Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famer Robbie Robertson will release his fourth solo album, Contact From the Underworld of Red Boy, on Mar. 10.|
On the new record, Robertson, the former frontman for the Band, gets electronic with the help of Howie B, a veteran of London's underground club scene. Howie B, who's worked with the likes of Bjork, U2, Tricky, Brian Eno and Annie Lennox, wrote, produced and mixed a number of tracks on Contact.
The Six Nations Women Singers, who hail from the Six Nations Reservation where Robertson spent summers growing up, help Robertson delve deeper into his Native American roots on "Stomp Dance," while American Indian Movement activist Leonard Peltier is featured on "Sacrifice" -- in spoken word. Peltier recorded the track over the phone from Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary where he's been jailed since 1976 for the murders of two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
Further, Robertson is joined on "Peyote Healing" by Primeaux and Mike, peyote healers from the controversial Native American Church. Robertson filmed the peyote ceremony for an upcoming documentary, titled Robbie Robertson: Making a Noise, which will air on PBS shortly after the release of the album. This is the first time the ceremony will be shown on television. (Ari Bendersky)
