Postcards Lemon City Trio

• 1Dunes04:43
• 2Western07:05
• 3Marigold04:42
• 4Prika04:11
• 5Sandi04:11
• 6Moctar03:22
• 7Horizon05:01
• 8Tyson04:07
• Total Runtime37:22

Info for Postcards

Lemon City is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Miami. Its name derived from the trees lining the streets that bore fruit of an exceptional sweetness. Lemon City is also the home to one of Miami-Dade County’s oldest schools, its first library and the very first Winn Dixie supermarket. These days Lemon City is considered Little Haiti and Little River (depending on who you speak to); the neighborhoods growing up in and around Lemon City proper. Sometimes carelessly overlooked by South Beach- or Churchill’s-bound nightlifers, it’s now part of a greater Miami renaissance — and an inspiration for Lemon City Trio.

When Brian Robertson met Nick Tannura and Aaron Glueckauf they had complementary musical ideas. Robertson (keyboards) had led the cerebral indie-funk band Awesome New Republic. Tannura (guitar) and Glueckauf (drums) came from the progressive soul band The Politix. All were Miami-based and found in Lemon City an apt name for their new instrumental project. After all, when the neighborhood in question can draw out the sugar in a notoriously tart fruit, why not follow the lead?

Funk is an attitude more than a style. Now, having said that: One needs style to be funky, but having style does not confer funkiness. To wit: Red Hot Chili Peppers are, technically, a funk band; Bootsy Collins is funk; James Brown, funk; and George Clinton’s atoms are 100% funk. All great genres require exacting obedience to the craft for its practitioners to know the difference.

Nick Tannura, guitar
Brian Robertson, organ, keyboards
Aaron Glueckauf, drums

Lemon City Trio
was formed in Miami, Fl for the love of playing Soul music and New Orleans Funk. Guitarist Nick Tannura, and drummer Aaron Glueckauf, formerly of The Politix, joined forces with organist and keyboard wizard, Brian Robertson, formerly of avant-soul outfit ANR, to create an outlet for their joined passion. Since then, the band has continued to push its envelope and blend influences to create a niche amongst Organ Trios. With their first release, Welcome to the Neighborhood, the Lemon City Trio shows a taste for cinematic guitar textures, hip-hop grooves, and slinky Cajun beats. The origin story and style of this band is uniquely characteristic of the city it was born from Miami.

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