RedHeadPhone Reviewed by Armistead Johnson Photographed by Evan Sung

It’s rare that I buy CD’s these days… it’s so easy not to, what with downloading (legally, of course) and with music sharing (legally, of course) and just with how easy it is to slip a CD into my coat pocket and sneak out of the store (legally, of course), but after hearing the girl group “Redheadphone” the other night at Joe’s Pub, I gladly shelled out the $7 for their CD.

It’s hard to describe RedHeadPhone’s music as it is like no other music I have ever heard before, but they are a self described “trip-hop” group and their music is “a collaboration of live performance and turntables.”

Eve Hyman of RedHeadPhone	Eve Hyman of RedHeadPhone

Vocalist/songwriter, Eve Hyman, is a product of influences from Guru and KRS One to Etta James - to PJ Harvey and her vocal talent is impressive to say the least. In one second she sounds like Mary J and in the next second she sounds like she is onstage at the Met. Eve shares the stage with Annemette Iversen's, whose upright bass runs up on hip-hop beats with a jazz sensibility. Katja Endemann balances flute and saxophone in the live mix in an unusual call and response between production and live instrumentation. Rounding out the group is DJ Jenny Doom, who uses the turntables alongside the instruments like a member of a chamber group.

Put as simply as possible, RedHeadPhone is a cool blend of jazz, hip-hop, electronics and operatic vocals that, in one moment, will have you nodding your head, at peace with the world and, in the next moment, will leave you feeling violently assaulted…in a good way.

Check out http://www.redheadphone.com for schedules, show times and CD’s.