Sideshow Discography of CDs

Sideshow albums Finian Greenhall performs live with a band as Fink; as Sideshow he creates a spacy, dubwise variety of electro-reggae, his regular band augmented by his trusty Quadroverb GT and Boss SE50 effects processors. On Admit One he builds a cathedral of sonic space, defining an enormous but mostly empty structure through which snare taps, strings, synthesizer squawks, and scraps of exquisite melody float. Also hanging out in the church are vocalists like Paul St. Hilaire (on the lovely "If Alone"), Samar (on the brilliantly spacy one-drop anthem "French Model in Dub"), and Cortney Tidwell (on the album's opening track, which is strangely not reggae-ish at all but rather a sort of straight-up new wave pop). Curiously, the program also includes a straight-ahead dub mix of "Youth of Today," a vintage Horace Andy single. The album ends on a slightly lame note -- punnily titled "Strung Outro," the final track features classical strings and feels pretty much like filler. But the vast majority of this album is spectacular. ~ Rick Anderson Personnel: Cortney Tidwell, Tina Grace (vocals); Fin (guitars); Guy Whittaker (bass instrument); Tim Thornton (drums, percussion).

Sideshow music CDs New York's Sideshow exquisitely brings together bass, clarinet, guitar, vibraphone, and percussion in exploring the music of early 20th century innovator Charles Ives. Ives himself, in guiding the transition from classical music to jazz as a popular idiom, questioned and stretched the very definition of what is a song. Sideshow stretches out in the protean nature of a song by performing the pieces as instrumentals, but printing the lyrics in their CD booklet. (At gigs they provide lyric sheets.) When Ives wrote for "theater orchestra" (the ensemble consisting of whomever shows), he made certain any instrumental part that gets played displays the entire melody and the loss of now individual part is critical. This holographic nature of Ives' compositions makes them especially well suited to delivery from a jazz ensemble. Sideshow takes full advantage of that on this superlative recording. ~ Tom Schulte Recorded at Tedesco Studios, New Jersey in November 1988. Includes liner notes by Steve Smith. Personnel: Adam Good (electric guitar, E-bow); John Hollenbeck (melodica, drums, percussion, bells); Oscar Noriega (bass clarinet, alto saxophone); Matt Moran (vibraphone). Audio Mixer: Jon Rosenberg. Recording information: Tedesco Studios, NJ (11/1988). Photographer: Valerie Trucchia. Sideshow: Oscar Neriega (alto saxophone, bass clarinet); Matt Moran (vibraphone); John Hollenbeck (melodica, drums. percussion, bells); Adam Good (guitar, E-bow).

Sideshow discography Recording information: Whoop Ass Studio, Lincoln. Photographer: Sideshow. Sideshow: Bernie, Paul, Rich. Personnel: Bernie McGinn (vocals); Rich Higgins (guitar); Paul Tisdale (drums).

Sideshow songs Finian Greenhall, who records under the name Fink, has gone full circle at least once over the course of his music career, starting out as a guitar-playing indie popster, then immersing himself in techno, then picking up the guitar again and heading back into ...

Sideshow CD discography  

Sideshow CD discography Track Listing of songs: If Alone; If Alone; If Alone (Appleblim & Komonazmuk Remix); If Alone (Chateau Flight Remix);