"The Music Is Wonderfully Diverse" - Dirty Linen Magazine
Datta - Accordion/Vocals Bill Lee -sax/whistles/harp/clarinet/Perc. John Gwin - drums/percussion Melisa Mathews - violin/fiddle Mike Ries - Bass & vocals Steve Zimmerman - guitars/vocals/bit-o-mando bit-o-banjo
Machinery Hill is a Mpls based band that blends ska, klezmer, celtic, rock, American folk & many other colors into their own style. A lot of instrumentals and many well crafted lyrical salads. Machinery Hill is a 1996 winner of a Minnesota Music award for best world beat CD & 1999 MMA winner for specialist recording.They have performed along with such diverse acts as BeauSoleil, BuckWheat Zydeco, Frente, Phish, Black 47, Brave Combo, Eugene Chadbourne, Jimmy Carl Black and Queen Ida; and have headlined at The Great River Folk Festival,among others.
Currently 3 CD's available. "Whole Wide World" 1996 release & "Power Take Off" 1999 release & 2003 release "Sedan Town".
“Machinery Hill Hurtles All Over The Musical Map With Impish Delight" -Minneapolis Star & Tribune
