Joel Laviolette & Rattletree Marimba

About Me

Rattletree is a high energy dance and trance band! We are a six-piece marimba band that plays traditional and contemporary Zimbabwean music. This music will make you dance your booty off!! What is a marimba?!? Check out the pic's section to see what you've been missing. Also, check out Rattletrees website to see the most recent news, etc.

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Member Since: 3/28/2006
Band Website: http://www.rattletree.com
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Rattletree Marimba: Live EP

Joel Laviolette: Ndiro YeMidzimu

Click on the t-shirt logo you are interested in, and you will be taken the the Rattletree store. There are many colors and styles to choose from.

Influences: Music of the Shona in Zimbabwe. The mbira. Dancers.
Sounds Like: Rattletree Sound clips

Record Label: Mhumhi Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Press Highlights

Our Press Kit can be downloaded here:Press KitRadioNPR's Weekend AmericaLive on KUTLive on KVRXRattletree on KUT's Austin Music MinuteSoundscape: Marimba in the Dining room-recorded for KUT AustinLive...
Posted by on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:03:00 GMT

Last Weekend

Hello friends!What a surreal weekend we just had! Rattletree went up to the D/FW area to play a few shows. Friday night, we had a great show at a place called Fred's. It is a really ...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:47:00 GMT

BOOKING INFO

The easiest way to contact Rattletree about booking is to email us at:[email protected], you can call Joel at 512.905.9329
Posted by on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:31:00 GMT

Review and pics of Houston Show

Last Concert Cafe Review
Posted by on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:04:00 GMT

February|March Newsletter

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Posted by on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:42:00 GMT

Archived Newsletters

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Videos: ACL, Eeyores Bday, The Artery

Check out this video: Rattletree after ACL jam...Rattletree Marimba Add to My Profile | More Videos
Posted by on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:22:00 GMT