Event

Root Shock at The Acoustic

Root Shock at The Acoustic
Saturday September 14th
Doors at 8pm Show at 9pm
$10 Ticket

Conscious, soulful, uplifting, even healingthats how many fans of Root Shock have described the bands infectious sound and energy. With a reputation like that, its unsurprising that this group is indebted to reggae, a class of music forever married to love, humanity, social change, and an almost tangible sense of sunlight. But Root Shock didnt form on a beach. Instead, they came up in snowy Syracuse, New York in 2012, and since then, theyve developed a voice that transcends genre.

Spearheaded by the acrobatic, powerhouse vocals of Jessica Brown, the Root Shock sound is at once commanding and cathartic, but never at the expense of a velvety, carefully placed jazz or neo-soul lick. When he isnt complementing Browns pipes with his own earthy vocal turns, Phil Grajko gets weird on the guitar, seamlessly moving from chop chords to girthy riffs and spellbinding solos colored by Latin, prog, and psychedelic rock texturesoften in tandem with mad keyboard genius Brian Lauri. Rounding out the band, bassist Bill Eppel and drummer Tyre Outerbridge make for a formidable rhythm section fluent in patterns ranging from dancehall to ska to heavy dub style and funk.