Bandits on the Run • Kat Wright • Sep 11 • 7:30 PM • Free

Bandits on the Run is a musical trio comprised of Adrian Enscoe, Sydney Shepherd, and Regina Strayhorn. Formed upon a chance encounter while busking in the subways of New York City, the Brooklyn based outfit has gone on to receive accolades from NPR Music’s All Songs Considered, American Songwriter, NPR Weekend Edition, and the Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project.

In 2020 they released their EP “Now Is The Time” with producer Ryan Hadlock (Brandi Carlile, The Lumineers) and produced a short musical film “Band At The End Of The World” commissioned by NYC based Prospect Theater Company.

2022 saw them they have composing music for the Netflix children’s animated series “Storybots”, scoring the newest Peter Hedges movie "The Same Storm", and touring the globe with appearances at the Cambridge Folk Festival, Floydfest, Milwaukee Summerfest, Americanafest, and the Singapore Grand Prix.

Kat Wright: After touring for the last decade as a 7–9-piece soul band with horns & keys blazing, this new era finds Kat Wright being born anew - more herself than ever - revealed, simply in a startlingly honest & glimmering naked light. With restrictions imposed by the pandemic, Wright & her cohorts have recently come to enjoy writing & touring in a stripped down formation, mostly trio or quartet, in contrast to the big band she fronted for the better part of the last decade where she was described “a young Bonnie Raitt meets Amy Winehouse”.

 

Fans of Wright’s singing & style have been thrilled to discover this paired down line up which puts the groups true talents front & center to shine, instead of drenching them in horns and fanfare. You’ll still hear the Raitt & Winehouse influences, but now also likenesses with Brandi Carlisle & Norah Jones. The resulting music is more intentional, more distilled, more potent - a direct balm for the trying times we face today.

Bring the whole family! Dogs on leash are welcome. All Woodbridge parks are smoke free. The park is barrier free for wheelchair users.

Free parking is available in the adjacent NJ Transit parking lots.