Michael Rossetto with Chris Porterfield, and Devin Drobka | Arts + Literature Laboratory | Madison Contemporary Arts Center

Michael Rossetto with Chris Porterfield, and Devin Drobka

Arts + Literature Laboratory presents Michael Rossetto with Chris Porterfield, and Devin Drobka on October 5, 2019 at 8pm. Tickets are $10 in advance at https://michaelrossetto.bpt.me or $15 at the door. Student tickets are $5 off with valid school ID. Advance ticket sales end 1 hour before the show. Doors open at 7:30pm.

After spending the following years recording and touring as a sideman for singer-songwriters: The Pines, Pieta Brown, Frankie Lee, Erik Koskinen and Buffalo Gospel, Rossetto returned to his instrumental core and began work on Intermodal Blues in 2015 with Minneapolis drummer and producer, JT Bates (Fat Kid Wednesdays, Phil Cook, Big Red Machine). This collection of cinematic compositions is inspired by and reflective of Rossetto’s adoration for the current state of global music. The focus around Intermodal Blues is the five string banjo, an often misunderstood instrument that is steeped in the traditions of American folk and bluegrass music– a world which is rarely referenced on Intermodal Blues.

Prominently featured on these pieces is Jim Anton’s Tuvan Doshpuluur, a fretless instrument with a sympathetic timbre to the banjo. Drummer and producer JT Bates reigned in Rossetto’s wide global palette and grounded the record in a jazz tradition intent on capturing moments not perfection. He recruited Chris Bates on upright bass as the foundation of the ensemble and Jim Anton’s Doshpuluur as a foil to Rossetto’s five string.

The concert series is supported in part by the Madison Community Foundation, HotelRED, WORT 89.9FM, and Heid Music.

As the son of Italian immigrants living in the midwest, it is surprising that a banjo found its way into the hands of Michael Rossetto. As a self taught banjoist and guitarist, Rossetto moved from Wisconsin to the Twin Cities in ‘97 and began writing and recording instrumental music with his quartet, Spaghetti Western String Co. After four records, two MN Music Awards (2005, 2006) and a handful of silent film score performances, the group disbanded in 2010. Their music can be heard in the documentary Winnebago Man.

He spent the last several years working as a sideman for The Pines, David Huckfelt, Pieta Brown, Frankie Lee,... Read More

Christopher Porterfield is an American songwriter, guitarist and singer. He currently leads the folk band Field Report. Porterfield started his music career in High School, co-founding the band, Dinner With Greg. He also previously played with DeYarmond Edison, a band led by Bon Iver frontman Justin Vernon. He graduated from Mayo High School in Rochester, MN, and the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire with a degree in journalism.[4] He has a younger brother named Tim, who graduated and played college basketball for Virtebo University in Wisconsin.

Devin Drobka is one of the most in-demand and creative musicians in the midwest for the past 15 years. Audiences around the world have been enthralled with his wide sonic palette and limitless rhythmic possibilities on the drums. A deep love of jazz, metal, folk, hip-hop, ambient, idm, and classical music has helped shaped Devin’s unique voice and vision on the drums both as a leader and as a sideman. His highly personal and creative drumming can be heard within the realm of jazz having performed with Greg Osby, Jerry Bergonzi, Dayna Stephens, and Joe Lovano as well as indie- folk bands like Field Report and indie rappers R.A.P. Ferreira and Serengeti. Devin can be heard on over 50 albums of genre bending, original music for which he is an advocate for. Devin currently composes music for his newest group, The Devin Drobka Trio, which draws upon his love of contemporary classical music and minimalism and his multi horn group, Bell Dance Songs, which is a response to his love of... Read More

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