Drifting between pronounced beats,  soft vocals, poetic melodies and spacious foundations, Erica Russo and The Good Sport approach roots of folk, soul, funk and rock.  They met in the winter of 2008 and soon after formed their musical base in Boston, MA.  Since then they have toured the country, recorded three Albums and an EP, and have just returned from performing at SXSW.   Their sound has been described as a cross between the poetic vocal style and gentle quality of Joanna Newsom, and the passion, energy, and directness of Heart, lending hints of songwriting styles similar to Ani Difranco and Laura Marling.

Erica Russo collages feelings with images, messages with song, and stories with faces, crafting tracks with common threads and altered stitches.  She offers to mind artists such as Ani Difranco, Joanna Newsom, Kimya Dawson, and Laura Marling.  She's studied at Massachusetts College of Art and Berklee College of Music, toured the country,  and is forever a traveler with a guitar and a new set of intentions.

Billy Leva is a drummer from Arlington, MA. He draws influence and inspiration from rock and funk drummers from the 60s and 70's and is known in the recording world as a one take wonder, with an excellent ability to switch to an expert engineer.  With tasteful dynamics, colorful flavorings, a keen ear, an extensive drum collection, unlimited jokes and a big heart he is a good sport.

John Zurek is a dancer; with his body, his voice, and his saxophone. He stands tall and lends his breath, seeming to rescue a song from suffocation.  With riffs lending seeds for growth, reaching from the core of the ache in the song, John patches holes and softens words, holding up a mirror to reflect our most loved and esteemed features.  

Angus (Goose) Blake blends his history of blues guitar with structured folk bass lines, sharing an immense appreciation of space, melody, and funk, while adding just enough light to a song with out being blinding.  Solid, proficient, inventive and a real man's man, Angus grasps a song by the horns, riding as if the bull was part of him his whole life.

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