Dale Triguero of Chickie Wah Wah and John Driver of Family Fish Productions have had numerous successful music projects. Their newest may end up being their most fruitful thus far.
The indie pop duo comprised of Alexis Marceaux and Sam Craft are poised to bring their music to the next level. They will be presenting the full range of their talents during the month of June with a Monday night residency at the intimate roots music venue Chickie Wah Wah.
Both musicians are already well known in New Orleans. You may have caught a glimpse of Alexis & the Samurai’s exploits on HBO’s Treme and NBC’s The Voice.
The duo has been capitalizing on the exposure by taking their multi-instrumental spectacle (strings, guitars, keys, foot percussion, vocal harmonies, often all at once) on the road, including an appearance at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. They have also appeared at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the Voodoo Music Experience, Mid City Bayou Boogaloo, and SXSW as well as completing several tours of the United States and Europe.
Marceaux put out her solo release Dandelion in 2009 and its songs were picked up by various television shows (MTV’s The Real World, E’s Keeping Up With the Kardashians and others.) No Depression magazine called her a “songwriting force to be reckoned with.”
The two 20-somethings initially teamed up for Marceaux’s sophomore effort Orange Moon (2011). Under the tutelage and engineering of The Polyphonic Spree’s Rick Nelson, the duo drew an all-star cast of 25 of New Orleans’ finest musicians from every genre for a lush, indie-pop opus with a distinct Louisiana flavor.
Partner and “samurai” Sam Craft, an already-ubiquitous sideman in many outfits around town, said, “I wanted to tap into all the friends I’ve made along the way, through playing with my rock band Glasgow and trad-jazz behemoth the New Leviathan Oriental Foxtrot Orchestra. New Orleans musicians have huge hearts and we’re grateful for them sharing their talents with us.”
According to Marceaux, “Our sound is evolving, we’re getting less afraid to be weird and eclectic in the studio. We want to push the envelope to make music that will be genre-defying so that we can keep showing the world how diverse New Orleans music really is.” A new release is expected in the summer of 2013.
