20 Riverside

20 Riverside is a six-piece funk/hip-hop group from the greater Seattle area. Their music blends the classic rock and brassy horns of Chicago, the funky grooves of Tower of Power, and the hip-hop rhythms and socially conscious lyrics of the Roots. They met playing in high school jazz band together and years later, combined their disparate influences into a unique, infectious sound that is 20 Riverside. Several band members are multi-instrumentalists. The band’s name comes from the public bus route that went through the Riverside neighborhood of Everett, WA, where the founding members of the band lived. 20 Riverside began performing in November of 2008, winning the Anthem Battle of the Bands at Seattle’s Café Venus/Mars Bar. They are now one of the standout up-and-coming funk and hip-hop groups in the Seattle area.

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