Marco Benevento
10th Annual Eclectic Album Winner
9th Annual Jazz Album Nominee
9th Annual Long Form Music Video Nominee
8th Annual Jazz Album Nominee
7th Annual Live Performance Album Winner
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Record Label: Royal Potato Family
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Home Base: Brooklyn, NY
Genre: Every genre is up for grabs; consciously and sub-consciously, it finds its way inside.
Label: The Royal Potato Family
Influences: Grizzly Bear, Nathan Moore, Sparklehorse, Felice Brothers, Mike Gamble
URLs: Everywhere: Amazon, iTunes, eMusic, all the great indie record stores like Waterloo, Louisiana Music Factory, Ear X Tacy, Amoeba, and Easy Street, among others.
Did fans help fun your project? The fans do help fund the records by buying them when they’re released. That money goes right back into the pot for making the next album.
Who is sitting in your audience? Beautiful people. I love the audience who’s been coming to the TRIO shows. It’s a really diverse, amazing bunch of people.
What makes your fans unique? They listen to lots of different kinds of music. And they’re open to taking the ride wherever the music leads us.
What are your favorite places to play? Yoshi’s in Oakland, Le Divan Orange in Montreal, River Street Jazz Cafe in Wilkes-Barre, Real Art Ways in Hartford; there’s so many great rooms. We like to mix it up between more traditional jazz spots and straight up rock venues.
What has been your most memorable achievement to date? Playing Carnegie Hall on a bill with Jamie Cullum last year.
What is you definition of success? Playing the acoustic piano.
Finish this sentence: The music industry is… better than factory farming.