Lower 48

Dr. John revived his "Night Tripper" persona at the 2006 Bonnaroo Festival. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, his sense of urgency about Louisiana and the Gulf region allowed his spiritual persona free rein in concerts and interviews for the first time since the '70s. He wore the garb on-stage and brought his entire history as a musician to bear in his performances. He's become a full-fledged activist who does his part educating the world about his geography's unique significance as a musical, spiritual, and environmental territory. As an album, Tribal, employs some of the spookier elements of Dr. John's earlier recordings like Gris Gris, but it's all rooted in blues, funk, folk traditions, and R&B that have been at the heart of his musical career since the '50s.

The fourth album from Lower Dens, The Competition is a pop album with a concept both emotionally and politically urgent, dealing with modern capitalism and its psychotic effects. Its 11 songs range in scope from the personal to the political, but overall express an epiphany: you need radical and unquestioning compassion for yourself if you’re to reimagine what society could be.

Michel Benita est un contrebassiste français de jazz, né le 29 juillet 1954 à Alger, en Algérie. Après avoir vécu à Paris, Pointe-à-Pitre, Nice, la Corse ou Montpellier, Michel Benita déménage à Paris en 1981 et participe à la scène jazz européenne. Il a notamment joué avec Aldo Romano, Marc Ducret, Martial Solal, Lee Konitz, Dino Saluzzi, Erik Truffaz et Archie Shepp. En 1999, il forme le trio ELB avec le guitariste vietnamien Nguyên Lê et le batteur américain Peter Erskine. En 2010, il forme le quintet 'Ethics' avec Eivind Aarset, Mieko Miyazaki, Matthieu Michel et Philippe Garcia. Michel Benita a composé la musique du film du réalisateur Jean Achache Un soir au club (2009), adapté du roman éponyme de Christian Gailly.