David Wax Museum Expand Their Sound With a Donkey’s Jaw Bone

by admin on February 5, 2011 · 0 comments

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David Wax MuseumErik Jacobs, Anthem Multimedia

After David Wax studied folk music in the Mexican countryside for a year, he was so inspired by the culture and musical traditions that he brought the influences back to his David Wax Museum bandmate, Suz Slezak. The two fused their American folk sound with Mexican son jarocho to create the band’s third full-length album, ‘Everything Is Saved.’

To give their new sound some authenticity, Wax adopted the jarana, an eight-stringed instrument that resembles a large ukulele, while Slezak picked up a more unusual instrument — a donkey jawbone.


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