Who is Jacob Fred?

Limerick may or may not be the source of those stupid rhyming jokes, but the town in Ireland is definitely home to Seneca, an alt. rock band I’ve been hearing about since they came to town a couple of weeks ago. Joanne Rand doesn’t often send me raves about bands, but she did last week: “Heads up,” she wrote, “I just came from playing at the Benbow Summer Arts Fair, where I heard a GREAT Irish band named Seneca. They’re playing at the Red Fox on June 19. Some really wonderful drumming, with bodhran-like rhythms and innovative interlocking hocket-like guitar-bass rhythms, driving rhythms with soaring vocals, almost like early U2, but more fresh and authentic, less strategically posed.” Sounds pretty good. BTW, you can hear Joanne sing Saturday at the Dell’Arte Mad River Festival kick-off, where she’ll be special guest of The Joyce Hough Band. They’re also honoring René “Odo” Auberjonois. I’ll be there; maybe I’ll seeya.

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