Kermit Ruffins | ar

1- KERMIT is a project from Malaga (Spain). A melancholic trip that is sometimes subtle and tender, and some others aggressive and heartbreaking. http://kermit-band.bandcamp.com/ KERMIT's musical influences include the names of Slint, Radiohead, Afghan Whigs, At The Drive-In, Refused, Tortoise, Manta Ray, Portishead, Toe, Shiner, Sonic Youth, Liars, Mogwai, Karate, Burning Airlines, The Cinematic Orchestra, King Crimson, Pink Floyd 2- Kermit the Frog, arguably Jim Henson's most famous Muppet creation, was the star and host of The Muppet Show, played a significant role on Sesame Street, and served as the logo of the Jim Henson Company. He continues to star...

Martin - Vocals Johan - Bass PeterPommac - Drums Jerker - Guitar Mattan - Guitar Magnus - Keyboard .

Since the death of his friend and mentor Jim Henson, Kermit has channeled his sadness through acoustic guitar by covering the most melancholy of songs in modern music, such as Radiohead's "Creep" and Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt". It seems that sometimes, as the frog says himself, it's excruciatingly painful being green. These covers (and others) are available from Sad Kermit's site, http://www.sadkermit.com/ .

Originally a founding member in the 1980's of New Orleans' popular Rebirth Brass Band, with whom he recorded seven lively albums and toured the world. Ruffins branched out on his own in the early 1990's with his own band, a more traditional New Orleans jazz combo, but has also performed with The Kermit Ruffins Big Band. His style is most reminiscent of great Nawlin's trumpeter Louis Armstrong, He regularly performs with his backing band called the Barbecue Swingers in local New Orleans clubs. Ingeniously, he also shows up with a truck that sells Bar BQ off to the side, easily...

Kermit Ruffins (born December 19, 1964) is a jazz trumpeter, singer and composer from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. He has been heavily influenced by Louis Armstrong, Louis Jordan and Eddy Jefferson. Ruffins accompanies a large portion of his songs with his own vocals, and he says that the highest note he can hit on trumpet is a high C note. Most of his bands perform New Orleans jazz standards, though he also composes many of his own pieces. Jon Pareles of the New York Times wrote of Ruffins in a July 16, 2001 article, stating that "Mr. Ruffins is...