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Echo continues
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It’s getting hotter as the day progresses at the Echo Project. The sun is blazing and there’s plenty of sizzling music flowing, too.
At the Eclipse stage, the Benevento-Russo duo pumped out far more sound than you’d believe possible from a two piece. Marco Benevento’s fort of keyboards and Joe Russo’s side-to-the-audience drum set-up made a stupendous racket that blended jam-rock, electronic experimentalism and danceable electric power rock.
Nearby, Stephen Marley evoked the ghost of his late dad Bob with effortless charisma. It looks like he might be the one to carry his father’s legacy the furthest. Stand back far enough, and you’re transported to a time when Stephen’s father was reggae’s ruler. Before playing “Mind Control,” the title track of this year’s solo debut, he quoted his father’s “Redemption Song,” to the delight of the crowd (“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery; None but ourselves can free our minds”).
The Polyphonic Spree, 20-strong and with theatrical flair to spare, gave us the afternoon’s theme song. With massed horns, strings and voices - and even a harp - “Sun” paid homage to the solar behemoth blanketing the 350-acre field in South Fulton. It was enough to make us thankful for the cooling breeze that blew through the treeless grounds.
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