Hailed as "an indie-rock band that jams" and "a jazz-combo that rocks", the Brooklyn based Benevento/Russo Duo is truly the Optimus Prime of genre-crushing hybrid bands. Vermont based super collective W.E.S.T. opens the show offering a distinctive blend of afro-funk, trip-hop, and soul.
W.E.S.T. is an ever-changing collective filled with the top musicians that Vermont has to offer. Playing everything from down-home folk americana, to highly effected trip-hop, to driving Afro-funk, to baby-making soul; W.E.S.T. has it all. A project that has grown out of an 8-track recorder, W.E.S.T. finds its backbone in the art of writing solid songs with good strong melodies, and enjoying the people you are playing with while doing it.