Five students who hope to graduate from Columbia University have a music project on the side entitled Morningsiders. Magnus Ferguson (guitar/vocals) and Reid Jenkins (fiddle/vocals) met during freshman orientation and began making music together in the Morningside section of Manhattan. The duo formed Morningsiders at the beginning of this academic year by adding Rob Frech (piano), Vladimir Bernstein (bass/vocals), and Benjamin Kreitman (trumpet/drums/vocals). The result of their collaborative songwriting is a bluegrass-flavored folk-pop that also owes a nod to some of the band members’ jazz and classical training.
Performing at Upstairs at Pianos tonight, the group performed an impressive set of graduate-level Punch Brothers-like songs with outstanding music chemistry and vocal harmonies. Since I am a teacher by day, I am giving each of the band members an A+. The band has posted a video for the song "Empress" on YouTube and may be returning to Upstairs at Pianos for a residency in March.
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