Connect Savannah Says

Mad Tea Party - One of the most difficult groups in the entire Southeast to pigeonhole, this wonderfully entertaining and downright captivating Asheville trio's name just about says it all. Echoes of acoustic ragtime, Old-Time C & W, creaky carnival themes, early rock and roll (think Ricky Nelson), and R & B all swirl in and out of the mix. Quirky and precocious, they're an anachronistic version of the sampling aesthetic which fuels alternative hip-hop - but they're using upright bass, ukulele, fiddle, guitar, kazoo and toy instruments rather than turntables and digital keyboards. It's a like a mashup between The Mississippi Sheiks and Little House on The Prairie.