Alternative/Indie / Rock / Jazz/Blues
Dorado is an altFunk group based in Portland, Oregon. Started in 2002 by Australian ex-patriot singer/guitarist Sky Cooper, and NYC veteran session drummer Joe Trump. Dorado's sound is a combination of rock, funk, and jazz elements.
In 1996, Sky came to the States to study music with legend Yusef Lateef. For four years, Sky played shows with a diverse range of groups in the New England area: from a Funkadelic tribute band, to folk, to jazz combos, to writing and conducting classical music, blues, metal and bluegrass. This culminated in a diverse solo album "Wednesday" which had ...
With their dramatic flow, jazzy beats and a flair for the hypnotically melodic, Dream/Clone has been winning over audiences since their formation in 2003. The trio’s new EP, Transymphonic, is music for both the body and the brain; songs for both dancing and thought, and signifies the arrival of a unique and winning new act that has persisted and grown in some of the most unlikely of ways.
Dream/Clone originated at Amherst College in the late 90’s. Staze, (Dave Stasiak) a lifelong musician who had began his musical life in his church and school choir and had ...
Alternative/Indie / Rock
Dreaming Isabelle got started in Charlottesville’s unforgiving bar and music scene. Some of the bandmates had played together years before in various projects before finally uniting to create what might be their most promising musical venture. Having played their full share of cramped and stiflingly hot practice spaces and dimly-lit stages, Dreaming Isabelle happily played their way into music venues in Central Virginia, DC and New York City.
Although the guys hail from different parts of the region and nation, their music has been described as a sound that is very Charlottesville. That doesn't mean that they sound like ...
