The Magnificent 7's.
Chris
Bodnarchuk
- Vocals,
Guitar, Banjo
Ida Sawabe
- Vocals,
Stand-Up
Bass
Matt
Magura
- Vocals,
Guitar, Drum
TJ Blair
- Vocals,
Guitar,
Banjo
David
Nishikawa
- Guitars,
Guitars, Banjo
Machine
Andy
Bart
- Fiddle
Dubbed as the Broken Social Scene of roots
music, The Magnificent 7's are a musical
collective based out of dirty downtown Winnipeg.
Combining traditional bluegrass instrumentation
with a sense of modern mayhem, The Magnificent
Sevens create their own brand of prairie
inspired roots music. Heavily entrenched
in D.I.Y. culture, The Mag 7's respect music
as an artform and not just an "industry".
No ego's..no $40.00 hair cuts..just a group
of people who love music, and aim to play
it from the heart. 3 banjos..no waiting...sometimes..
The Magnificent
Sevens
Dirty
Roads
(Transistor
66)
A+
Emerging
from the fertile confines of Winnipeg's
lovably
arty and lefty Exchange District,
The Magnificent
Sevens are a young and committed
combo
whose roots, country and bluegrass
mojos
are broad, deep and obvious on this
debut
album. Recorded in a circle at the
Rudolf
Rocker Cultural Centre, this is not
so much
a studio album as it is a document
of performers
hitting a collective high.
Vocalist/guitarist/banjo
man Chris Bodnarchuk
personifies
the high and lonesome sound while
his bandmates
offer up a collective buzz
and howl
and roar which belies the fact this
is an
all-acoustic oufit.
— John Kendle
Uptown
Magazine
THE MAGNIFICENT
SEVENS
Dirty
Roads
Roots
Sun Rating:
3 out
of 5
Here's a question: Why do so many prairie
acts play mountain music? And here's another:
Why don't they all play it as interestingly
as the Sevens? With their three-banjo lineup,
high-lonesome co-ed vocals and authentically
rustic approach, these bluegrass punks remind
us of The Knitters -- except those cats never
covered Propagandhi and Bill Monroe back-to-back.
- Darryl
Sterdan
Winnipeg Sun
