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.
