Say Zuzu

Say ZuZu "got its start on the Seacoast as a group of boys playing guitars in the bedroom of a little red Cape Cod house in Durham in 1988.

Caru's influence shot the band to relative success in Italy and they quickly began an international tour, beginning in Canzo.

The release of Bull signaled a more mature Say ZuZu than the band that had come on the scene in 1995, and earned them several nods from record companies as well as more commercial success in the US.

After much touring, bassist James Nolan decided it was in his best interest to leave the band in pursuit of a graduate degree in international relations.

Cliff Murphy is a graduate of Brown University with a PhD in American Music and was the state ethnomusicologist for the State of Maryland and later worked for the National Endowment for the Arts as its NEA Director of Folk and Traditional Arts is now the Director of the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Museum in Washington, DC.

Credit: Lauryn Sophia
Say ZuZu 2021