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| Iko Iko at 16th Dunedin Wines The Blues Festival Graham Wood Drout & Iko-Iko headline on Saturday, November 11, 2006 the 16th annual Dunedin Wines The Blues Festival in Dunedin, Florida. Additional performers include The Jumpin' Bobcats and Traveling North. Graham Wood Drout's songs are performed by a wide range of artists as well as his own band. Albert Castiglia's version of "Big Toe" reached the #2 spot on the National Contemporary Blues Radio charts in August of 2006 and Joey Gilmore's version of "The Ghosts of Mississippi" won him the IBC award for "Best Blues Performance of 2006." Castiglia's current CD, A Stone's Throw, is tied for Blues CD of The Year 2006 for Sirius Radio Networks and features additional songs from Drout as well. But that is just one small part of the legacy of IKO IKO. "This is so much more than the ol' 'wine, women and song' -- this is a great event where everyone feels right at home", reports lead singer, Drout. A favorite of AAA, Blues and Alt Country radio, Graham Wood Drout and IKO-IKO has a dedicated following of fans, multiple awards and a performance schedule that rivals some "major tours." As the twice- "featured band of the week" on KPIG in San Francisco and appearances on the National Public Radio productions "Music of the Subtropics" and the original "BlueStage", the band reaches far and wide with fans in many music genres. Other media appearances include MTV, HBO, ABC, Fox, NPR and many more This award-winning band also has movie soundtracks to their credit. "Don't Mess With The Voodoo" appeared, as did the band, in the Martin Scorsese film, Cape Fear starring Robert DeNiro and the band performed on the soundtrack for the film, Contact starring Jodie Foster. The band has released four albums including Snowstorm in the Jungle on Kingsnake Records, Riding On the Rims, Protected By Voodoo and Shineon Little Silver Records with the latest release, The Bittersweet Sessions, as an acoustic duo from Drout and Albert Castiglia. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |