Onward

They have money, influence, power–and they turn out to vote. "They" are groups like Focus on the Family, Family Research Council, and Concerned Women for America–all parts of the Christian Right. But, are they a serious threat to religious liberty, bent on creating a theocratic state, or the last defenders of religion and family values in America?

Onward is the fourth album of Tip Jar, the band of Bart de Win and Arianne Knegt, involving their various musical friends from all over the world. Tip Jar's warm and catchy sounding hippie pop & country is greatly inspired by their tours through the Texas Hill Country. The new album Onward was (just like the previous one Gemstone Road) recorded in Austin, Texas and produced by Walt Wilkins, a true song craftsman who for example also produced Sam Baker's first two albums.

The Funky Butt Brass Band is a soulful collection of six St. Louis-based musicians who respect and revere the New Orleans brass band tradition. With influences ranging from the Dirty Dozen Brass Band to James Brown to the Allman Brothers, the FBBB crafts a broad range of original tunes and unexpected interpretations, all set to seriously funky grooves.