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| Graham Wood Drout & Iko-Iko at The Bamboo Room Little Silver Records announced that Graham Wood Drout & Iko-Iko return to The Palm Beaches with their brand of rock, blues and swampadelic music performing live at The Bamboo Room in Lake Worth, FL on Friday, June 9th, 2006. Front man Graham Wood Drout's music recently returned to Roots and Blues radio with his songs now winning new awards as performed by other artists. IBC winner for "Best Blues performance" in 2006, Joey Gilmore won for his version of Drout's "The Ghosts of Mississippi, " as well as that his on-going collaborations with Albert Castiglia. Drout's contributions appear on "Burn, " their live acoustic duo release "The Bittersweet Sessions, " and Castiglia's new release "A Stone's Throw" that continues to receive excellent reviews and attention from Blues radio. Also exciting is word that Iko-Iko's 1998 release, "Protected By Voodoo, " re-entered the Roots/Blues radio charts in recent weeks as word of the band's new lineup and outstanding shows has traveled. Highlighting his more than 25-year career, Graham Wood Drout's work has received multiple awards including "Best Blues Band" and "Songwriter of The Year" from New Times Magazine, and a Jammy Award for "Best Blues Band." His music was described by Blues Revue Magazine as "Soul filling ideas that flow out of [Drout's pen and into the heart of the listener...the result is breathtaking." write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |