Blog: A Limerick Ox

This Hand Has Three Fingers: Hey Marseilles, Joel Plaskett Emergency, Beaten By Them

This Hand Has Three Fingers: Hey Marseilles, Joel Plaskett Emergency, Beaten By Them Hey Marseilles - From A Terrace Despite all the "boycott French wine" and "Freedom Fries" crap which obnoxiously plagued the US landscape over the past few years, francophilia in America is alive and well. But despite their name, Seattle's Hey Marseilles perform in la langue de Shakespeare , preferring instead invoke the spirit of old-world Marseilles as an influence to their poetic, folkish, and stunningly orchestral music. The collection of pianos, cello, violins, and accordion might force some people to label it as "eclectic." I call it "magnifique." [...]