Peace by Piece is a Brooklyn band, featuring singer-songwriter Derek
Bermel on keyboards and caxixi, Bobby Roe on bass, Ryan Scott on
guitar, and Steve Altenberg on drums. Melding soulful lyrics with
funky grooves and fat bass, the band has performed to capacity crowds
at many of the top clubs in New York, including Joe's Pub, the
BAMcafé, the Izzy Bar, Southpaw, and the Cutting Room. They have been
featured on NPR's 'Weekend Edition' and on WNYC's 'New Sounds' and
'Soundcheck'.
Peace by Piece has released two albums on Miscellaneous Records
(www.miscrecords.com), their first, self-titled album 'Peace by
Piece', and most recently, 'The Elements' in May 2004. Both albums are
available at www.miscrecords.com and www.cdbaby.com.
>From a recent review in Audio Asylum:
"Peace by Piece?...The band was great...and the level of musicianship
was really impressive. The lead singer/keyboard player/caxixi player,
Derek Bermel writes all of the music and is actually quite a succesful
classical composer...So I guess it shouldn't be too surprising that
the music is more interesting in terms of melodies and rhythms than
one typically would find....I saw them at the Cutting Room in
Manhattan and bought [their CD] at the show; it is great too, though
too short!"
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