Will Lydgate (acoustic bass, electric vocals)
Jarrod Kaplan (djembe, percussion, vocals)
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David Jacobs-Strain (lead vocals & acoustic guitar) Will Lydgate (acoustic bass, electric vocals) Jarrod Kaplan (djembe, percussion, vocals) |
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Jarrod Kaplan, is a 39-year-old percussionist and Acoustic Revolutionary, who for the past ten years plus has been as constant as one of his own drumbeats on the Pacific Northwest's colorful acoustic music scene. Jarrod and his djembe exploded onto the festival circuit with the groundbreaking, self-psycho-tantric juju trio Trillian Green in the mid-1990s, and has since performed and recorded with Hanuman, Devachan, Taarka, and other groups. Kaplan has since worked with the California Guitar Trio, performed for the Seattle rock opera Joe Bean, and has been an on-call performer for Cirque du Soleil, among other projects. Jarrod's record label is: Omnivine Records
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Hot young bassist, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist Will Lydgate, adds harmony and a bottom end to the DJ-S Trio. Originally from Hawaii, Will studied upright bass at Boston's prestigious Berklee School of Music and went from there to travel the world with Carlos Washington of Giant Peoples. Will Lydgate has performed many diverse styles of music including Afro-Cuban, folk, funk, traditional Hawaiian music, gospel, Haitian and Dominican religious music, Reggae, R&B, and Middle Eastern and Eastern European folk-dance music. Will is the Program Director for the Music and Arts Center at Kauai's Steelgrass Ranch, www.Power-of-Music.org DJ-S Trio appearances during the 2006 season will include the Willamette Valley Folk Festival, Russian River Blues Festival, and the High Sierra Music Festival. |