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Global Union: Movits!
Movits! and Rana Santacruz and MC Rai and Panorama Jazz Band
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Sat Sep 15
noon
Global Union: Movits! at Humboldt Park
One of the more unusual beneficiaries of “The Colbert Bump,” Stockholm-based swing-flavored hip-hop group—or is it hip-hop-flavored swing group?—Movits! saw sales of its Comedy Central-backed debut, Äppelknyckarjazz (loosely: “apple-stealing jazz”), soar following a performance on the satirical newsman’s show in 2009. They no doubt hoped for a repeat of that phenomenon when they previewed their follow-up, Out Of My Head, on ColbertNation.com before its release in 2011. The group’s winning blend of big-band era, “Sing, Sing, Sing” swing; gypsy jazz; and Swedish-language, positive-vibe rapping is undeniably fun, and it should be a perfect capper to Alverno Presents’ annual (and newly condensed) Global Union festival.
Humboldt Park 3000 S. Howell Ave., Milwaukee, WI
One of the more unusual beneficiaries of “The Colbert Bump,” Stockholm-based swing-flavored hip-hop group—or is it hip-hop-flavored swing group?—Movits! saw sales of its Comedy Central-backed debut, Äppelknyckarjazz (loosely: “apple-stealing jazz”), soar following a performance on the satirical newsman’s show in 2009. They no doubt hoped for a repeat of that phenomenon when they previewed their follow-up, Out Of My Head, on ColbertNation.com before its release in 2011. The group’s winning blend of big-band era, “Sing, Sing, Sing” swing; gypsy jazz; and Swedish-language, positive-vibe rapping is undeniably fun, and it should be a perfect capper to Alverno Presents’ annual (and newly condensed) Global Union festival.
Updated 09/07/2012
