As the festival quickly draws closer, we have decided to briefly
highlight some of the musicians that will be performing at Pink Moon Festival V
this year!
Our first focus is on Envoy, a Pink Moon first-timer! Envoy is a four-person progressive rock and jam band from Richmond, Virginia. The group consists of Josh McCormick on drums, David Russell and Taylor Smith on guitar, and Kyle Setterlund on bass.
They began playing together early in the summer
of 2012 and are self-described as “really great upside down rock.” The band name has evolved since its beginnings a little over a year ago; what started out as “Envoy to the Open Fields” was shortened to Envoy because they felt it was overall confusing.
Individually, the members have been playing since they were in the 5th
or 6th grades with the exception of Josh, who “has been playing
since he was spawned onto the earth,” Taylor informed.
Envoy preps a little before every show by singing
barbershop quartet renditions of their originals and partake in sharing a
ceremonial bowl of rice. As for performing a show, Envoy agreed that “the
energy that the crowd feeds back to you is the best part of any show.”
\Every
musician has those weird experiences that cannot be forgotten, whether it be a
show or a fan encounter. I asked Envoy
what their weird moment would be to which they responded, “It’s all been weird.”
Of course they followed up with stating their performance at Addis EthiopianRestaurant in Shockoe Bottom of Richmond took the cake, “We were blasting all
this music to a bunch of families trying to enjoy their sourdough flatbread
wraps.” If you can visualize this, I am sure you can see how it was a bit odd
too!
Well, folks, there you have it from Envoy. Be sure to catch their set at
Pink Moon Festival V in 15 days!
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