Busted Peach Busted Peach is an Experimental Acoustic Folk band from Chicago, Illinois. Their music starts with the percussion grooves of a variety of cultures and is mixed with subtle but rhythmic guitar and bass work. It is sprinkled with lyrics that simultaneously point to everyday things and rooted concepts about human life, and is topped-off with powerful Beatles-like harmonies. Their sound draws on influences such as Dispatch, Paul Simon, Ani DiFranco, and Beck. Busted Peach is created by the artistry of Jonah Geil-Neufeld on vocals and acoustic guitar, Harley Meyer and Natalia Washington on percussion (including but not limited to: djembe, doumbek, cajón, and conga), and Eli Leki-Albano on bass guitar and vocals. Their debut album, Brown Paper Bag, was released on May 18th, 2007. Jonah Geil-Neufeld is a multi-faceted musician. He is a drummer, songwriter, singer, guitar player, and trombone player. As well as songwriting, singing, and playing guitar with Busted Peach, he also currently plays drums and sings in an alternative rock band called The Audians, as well as a traditional Cajun band called The Cajun Vagabonds. He also plays trombone with the Advanced Trombone Choir at the Merit School of Music, where he currently studies with renowned trombonist Timothy Riordan. Jonah also plays trombone in the Whitney Young High School advanced band, where he is currently a senior. He began playing guitar and writing songs at age 10 and made his first professional recording when he was 11. Jonah has completed 9 studio albums to date with various bands. The most notable is the The Audians' EP, which was recorded at Engine Studios and produced by Brian Deck (Red Red Meat, Califone, Iron and Wine, Josh Ritter). He has also recorded 4 albums at Delmark Studios, a Chicago studio famous for its Blues and Jazz records and home of Delmark Records. He has played at numerous Chicago venues, including Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park, The Metro, The Hideout, The Beat Kitchen, and Subterranean. Harley Meyer plays all things percussion. She has studied drum set, congas, doumbek, cajón, and djembe to name a few. She currently studies at the Merit School of Music, where she plays with the Merit Honors Jazz Ensemble, the prestigious Merit Symphony Orchestra, and the Merit Latin Jazz Ensemble. She also studies with the Thelonious Monk Jazz Institute through Chicago's Gallery 37 program. Harley has performed at the Chicago Jazz Festival and the Savannah Jazz Festival, and has had the great opportunity to play with several jazz giants, including Lee Konitz, Stefon Harris, and legend Herbie Hancock. She has studied with avant-garde percussionist Michael Zerang, and jazz drummers Timothy Daisy and Kobi Watkins. She is currently studying with ethnic percussionists Doug Brush and Jean Leroy. Also a senior at Whitney Young, Harley plans on studying music at Sarah Lawrence College, where she will be attending next year. Contact Jonah ([email protected]) for more information.
Website: http://www.bustedpeach.com
GMP Profile URL: http://www.globalmusicproject.com/bustedpeach
Chicago,US