Captain Black Beard is not Pirate Metal. This band with one of the most misleading names in music is a hard rock act drenched in keyboard laden melodies. Their latest release ‘Neon Sunrise‘ offers just that. Fans of Brother Firetribe, Nitrate, and Night Flight Orchestra are the target audience, and they hit their mark with this album.
Featuring both taut, keenly focused ensemble playing and raucous, spirited soloing, THE INTANGIBLE BETWEEN reflects the ever-growing chemistry Orrin Evans and the core ensemble of the Captain Black Big Band while celebrating bandleader's’ open-door policy toward collaborators new and old. The rotating cast of players, while maintaining the more compact scale introduced on the band’s last album, the Grammy-nominated PRESENCE, also features first-time members alongside veterans that joined the ranks in its earliest days and special guests whose collaborations with Evans stretch back over many years.
Legendary soul singer Nona Hendryx (Labelle) teams up with original Beefheart guitarist on 2017 tribute album studio album that spans the entire length and breadth of Captain Beefheart's groundbreaking catalog, from "Safe as Milk" through "Trout Mask Replica" and beyond.