Recording: FOG

Artist: FOG

Song: Snag

Recorded at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), July 16, 2017.

FOG - Snag

More than just a blast-it-out-by-the-numbers New Orleans jazz band, Rebecca Hennessy's FOG manages to bring together several strands, mixing slow'n'low N.O. flow with pieces that more directly show off her composerly skills, and all filtered through her love of nature (especially fishing). This evening was a celebration of the release of the band's new Two Calls album, with the whole crew offering some righteous simmering grooves.

Recording: FOG

Artist: FOG

Song: Inertia [part 1]

Recorded at The Tranzac's Main Hall (Somewhere There Creative Music Festival – Show 4), February 28, 2016.

FOG - Inertia [part 1]

If you look up trumpeter Rebecca Hennessy's FOG, you might come across something that plays up the New Orleans brass band angle. And while that's one stream in the quintet's music — especially in its more ebullient moments with trombonist Tom Richards blasting away — there's a lot more going on here. There's hints of the sophisticated pop that Hennessy played as part of Hobson's Choice, for one thing, as well as some left-turns into abstraction from guitarist Don Scott. Oh, and some fishing references too.