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Required Listening: The Maldives

MaldivesThe Maldives are the greatest nine-person Seattle band you’ve never heard of.

They swing as far towards traditional country as you’re likely to find me go, drawing on the banjo, pedal steel and occasional accordion and fiddle.  They are a solid country rock outfit with stellar vocals, reminiscent of the best of Rick Danko (my second favorite member of The Band). I can’t wait to see these guys live.

The Maldives: The New One

The Maldives: Cold November

Comments 3

  1. Pat wrote:

    These guys are killer. If your favorite member of The Band is Levon Helm I think we’re soul mates.

    Posted 11 Nov 2009 at 7:04 pm
  2. Cowbelle wrote:

    Of course it’s Levon. Of course.

    Posted 12 Nov 2009 at 12:04 am
  3. Pat wrote:

    There’s something about a singin’ drummer that is just too cool. Plus he is the only American in the band!

    Posted 27 Nov 2009 at 10:02 am

Trackbacks & Pingbacks 2

  1. From more Cowbelle - The Top Twenty of 2009 on 23 Dec 2009 at 3:08 pm

    [...] 6) The Maldives, Listen to the Thunder: One of the best, and potentially least heard, country-rock albums of the year. More here. [...]

  2. From more Cowbelle - Portland Show Calendar: March – May 2010 on 08 Mar 2010 at 9:34 pm

    [...] 9 (Tuesday): Weinland, The Maldives and Or, The Whale at Doug Fir. [...]

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