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10.28.99
BAND SPOTLIGHT BY VAUGHN WATSON
Jordan often
uses Masons to hone his pop craft |
Who he is: Kraig Jordan.
What he plays: Acoustic rock with pop influences.
Singer/songwriter Jordan, 29, started writing songs when he was 13 and
living in North Kingstown. He has assembled 22 locally affiliated musicians
to record or play out with him at various times, including David Narcizo,
the former drummer for Throwing Muses.
He calls the assemblage The Masons. In Change Me Back (Irregular
Records), The Masons aim sparse instrumentation outward, creating breathing
room for Jordan's moody -- but lyrically probing -- bits of introspection.
For instance, Ghosts In The Attic deals with feelings of guilt,
and is paced by Jordan's conversational storyteller's voice, while a patient
acoustic guitar and bass occupy the background.
"It's pretty emotional stuff,'' Jordan said. "If someone is listening
to my album, they are really listening to me.''
Recording: Jordan hooked up with musicians for Change Me Back
over the past two years, recording and mixing the CD, his first,
at Dream Edit studios in Newport.
Where to hear him: The CD release party is tonight at Island Arts,
2 Pelham St. in Newport, from 6 to 9 p.m.; call 848-2775.
The show will mingle video images with sounds from the band's songs. Susan
McNally, the Rhode Island artist currently living in New York who designed
Jordan's CD cover art, will display other works.
And Jordan will set up interactive stations where people can do nearly
whatever they'd like with microphones and video equipment. "If they want
to turn the tape into spaghetti, pull it out and cut it up, I don't care,''
he said. "I really want it to be fun and interesting.''
Or hear them now: To hear samples from The Masons' Change Me
Back , call Journal Line at 277-7777 (or toll-free outside the Providence
calling area at 800-992-9255) and punch in category code BAND (2263).
Band Spotlight runs in LIVE each Thursday. If your band would like
to be featured, send information to Vaughn Watson at The Journal, 75 Fountain
St., Providence, R.I. 02902, send E-mail to vaughn _watson at projo.com
or call him at 277-7524.
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