But try not to call it “brostep” in his presence. Catch the UK’s hottest dubstepping, party starter at the Roseland on Friday. And read a Q/A with the man himself here.
The thrust of the performance is intense and relentless. Soon the music is all you can hear and, as you lose consciousness, you feel a smile coming to your dry lips. Yes, you think to yourself, that is one hell of a groove. And the singer is a real mf.
The Excellent Gentlemen open for The Motet – A late start, but if get-down is what you came for, get-down is what you got.
Ellis Marsalis and Donald Harrison led two bands full of future Jazz stars. The patriarch closed the Jazz part of the Festival. / Photo by Jason Kaplan.
From the beginning, there is an implicit threat–if you don’t throw yourself into this music in this moment and party like never before, Rusko is going to have a better time than you.
Here is a man who has learned one of the most important lessons in music…it is not necessary to play a million notes to be appreciated. It’s not how many, but which ones. At age 76, he plays all the right ones.
3 
RSS Feed
Facebook
Twitter
Newsletter