This fall, New York jam/groove outfit The Benevento/Russo Duo will continue to ride the wave of recognition their 2006 release, Play Pause Stop, has garnered by traveling the west coast. And in the middle of their tour, The Duo will also join The Yard Dogs Road Show at DeVotchKa’s Halloween Zombie Formal in Denver, CO.
The formal — we’re hoping to see the undead ballroom dancing in tuxedos and full regalia — will be held Saturday, October 27 at Denver’s Fillmore Auditorium, where organist Marco Benevento and drummer Joe Russo will bring their unconventional arrangement to the stage.
Russo, whose wildly complex percussion matches Benevento’s engaging, oft-looped organ lines and keyboard effects, says of their latest album, “The things we wanted to do on the last record we actually achieved on this new one.” Play Pause Stop, released in July of 2006, has been met with enthusiastic reviews and has given the band a well-earned confidence.
The Duo should feel right at home on the stage with hometowners DeVotchKa, who will be returning after a European tour promoting their overseas release of How It Ends. Hopefully, the band will give fans a sample of the full-length on which they’ve reportedly been working.
The Yard Dogs Road Show, thirteen transient cabaret darlings featured in ALARM’s summer issue, will return to their hometown, Flagstaff, Arizona, after their Halloween performance. For more information and current tour dates, visit their website.
The Benevento/Russo Duo Tour Dates:
August 30 – Buffalo, NY @ Thursdays in the Square (free)
October 12-14 – Fairburn, GA @ The Echo Project Bouckaert Farm
October 25 – Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre
October 26 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Getty Museum (free)
October 27 – Denver, Co @ Fillmore Auditorium
October 28 – Aspen, CO @ Belly Up Aspen
October 30 – Sacramento, CA @ Harlow’s
October 31 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
November 1 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
November 2 – Portland, OR @ Berbati’s Pan
November 3 – Bellingham, WA @ Nightlight
November 4 – Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey
December 13 – Runaway Bay, Jamaica @ Carribean Holidaze