Steven Colbert is a very funny very sophisticated comedian and commenter and he can actually sing fairly well. I am surprised at the mickey mouse bands which appear on his program.
Yo Yo Mah has a wonderful lyrical quality and perfect tone but for some reason he has joined up with a hootenanny group and the result is appalling.
Yo Yo’s work flows and is very persist while it sounds relaxed and natural. Then a group of rather less precise country riffs from the other members of the band lose the sense of the piece and become only a display of fast fiddling. Only when Mah resumes control does the music return.
Perhaps Colbert thinks its artsy to have lame groups perform on his show.
A few nights ago a band from Mali called Tinariwen performed. Less than sophisticated music is ok, but I found Tinariwen really amateurish and the vocals were pathetic. Once again I say what could the criteria be that determines that a band should be featured by Steven Colbert. Steve?
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