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Last week Bedouin Soundclash surprised the folks of Winnipeg with a MySpace secret show at the historical West End Cultural Centre. I had the chance to catch up with the trio (Jay Malinowski, Eon Sinclair and Pat Pengelly) before the show. It was a nice day out so we elected to chat under the clouds instead of a roof. Things went fairly smoothly, with a few less-than polite fans interrupting us, as well as some MySpace junkies that didn’t even seem to know who they came to see (“Hey, um, you guys are like, um, the band playing tonight? Hey? Are you?”) Needless to say, nothing could have prepared us for the abrupt ending to our fun in the sun, but we’ll get to that later…

Bedouin Soundclash’s latest effort, Street Gospels, while still keeping its reggae roots, shows a distinctly soulful influence. Having recently done a last minute tour with Ben Harper some might assume that he had something to do with the new sound. Those people would be wrong, as Jay tells us.