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ABOUT THE ARTIST |
| BAND MEMBERS |
Ethan Stone - Keyboards, guitars, vocals
Kendall Divoll - Drums, percussion, sampler |
Songwriter / recording artist Ethan Stone hails from Athol, MA. A rocker at heart, he also bleeds traces of jazz, funk, soul, pop, acoustic, and other sounds. Stone claims Billy Joel, Beck, Tom Petty, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Radiohead, Peter Gabriel, Bob Dylan, Thelonius Monk, Jimmy Smith, Soulive, and "millions of others" have molded the keyboardist/vocalist/guitarist into his enigmatic style.
Though Ethan Stone often builds his songs around messages of humanitarianism, he also takes a poke at the status quo, often mixing uplifting musical textures with harsh, devastatingly honest lyrics of disillusionment. The Ethan Stone Band puts on a diverse, sweat-drenched rock performance, featuring original material and Stone's unique arrangements of songs originally recorded by artists such as Ben Folds, Living Colour, and the Allman Brothers. Ethan sings and plays the Yamaha digital piano, while playing bass lines on a separate Yamaha keyboard and triggering samples with his feet. Stone also plays the electric and acoustic guitar, at times even playing keyboard and electric guitar simultaneously. Kendall Divoll plays drums, while triggering basslines, guitar parts, trumpet parts, assorted samples, and much more from a Roland SPD-S unit. Ethan Stone performs exclusively in venues where alcohol is not consumed. Since leaving the bar life behind for good in 2004, he’s worked hard to stimulate his craft and invest in his community. He has created and performed at countless alcohol-free benefit concerts and festivals.
Ethan Stone's debut single, "Too Late" was independently released on CD in January, 2006 and has received critical acclaim and radio airplay all over the USA, in New Zealand, Japan, Canada, France, Estonia, Spain, Jerusalem, The Czech Republic, Serbia, Nicaragua, Tuvalu, Singapore, Germany and elswhere. Ethan Stone's debut full length CD, “Ain’t That the Way” was released in March, 2007. Craig Semon of the Worcester Telegram called the CD "the greatest album to be released by anyone in twenty years".
Artist official site: http://www.ethanstonemusic.com
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