Fanfarlo (Indie)

While a lot of bands like to craft intricate sounds on their albums, when they go on the road they'll often forgo band members for synthesizers, laptops, and ipods. Not so, for the UK band Fanfarlo, which features a touring crew of six multi-instrumentalists and vocalists along with the occasional guest musician. They've brought them all across the pond to talk with WFUV's Rita Houston about their debut album 'Resevoir'. (WFUV, 11/4/2009)

David Dye gets a visit from indie imports, Fanfarlo, on this edition of World Cafe Words and Music from WXPN. When they started as a trio, the London-based outfit achieved their textured soundscape by playing support tracks from a laptop, but it was with the live backdrop of mandolins, violins, and trumpets that Fanfarlo was able to lay down their pop-rock tour-de-force, "Reservoir." (NPR World Cafe, 11/30/2009)