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~Max Childs~
Hailing from Upstate, NY, Max Childs is a songwriter, performer and recording artist. He and his band bring to the stage an energetic and intimate performance of original music that pushes the boundaries of live pop music. Since forming his band in 2015, Childs has performed across the upper east coast headlining and supporting artists such as Danielle Ponder, Juice, West End Blend and Bella's Bartok.
In 2022 Max Childs won the "Battle of the Bands Contest" at the 30th Annual Finger Lakes Grassroots Festival resulting in two successful performances at the 2023 festival. He returned to the festival for another exciting show in 2024.
In the last year, Childs has recorded both a studio and live album through Pyramid Sound Studios. Both albums with anticipated release dates in late 2024 and early 2025.
In addition to his own work, Max is an active member of Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad. Other artists/projects he's been a part of include, Doe Paoro, Danielle Ponder, Domino Saints, Uma Galera, Nahko and Medicine for the People, LGN and Kevin Kinsella.
~Eli Flynn and The Everymen~
Audiences are well acquainted with Eli Flynn as a current member of the bands Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, Upward Groove, and The Able Bodies, and on the stylistically diverse “Running With Scissors” — his debut solo album —there’s never a dull moment. “Easier” demonstrates Flynn’s prowess as a rock vocalist as he snarls his way through the melody with a limber range and soulful swagger that recalls the aplomb of Gavin DeGraw on his 2003 breakthrough album “Chariot” “Every Word Is a Mountain” borrows from The Able Bodies playbook of danceable ’90s pop that grooves, but mixed metaphors about “my love in a sling” and “broken logic hanging from a silver chair” distract from the song’s natural charms. Flynn’s words regain focus on the very next track. “There was a time in the beginning when devotion kept me spinning but that time is past,” he sings with calm wisdom on “Hell in a Handbasket.” Slide guitar and a Fender Rhodes organ sound meld over a loping tempo that flows like a lazy river: “Have you ever met your demons, took their advice without reason? Well I have.” Throughout the record, occasional wisps of soul and funk refresh the natural charm of Flynn’s charismatic tunes. The music was entrusted to sound engineers Lincoln All and Aaron Lipp, whose supervision of mixing and mastering, respectively, gives the album its polish. — BY DANIEL J. KUSHNER