{"id":357,"date":"2012-09-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2012\/2012\/09\/26\/review-the-moho-collective-september-15th-utica-music-and-arts-festival\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T17:00:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T17:00:49","slug":"review-the-moho-collective-september-15th-utica-music-and-arts-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2012\/2012\/09\/26\/review-the-moho-collective-september-15th-utica-music-and-arts-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: The Moho Collective at Utica Music and Arts Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

One thing I do not miss is an outdoor Moho Collective<\/a> set. \u00a0I think it\u2019s safe to say that nearly everyone I ran into all weekend knew this was one of my must see bands. I do a great deal of prattling on about Moho\u2019s charms, \u00a0and I intended to see both their Greens Fest set as well as later in the evening at Piers & Blake. \u00a0Indoors, they are a delight, but something extra special happens when this band has a chance to do its thing in the sunshine and fresh air, and their first set this year was on the Utica Greens Festival Stage right on Varick Street on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n

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I pried myself from the merch booth and ran up front to get a little much needed Rochester-style boogie on. The Moho Collective plays an innovative mix of instrumental jazz fusion with a strong world music representation. \u00a0There is a heavy taste of blues and even nods toward the grunge movement in their approach as they \u00a0truly use tones and styles as tools rather than definitive compartments. \u00a0Fans of funk and avant-garde,indie rock can also find many things to appreciate about the Moho and I really do encourage everyone who wasn\u2019t drawn by the sound this weekend to go to the band\u2019s website and check them out, pronto.<\/p>\n

From the opening strains of the first song, this band did indeed draw people. \u00a0My time in Rochester taught me well to run right up front and start grooving, however ridiculous I might look. \u00a0Some of the first souls to join me were the kids. \u00a0The tiny tot crowd, no older than 7, dug the hell out of this group, responding naturally to the evocative tonal arrangements and eternal rhythms and the sight of their innocent enjoyment heightened my experience for sure. \u00a0\u00a0Some music sets the spirit free and Moho serves up a steady dose of just that sort. \u00a0May the youngest ones continue to remind us of this. \u00a0In no time at all, most of the people milling about the street had pushed up toward the stage to listen closer.<\/p>\n

Kurt G. Johnson wielded things with strings commandingly as usual, moving from his telecaster to a lap steel, tweaking knobs and adjusting tones all the while, including a small bit of sampling. \u00a0A slight feedback problem and a little unanticipated bleed over from the inside stage nearby proved challenging for the band\u2019s on stage sound, but it\u2019s safe to say the audience wasn\u2019t phased. \u00a0Ryan Barclay is an \u00a0intuitive and intelligent percussionist. \u00a0The term \u2018drummer\u2019 just does not fit the bill here. \u00a0Shaking and rattling a wide array of noise making devices, Barclay layers brick by brick into the wall of sound. \u00a0Particularly worth noting, he taps out a great groove on a tambourine in Chikyu Hakken against the eastern tones of Johnson\u2019s finger picking on the steel that adds a heady counterpoint and gets stuck, itself, in your head. \u00a0He frequently fuses percussion with tonality by employing gongs, what looks like brass meditation bowls, and chimes in choice moments of several numbers in addition to his work on his kit. \u00a0They are professionally trained, accomplished musicians and it plainly shows. \u00a0Justin Rister works both an upright and a Fender P Bass, switching as the situation calls for. \u00a0Also trained in percussion, Rister rounds out the trio\u2019s sound both high and low and is constantly adding rhythm and color to each song.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m intrigued and impressed by how often the band is able to weave spiritual sounds into their songs and notice that often the bass\u2019 rumble is dancing close to or on top of chakra tones. \u00a0Like a puzzle, each member of this sonic team drops firmly into place and expresses to create the whole that is the collective. So, we smiled into the sunshine on a lovely Saturday afternoon, close friends and neighbors nearby, and we simply were joyful. \u00a0It was a beautiful thing. \u00a0A sign sat on the check in desk all weekend that sums up the experience of a Moho Collective show. \u00a0\u201cThe groove is here to lift you up.\u201d Right on, right on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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