Urban Sun is an eight-piece New York City band that combines
elements of funk, rock, and soul to create an energetic and
unforgettable live show. An Urban Sun concert can be quite the funky
ride, as the band covers a lot of ground - everything from original
tunes to their homages to legendary influences like the Meters, Stevie
Wonder, Sly and the Family Stone, and P-Funk ( to name a few).
Urban Sun's grooves are skin-tight, creative, deeply funky and
highly infectious - once you hear them, you'll know why they're
notorious for removing butts from their chairs. Performing since 2002,
the band has developed a strong NYC fan base, consistently packing
hundreds of heads into venues like B.B. King's, Le Poisson Rouge,
Southpaw, Mercury Lounge, Sullivan Hall and many more. Now word is
spreading beyond the five boroughs, and the band has been gaining fans
up and down the East Coast, playing solid shows and opening for such
class acts as Trombone Shorty, Johnny Sketch, Salvador Santana, Topaz,
Hot 8 Brass, and Cyril Neville.
Urban Sun is currently hard at work on the follow up to their 2008
studio debut, Practice Me (available via CD baby and Itunes). In
addition to the funky grooves that fans have come to expect, the album
will also include an exclusive new track written by New Orleans music
legend Allen Toussaint.
Urban Sun is:
Joe Trombino - vocals
Rob Buckley - guitar
Zach Abramson - bass/vocals
Rich Formidoni - keyboards/vocals
Lex Dunbar - drums
Theo Moore - percussion/vocals
Gerad O'Shea - sax
Robert Donnelly - trombone
