Rotondi Los Angeles, California
All three Rotondi releases! Polka Changed My Life Today also has live tracks and some of our earliest recordings.
Rotondi formed in 1984 out of a collective dream of L.A. roots musicians escaping the quantized world of MTV. We toured the nation, played with the polka legends, did lots of TV, and brought the accordion, old world theatricality, and three piece drum set back to pop America.
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Rotondi recommends:
The Underthings (first LP)
by The Underthings
The Underthings: a 180 shift from Rotondi, the Underthings could be described as neo cabaret, or punk jazz, led by fearless virtuoso singer and songwriter Stefanie Naifeh
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Panorama City LIVE EXTENDED TRACKS
by Double Naught Spy Car
Paul's surf noir jazz noise guitar instrumental band Double Naught Spy Car.
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Raw black metal that brooks no compromises, this has all the ferocious guitars, lo-fi aesthetics and infernal howling you crave.
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Cry My Heart, Cry! Songs from Testimonies, Vol. 2
by Zisl Slepovitch Ensemble & Sasha Lurje
Originally sung by Holocaust survivors in Yiddish, Polish and French, this moving album is now available in a gorgeous LP package.
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Mazel Tov Cocktail Party!
by David Krakauer, Kathleen Tagg & the Mazel Tov Cocktail Party
Led by klezmer phenom David Krakauer, this collaborative LP develops international sounds into an celebration of our common humanity.
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Afro cuban, Balkan, surf, klezmer, country, latin, ska, western, and swing is almost too much fun for one record.
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