THE CONTENT PROVIDERS on FREEDOM FRIED were:
J Neo Marvin: Vocals, guitars, keyboards, songs Davis Jones: Keyboards, percussion, vocals Alan Korn: Bass and tambourine Aaron Sears: Lead guitar and vocals Deirdre Fogarty: Vocals Les Harris: Dru [+]THE CONTENT PROVIDERS on FREEDOM FRIED were:
J Neo Marvin: Vocals, guitars, keyboards, songs Davis Jones: Keyboards, percussion, vocals Alan Korn: Bass and tambourine Aaron Sears: Lead guitar and vocals Deirdre Fogarty: Vocals Les Harris: Drums, flute and vocals Cynthia Wigginton: Violin, musical saw and vocals Nik Phelps: Oboe, clarinet, French horn, trumpet and sax Glenn Stevens: Lead guitar and vocals Adam McCauley: Drums Franco Reguzzoni: Keyboards Jeremy Hanberry: Dumbek and vocals Pam Davis: Piano and vocals Diane Wallis: Violin and vocals James Oterreau: Drums and flugel horn Alex James Muscat: Engineer, cabasa Wally Sound: Engineer, guitar, lap steel and percussion
FREEDOM FRIED, the third release from J Neo Marvin & the Content Providers, arrives in July. 12 songs for the "new American century", featuring the most cohesive and rocking Content Providers lineup yet, Freedom Fried ranges from melodic folk-pop to snarly garage-rock and beyond, all adding up to an unflinching portrait of the state of the union, circa summer 2004. It's music for Americans who have found their home transformed into an occupied country, for foreigners who no longer recognize the once-admired, now scarier than ever, land of rock and roll, blue jeans and silly pop culture, and for any and all human beings who refuse to be stomped into submission. J Neo Marvin, former singer/songwriter of the 90s indie-rock band X-tal, has since released two CDs, Slowly I Turned and What Is Truth?, employing a diverse collection of collaborators from bands including the Mekons, Ed's Redeeming Qualities, the Bedlam Rovers, She Mob, and The Club Foot Orchestra, who all added their own touches to his sharp-focused songs of life and trouble.
The new CD reflects the Content Providers' progress over the last year as they moved from a loose-knit recording project to a regularly gigging live band, while the lyrics have shifted focus from the introspective brooding of the previous two records to a greater emphasis on trenchant social commentary and challenging political statements. Now more than ever it's time for artists to speak out.
The songs here include the self-explanatory "Little Emperor"; the richly harmonized statement of independent thought "Run Crab Run"; the sni
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