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Tyler berdfronts the band bellwire and has toured his solo act around the country, performing sad, funny songs on nylon-string guitar. His solo act is sly and surreal, and owes a lot to Neil Young, Jonathan Richman, and the poetry of Charles Simic. He can do a tight 20 minutes or a long-winded 3 hours.
“Crafty inventive songs infused with humor, wit and absurdity” – La Crosse Tribune
“Troubadour folk meets introspective bedroom pop in a collision of styles and expectations.” – Independent Clauses
Boston-based band Ruby Grove (2022- now) is a New England Music Award-nominated multi-genre indie alternative musical project primarily inspired by trip-hop, soul, indietronica, and indie rock/pop. Ruby Grove’s core driving force is to soothe anxious hearts and minds during the post-pandemic era, create an alternately funky, soulful, and mystical atmosphere, and aim for the formation of new genres through multi- genre synthesis madness, which is reflected in the band’s diverse sonic palette and focuses. Ken Sears of If It’s Too Loud said of Ruby Grove, “Nothing else in the city sounds anything like Ruby Grove…almost impossibly infectious”.
Lead singer and keyboardist Melissa Nilles brings an eclectic background to Ruby Grove from years of fronting indie and cover bands in California (her home state), New York, Japan, and Massachusetts, including Boston’s art/alternative rock project Miele (2014-2020). Nilles’s vocal style was described by the Boston Survival Guide as “travelling effortlessly through many moods… forceful and determined, melancholy and dreamy, exotic and magical”. Bassist and backup vocalist Cedric Lamour of Brockton, MA hails from previous projects Miele and Teardrop Tank as well as the Bridgewater State Jazz Ensemble, and brings a masterful, dynamic, and groove-based rhythm bass to the band. Ruby Grove also includes talented newcomers Sergio Romero from Delaware on guitar and Reed Farhat from New Hampshire on drums.
A Day Without Love is the brainchild of multi-genre and multi-disciplinary creator, Brian Walker, A Day Without Love is on a mission to spread good vibes and help others rise above their own struggles.
A Day Without Love began in 2013 after experiencing homelessness for a short period of time in 2013. The words “A Day Without Love” came from a poem that Brian wrote after witnessing and stopping domestic abuse on his college campus. The idea of a music project started in 2013, when Walker decided he wanted to write music with more intention.
In 2015, Walker’s bandmates departed, leaving A Day Without Love as a solo folk punk project. Undeterred, Brian Walker signed to Sounds and Tones Records and began work on his first album, Solace which he completed the following year. His first pressing sold out, and he began touring the south via Megabus and through the support of various friends.
A Day Without Love became a four piece again in 2023, writing new music and releasing Tour is Not a Road Trip and recording the video for the album’s lead single “DIY or Die.” A Day Without Love re-launched their Patreon to spread their wisdom gathered on the road and behind the scenes footage of upcoming projects. The band has continued to tour and record music as Walker searches the world to spread wisdom, joy, happiness and the willingness for others to rise above their own struggles. A Day Without Love wants everyone to chase their dream and be the best version of themselves no matter what sets them behind.
