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Cole Degenova-Chicago Soul!

The Birdhouse Listening Room Series welcomes Chicago based Cole Degenova with his full band!

Pianist, vocalist, and composer Cole DeGenova has spent most of his life crafting his eclectic artistic voice. As a bandleader, he started his funky alternative soul group Cole DeGenova & The Peoples Republic at the prestigious Berklee College of Music, where he released his first album JUST PEOPLE AGAIN in 2009. While at Berklee, he also studied with jazz piano great Danilo Perez. A few years later, DeGenova released his second album ANOTHER COUNTRY.

Now based in Chicago and Los Angeles, he is both an in demand studio musician as well as a touring performer around the country. He has worked with the likes of Lupe Fiasco, Brett Dennen, Latin Grammy winner Lucky Diaz, Meshell N'Degeocello, Paula Cole, producer Eddie Kramer, James Carter, Hey Champ, Matthew Santos, The Revivalists, as well as Chicago hip hop outfit Deep Fayed and funk group The Heard. He is also a co-founder and organizer for the Chicago artist collective The Gala. His new collection of music THE RADIO HERO MIXTAPE is set to be released early 2015.

http://www.coledegenova.com/