blues is a state of mine and bliss is my state of mind. switch it and mix it-- it all comes around.  quote:  "now that the singer i gone, where do i go for the song?" - R. Hunter 8/11/95

Philly born and raised singer/songwriter. Go Birds!

Shawn Hennessey’s childhood growing up in an Irish Catholic neighborhood in northeast Philly belie his soul-connection to world rhythms, drums and percussion. An artist at heart and composer, Shawn’s music embodies rhythm-as-life, that invisible, universal pulse at the core of all we do, musically or otherwise.

Shawn’s deep, abiding love and passion for percussion and drums has taken him around the world in a career spanning the globe in known-percussion hotbeds of innovation and rich history, countries like Ghana, Cuba, Haiti, Israel, Tahiti, and Istanbul.

A Latin Grammy-nominated percussionist, Shawn is also a prolific songwriter and producer based in Philadelphia and performs regularly with a variety of notable national and local acts, including bassist Bakithi Kumalo of Paul Simon's band, Uprooted featuring Michael Glabicki of Rusted Root, Bollywood star Jeffrey Iqbal, Trinidelphia, Ryan Tennis, The Disco Biscuits and Don McCloskey. 

HIs two passion projects over the past decade have been Hennessey Bonfire—lush, organic, original songs soulfully rooted against the backdrop of world rhythms and sounds—and Leana Song, a genre-defying fusion of traditional and contemporary Afro Cuban music, the likes of which have landed Shawn on major Spotify playlists alongside world music icons.

Leana Song’s first album, “Orisha Love Songs Vol.1” was released in 2008, and blends ancient songs with modern harmony and instrumentation.

Hennessey Bonfire, released “Let’s Get Carried Away”  in 2013.  This self-produced, sophomore release is a world-folk in nature, highlighting Shawn’s gift for songwriting and pop production.  Soon after the sold-out release at World Cafe Live, Shawn was diagnosed with a brain tumor.  He had surgery and has been in good health ever since.  

In 2018, His 3rd studio album “Orisha Love Songs Vol. 2” was recorded in Cuba and the US, and is set to be released on 21Sound.  While in Cuba, Shawn had the distinct honor of being consecrated “Omo Aña”, a child of the spirit in the drum in the Afro-Cuban religion of Ifá.  

Shawn will release his 4th studio album in June 2023 as Hennessey Bonfire.  “A Wake on the Boulevard” Is an eclectic blend of world rhythms and folk harmony, with electronic sensibilities and lush production. “This record is about becoming a father and forgiving my own”-  SH  
For more info and to download music go to www.shawnhennessey.com
This is my gift to the forces of nature that surround us all, and I give it with respect.

Gary Dann is a Drummer/Multimedia Producer that has toured throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe playing drums for the Grammy-award winning hiphop pioneers Digable Planets and has engineered, co-written, and co-produced music for one of the Planets’ founding member solo projects;  Cee Knowledge and The Cosmic Funk Orchestra. In 2010 - 2011 he also played drums for legendary hiphop duo Camp Lo. He has also played drums, engineered, co-written, and co-produced for the singer, Jaguar Wright, who famously sang with The Roots and Jay-Z for MTV unplugged.

​Gary is currently the drummer for the live global house music collective Worldtown Soundsystem. Gary’s personal studio projects also include being co-founder, co-producer, writer, and performer of an eclectic rock/hiphop jazzy studio production duo called Advanced Mechanisms.

Fraction Theory, Dann’s brainchild, a drummer/DJ duo with producer/DJ Nex Millen mixes samples of traditional folk music with live drumming and turntablism. The duo’s debut, a mainstage performance to an audience of 15,000 at the 2009 Philadelphia Folk Festival was decribed as “showstealing” and “one of the best mainstage moments” of the festival by John Vettese at The Philadelphia City Paper.

Dann has also toured and recorded as the drummer for the electro-psychedelic band Gemini Wolf, and the 60s Floyd inspired The Ennui Project.

In 2011, Gary Dann opened The Boom Room Studio in Philadelphia as a home for his music and for his extended family of diverse artists to freely create and since it has become a center of the creative arts in Philadelphia.

Hey I'm Kyle and I'm Floraboros. I make chill beats to vibe to. Chill vibes to beat to? Wait no I didn't mean that one, definitely chill beats to vibe to. I produce all of my beats, and play all of the instruments featured on them with drum samples being the only exception. Thanks for stopping by and if you like what you hear check out my Spotify below!

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