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Hometown: Hillsdale, NY
Website: www.thewiyos.com
Sounds Like: Tom Waits, Little Feat, Hot Club of Cowtown, Taj Mahal, Blind Willie McTell
Genre: Other
The Wiyos seamlessly meld new with the old. Their 2009 release Broken Land Bell fused New Orleans based rhythms with tripped out electric harmonica and human beat-box. The album landed the band a 28-day run as the openers for The Bob Dylan show. In 2011 the band continues to expand, laying their vintage writing over pop, rock and subtle hip-hop frameworks. Their much anticipated theme album (loosely based on The Wizard of Oz) is slated for a fall 2011 release. Preview performances have already been met with rave reviews from the UK to Chicago.
"The set of songs which followed all concerned the mystical magical world of Oz. The audience was genuinely spellbound. Even seasoned Wiyos fans were experiencing brand new, highly original material."
Maverick Magazine, UK, 2011
"fabulously skilled and inspired"
Randy Lewis - LA Times
"a modern band whose vintage reference points include Tin Pan Alley pop and Spike Jones. ..the young Brooklyn trio created a set of revelatory original songs inspired by The Wizard of Oz."
Chicago Tribune
"The song structures develop into snaky, devious journeys. Simultaneously tear-jerking and disturbing, this new material invokes McCartney at his most melancholy, Lennon at his most acid-inflected, and Oz in all of its most surreal, Technicolour glory."
Backroadsmusic.co.uk
"The group brings exuberance and intensity to these vintage styles"
The New Yorker
"The Wiyos Broken Land Bell is fabulous!"
Bob Harris - BBC Radio
