Video: Marco Benevento – Limbs Of A Pine
In Ryan’s interview with Marco Benevento last month, the avant-rock-jazz-pianist spoke at length about the origins of the Limbs Of A Pine, the lead track from his fourth studio effort TigerFace. According to Benevento the track was originally called MIA, as he was trying to create a tune that had the upbeat energy of the British-bred Sri Lankan singer. Well Marco certainly succeeded, creating a high energy track that fuses bouncy world beats with heavy doses of dance-y electronica and squonky keyboard sounds, along with dreamy ethereal vocals courtesy of Kalmia Traver of Rubblebucket. Earlier this week Benevento dropped a music video for the track. Let’s check it out…
Marco Benevento – Limbs Of A Pine
Marco Benevento will kick off his 22-date cross-country fall tour on October 11 with a gig at TT The Bear’s in Cambridge, Mass followed by a headlining show at Bowery Ballroom in NYC on the 12th.
Jeffrey Greenblatt
Jeff joined the Hidden Track team full-time in 2008 and helps guide the site in his role as Managing Editor and Social Media Coordinator. Each week Jeff pens Pullin' 'Tubes, Tour Dates and Bloggy Goodness in addition to features, video posts and more. Jeff is a graduate of The George Washington University ('98), with a B.A. in Journalism, and has worked in the media and technology industry for the likes of Scripps Networks Interactive, MTV, VH1, A&E and Joost.
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