Ripe is a Funk/Pop band out of Boston, MA that was born as a result of its seven members' uniting over one belief: with enough passion and honesty, music can still make the earth shake. With one eye looking back to the inception of both funk and psychedelic music, and the other looking forward with a modern concept of what makes people move, Ripe seeks both to honor musical history as well as to make it. The perfect fruit is equal parts past and present, and this is the approach of the Ripe sound. With a strong devotion to consistently creating an unforgettable live experience, Ripe has kept the groove going touring nationally from coast to coast. With a recently released sophomore EP, Hey Hello, and plans to start recording a full-length album in the coming year, Ripe is shifting into overdrive with every intention of taking this to the stratosphere. The Ripe family asks you to get loose, get down, and get ready. The party is just getting started.

Denver-born, and recently relocated from NYC to Nashville, fast-rising pop artist AJ Smith’s music has the uncanny ability to evoke a nostalgic desire for dramatic pop of decades past while sounding modern & deeply emotive.  A flare for the dramatic is written into his DNA - AJ’s father literally ran away & joined the circus (unafraid to step into the “Globe of Death” stunt), while his Great Great Uncle was famed Cuban pianist Ernesto Lecuona, who composed the famed standard “Malagueña”. It's no surprise then, that Smith’s songwriting & performance abilities have earned multiple awards, including a scholarship from the Songwriters Hall of Fame & a semi-finalist ranking 2020's International Songwriting Contest.  Recent highlights include: national TV debut on The Kelly Clarkson show, charting at #50 Alternative Radio, the cover feature in Performer Magazine, working with SpaceX, and stories in American Songwriter, GMA, CBS Radio, Spin Magazine, and more.