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Key West Comes North! Photos: Vincent Eckersley "A real musicians' band with a groove colored with the tones and shades from around the world that always moves forward in an approach similar to the Dead, with whom Tamboura shares and easygoing sensibility." -Seth Rogovoy, The Berkshire Eagle & The Rogovoy Report "They could play anywhere in the Caribbean and no one would boo them!" -Dahania Ingraham, Berkshire Community College exchange student from Jamaica "Easy, breezy Key West escapist music." -Jaspar Pugmill III Inspired voices dance with flutes, steel drum, assorted guitars, bass, trumpet and driving worldbeat percussion to create the music that is Tamboura. While rooted in folk/rock/blues traditions, Tamboura keeps good company with Afro/Caribbean and jazz rhythms that make you gotta dance! They've been rockin' 'n skankin' the Berkshires and beyond since 1989. The band has shared stages with Third World, Entrain, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Rory Block, Duncan MacKenzie Band, Max Creek and local faves Rev Tor Band and Loose Caboose. Tamboura was hugely popular at the internationally acclaimed 2004 Blues to Bop Festival in Lugano, Switzerland and Marcote, Italy and they had the gypsies dancin' in the streets at the 2005 Bansko International Jazz & World Music Festival in Bansko, Bulgaria! And after over a decade of music-making, Tamboura shows no sign of slowin' down! Check out their CD, "Live at the Lion", on Dry Ducks Records. "Hey now, if Woody Guthrie he play in de band wid Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon, an' de Jimmies Buffet an' Cliff, dey prob'ly soun' somet'ing like dis." - Uncle Bubbel Tamboura is: Dan Broad from Cheshire (like the cheese), MA is the bassist/vocalist extraordinaire known for his double-deep, dubbed up 4 & 8 string basses, fine skin and dry-as-a-bone wit. Besides being the rock solid foundation for Tamboura and a sought after session musician, Dan is a graduate of the UMass Jazz Studies program. Sam Earnshaw from Sheffield, MA is the very tall, loose-limbed, prrrrrrecision time keeping device (aka "De Drumma") and left-handed monkey wrench for the band. "Put the Frisbee down, Sam!" Ya gotta look out for this guy! He is building his own house. Still. Lee Everett from Pittsfield, MA is the singer/percussionist/dancin' feet good vibes guy who puts a smile on your face and keeps ya movin' an' groovin'. He is also the owner of FineLine Studio and Glad Rags in lovely downtown Lenox, MA and never throws anything away. Mary Knysh from Millville, PA is the band's flutist/steel drummer/mandolinist/percussionist and femme-fatale singer. . .doing it all with panache and humor despite the rest of us. She is an ethnomusicologist ("Say, wha'?"), educator, author and founder of Rhythmic Connections which produces music history and improvisation programs. Miss Mary is our rose amongst thorns, our spunky good cheer and 'weird guy' magnet. David Reed from Great Barrington, MA is the founding member of Tamboura as well as the guitarist/banjoist/percussionist/singer/trumpeter and dim bulb guiding light for the band. He spends his days making mobiles and rattley instruments and tinkering with his '68 Triumph Bonneville whilst dreaming of faraway lands. Q: Hey, what's a Tamboura, anyway? 1) A volcano on Sumbara Island in the Dutch East Indies that nearly blew up that part of the world in the 1860's. 2) The official drum of the merengue from Dominica. 3) An Indian stringed instrument related to the sitar. 4) A percussion driven, rolkrock/reggae dance band with Caribbean Soul. A: All of the above! View Tamboura/TuTu Much/David Reed's EPK