Roz Raskin and The Ricecakes: Concert Preview
Middle East Upstairs - Mar 21, 2010

Roz Raskin and the Rice Cakes, one of this week’s Foundwaves Weekly Picks, will be headlining a show at the Middle East Upstairs tonight. Although on the surface Roz Raskin leads a piano trio, she distinguishes the band by fronting it with the warm organic sounds of a Fender Rhodes electric piano. With bell-like melodic lines and complex chordal washes, her keyboard creates a rich landscape…  ()
The Ricecakes (Press Photo)
Santa Mamba, The Ricecakes, and Sun Cut Flat
Sunday, March 21 at Middle East Upstairs

Roz Raskin and The Ricecakes, one of this week’s Foundwaves Weekly Picks, will be headlining a show at the Middle East Upstairs tonight.

Although on the surface Roz Raskin leads a piano trio, she distinguishes the band by fronting it with the warm organic sounds of a Fender Rhodes electric piano. With bell-like melodic lines and complex chordal washes, her keyboard creates a rich landscape in which bassist Justin Foster and drummer Casey Belisle explore vibrant rhythms as Roz’s voice floats above it all. There is a subtle intimacy in the interplay between the three musicians in Roz’s songs, but also moments where the three combine into a powerful and slamming unified front.

Stream and download two tracks off their new record The Friend Ship, buy a copy of the full album from CD Baby, and check the band out at the Middle East tonight.

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The Ricecakes (Press Photo)
Santa Mamba, The Ricecakes, and Sun Cut Flat
Sunday, March 21 at Middle East Upstairs

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