PUTNEY — Next Stage Arts Project and Twilight Music present an evening of acoustic/electric Americana music from Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., by The Slambovian Circus of Dreams (a.k.a., The Grand Slambovians) on Saturday, Nov. 5, at 7:30 p.m. at Next Stage, 15 Kimball Hill.
The music of The Slambovian Circus of Dreams has been described as “hillbilly-Floyd,” “folk-pop,” “alt-country, roots-rock,” and “surreal Americana,” according to a news release.
The quartet employs a broad palette of styles, from dusty Americana ballads to huge Pink Floydesque cinematic anthems, featuring an exotic instrumental arsenal in addition to standard rock regalia.
The Grand Slambovians are Joziah Longo (lead vocals, guitars, harmonica), Tink Lloyd (accordion, cello, uke, theremin, melodica), Sharkey McEwen (guitars, mandolin, backing vocals), and Eric Puente (percussion).
Bandleader and songwriter Longo has written two musicals with Broadway legend Theodore Mann, headlined at Carnegie Hall, and was the first American musician invited to perform in mainland China in the early 1990s, ending a decade-long ban on Western music.
Longo, Lloyd, McEwen, and Puente have toured nationally and abroad since forming Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus of Dreams in Sleepy Hollow in 1998. Known for electrifying live performances and strong original music, they have a devoted and ever expanding fan base.
The band has released five critically acclaimed studio albums - “A Box of Everything (2014), “The Grand Slambovians” (2012), “The Great Unravel” (2008), 2004's double-disc “Flapjacks from the Sky,” and “A Good Thief Tips His Hat” (1998).