![]() ![]() These two things are now very separate and distinct. My solo stuff, it's a different kind of songwriting, I can't really describe it. I'm not really sure why.I guess they just feel right in Rusted Root. Michael: For me I think Stereo Rodeo was mixing what I wanted to do solo on that album a little bit. I originally wasn't sure how I wanted to express these certain segments of myself and now I/we are trying to keep the Rusted Root thing more about the party and the more danceable vibe kind of stuff. Some of my acoustic songs that are kind of deep sometimes do fit best with Rusted Root. HGMN: Stereo Rodeo came out in 2009, what's your take on that looking back and what do you want to change on the next album? I mean, "Little Creatures" by the Talking Heads kind of simplified what they were doing but they also kind of matured in the same way. I think on our new record you will see deeper grooves. In the past we have been very rhythmic but I think lately it's been very spastic and we've come in and out of grooves. I'm like, "I don't know what that means." I think if anything it's just that our material is a little more groove oriented. Other interviews have been saying that I said that. Michael: I don't know what I meant by that actually (laughs). HGMN: You've said you are looking to move in a direction similar to the Talking Heads.what do you mean by that? It's not really something that I went out just happened. I never really studied it but I knew I wanted to use it in the songs that I was writing for the vision I had for the band. I was able to catch a couple African Drumming concerts here and there.not a lot of it but some. Michael: I think I was personally exposed to a lot of different cultures, you know, growing up in Pittsburgh around the colleges. HGMN: Your music has a lot of multicultural ingredients as well. We just try to be true to what the band needs. Our evolution attracts people to the band.and we just kind of go with that flow. And, you know, we have evolved over time. ![]() Michael: It started out with a very big idea. How did you get the current lineup that you guys have and what was the beginning? Michael: Yeah, we are just here on a day off, then we go to Wilmington tomorrow and then we come back here and play on Saturday night. But their longevity and drive to keep going is leading to their next album which is expected to release in March 2012. They have already accomplished their aspiration of creating a musical, culturally diverse community surrounding Rusted Root here in the U.S. Interview with Rusted Root's Michael GlabickiĪfter speaking with Michael, I learned much about the bands birth, evolution and journey. The doors will open at 5PM and the cost of admission is only $5! Rusted Root hits Raleigh Amphitheater this Saturday, Oct 1st as part of the Bud Light City Fest. They are joined on this album by Jason Miller (drums, percussion), Colter Harper (guitar), Preach Freedom (percussion) and Dirk Miller(guitar). " Stereo Rodeo", their first disc in seven years, features original members Michael Glabicki (lead vocals, guitar), Liz Berlin (vocals, percussion), and Patrick Norman(vocals, bass, percussion). Over the last several years they have sold more than 3 million albums worldwide and they have toured the world and the US with Toad the Wet Sprocket, Santana, The Grateful Dead, Dave Matthews Band, The Allman Brothers Band, HORDE Festival and, perhaps most notably, the highly coveted support role on the landmark Jimmy Page/Robert Plant reunion tour. They're known for their fusion of bluegrass and rock as well as their inspired use of percussion that is drawn from African, Latin America, Native American and Middle Eastern influences and defies categorization. Rusted Root became a band twenty years ago. ![]()
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