Traditional Methods move `Forward'.(VARIETY / FREETIME)(LOCAL MUSIC)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: June 4, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: Chris Riemenschneider; Staff Writer

The cover photo on Traditional Methods' debut CD, "Falling Forward" - showing the 7th Street Entry stage with a bass, drums, keyboards and turntables - proudly shows off one of the group's defining traits. It's a live hip-hop band, that much is obvious.

A minute into the jazzy, cool-vibe CD, you'll know the other two things that make the Traditional clan unique around town. The lyrics in the opening cut, "Methods," talk about bombs, taxes and oil fields. Politics figure heavily in the Methods, and so does Sarah White, one of ...

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