Sam Fribush And Friends (nc Folk Festival After Party|night Two at Flat Iron

Keyboardist Sam Fribush is on the frontlines of the Hammond organ revival. Hisdebut release, Riverboat and the Root, was produced by Charlie Hunter andrecorded over quarantine in North Carolina. In 2024, Fribush released his secondcritically acclaimed record People Please. Fribush became a member of HissGolden Messenger in 2021. Currently based in Greensboro, NC, Fribush hasbrought his fonky, soulful vibe home to the town where he was born and raised.Over the past few years, Fribush has established himself as one of the country’s hottest youngbandleaders and People Please pushes the keyboardist’s music into new and unchartedterritory, revealing a deep affinity for crispy, wah-wah driven funk, Hip-hop beats and sultryHAMMOND ballads...

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Keyboardist Sam Fribush is on the frontlines of the Hammond organ revival. Hisdebut release, Riverboat and the Root, was produced by Charlie Hunter andrecorded over quarantine in North Carolina. In 2024, Fribush released his secondcritically acclaimed record People Please. Fribush became a member of HissGolden Messenger in 2021. Currently based in Greensboro, NC, Fribush hasbrought his fonky, soulful vibe home to the town where he was born and raised.Over the past few years, Fribush has established himself as one of the country’s hottest youngbandleaders and People Please pushes the keyboardist’s music into new and unchartedterritory, revealing a deep affinity for crispy, wah-wah driven funk, Hip-hop beats and sultryHAMMOND ballads. Says Fribush, “My intention is to take this music into the future. I’m trying toexpand the rules about what organ trio music is.” Indeed, the album places Fribush’s music notonly among the giants of soul jazz–Ronnie Foster, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Larry Young–but also in thepantheon of funkateers like Sly Stone and the Meters. Throughout the album, Fribush is joinedby frequent collaborator Charlie Hunter–a guitarist who has been an instrumental part of musicculture since the late 90s –and North Carolina allstar Calvin Napper (the drummer in Maze feat.Frankie Beverly for the past 13 years), Xavier Lynn and Nick Falk. But even among hishigh-caliber guests, keyboardist and composer Sam Fribush remains the star of the show.

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