"Enchanting rag-tag traveling minstrel chorus"
Seeing an Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes set is like witnessing an incredible impromptu campfire, living room or street corner session - it's comes off as a completely organic and intimate experience and the sense is that would be true whether they're playing to a crowd of twenty five or twenty five thousand people...At the center of their folksy-chorale sound is the soulful he/she vocal exchange of main singers Alex Ebert and Jade Castrinos followed by a veritable parade of singers, whistlers, hand-clappers, and tambourine shakers balanced with the strumming of acoustic guitars, hand percussion, trumpet, keyboard, accordion and more. And while this untidy yet visually compelling ten-piece ensemble looks like they strolled right out of the magical world of Oregon Country Fair or Sherwood Forest, their music appeals to one of the most diverse audiences we've seen in a long time as their 2010 performances at such music festivals as Coachella, Telluride Bluegrass, Bonnaroo and High Sierra attest to.