"virtuosos… Christine Bard, Michael Evans and James Pugliese played rhythms off one another with split second coordination."
-Village Voice, NYC-
"Absolutely amazing and sheerly borderless in its highly imaginative rendition was the music of the trio with Christine Bard, James Pugliese and Michael Evans. Pure rhythm, dreamlike feeling and precision to its perfection are only vague descriptions for the phenomenon EasSide Percussion"
-Thuringer Volkszeitung, Schmalkalden, Germany-
"EasSide Percussion from New York are the incarnation of perfect drum art."
-Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, Halle, Germany-
"The best part is that, to translate his aural fetishes, Norman Yamada assembled a
fine ensemble that includes jack-of-all-musics guitarist Marc Ribot and the percussion
tag-team of Christine Bard and James Pugliese"
-K. Leander Williams, Time Out Magizine-
"EasSide Percussion-ESP (Avant 073)- Superb percussion trio, featuring Jim Pugliese, Christine Bard (both played for Zorn &Shrek) and Michael Evans. Utilizing dozens of odd percussive instruments, household objects, acoustic & electric &even a theremin. From dense landscapes like Xenakis, to funk, rock &noise!! An excellent excursion. Often dense, dark &mysterious."
"the double drum fury of Jim Pugliese & Christine Bard!"
-The Downtown Music Gallery-