, and L.A.’s own PrincessFrank, lead/backing vocals and antics by Sonia Harley and band Leader, Angelo Moore, on vocals and instigation.

Fishbone’s Angelo Moore is a force of nature wrapped in a Circus sideshow tent that will propel you to the highest-depths of creative chaos as you dance and shake to pure unbridled joy.

They said it couldn’t be done. Four different songwriters joining forces to form a single

band? There was simply no precedent (outside of CSNY, The Beatles, The Traveling

Wilburys, The Highwaymen, Monsters of Folk, etc). And yet Fantastic Cat did it anyway,

defying the odds and teaming up to record their highly unanticipated 2022 debut, The

Very Best Of Fantastic Cat. Hailed by Rolling Stone as "a wildly satisfying collection of

folk-rock, country, Americana, and good old rock & roll" that offers “equal doses of Dylan

and Springsteen,” the album earned the vocal-trading, instrument-swapping collective

their national TV debut, sold-out headline dates around the US and Europe, festival

performances everywhere from Sundance to Take Root, and a song in the Showtime

series Tulsa King. In 2023, the unlikely four-piece teamed up with all-star producer Butch

Walker for a 50th anniversary take on Wings’ “Band On The Run,” which prompted even

more love from Rolling Stone, who dubbed them “the Harlem Globetrotters of

Americana.”

Individually, each member of Fantastic Cat boasts their own impressive resume along

with a litany of critical acclaim. Paste declared Don DiLego’s latest album a

“stunner.” NPR said Anthony D’Amato “sings and writes in the tradition of Bruce

Springsteen or Josh Ritter.” Rolling Stone called Brian Dunne’s new record “the sleeper

album of the year” and praised Mike Montali’s band, Hollis Brown, as “the soundtrack

for a late-night drive through the American heartland.” Collectively, though, the four

transcend their respective roots, emerging as velvet-clad rock and roll cooperative far

greater than the sum of its parts.

They say some cats are born fantastic; others have fantasy thrust upon them. These guys

are somewhere in the middle.