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COPILOT
Following a six month venture as part of an acoustic act on Celebrity Cruises, Ry McDonald has teamed up with vocalist Maggie Quealy to create Copilot, an acoustic folk duo based in Norfolk, Massachusetts. Ry has shared the stage with acts such as The Dropkick Murphys, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Skinny Lister, Greensky Bluegrass and several others. Now, as Copilot, Ry McDonald and Maggie Quealy explore their passion for music and exhibit it through their popular covers and original songs in a way that many listeners haven’t quite heard before
HUSH CLUB
Alasdair MacKenzie, Chris Haley, and Liz Kantor formed Hush Club after finding each other in college. Now, they are based in Somerville, MA, making lush, melodic, and propulsive indie rock that examines the nuances of our shared human experience. Under the Radar describes Hush Club as “explor[ing] spaces ranging from intimate to celestial, evoking honest confessions an
d wide expanses.” Their latest single, “Movie,” has lyrics that might make you cry if you weren’t too busy dancing to it.
In 2024, Hush Club sold out a headlining show at Boston’s Brighton Music Hall. The band has been featured twice in The Boston Globe and been nominated twice for the Boston Music Awards (Album/EP of the Year and Folk Artist of the Year). Hush Club has opened for national and international touring acts including Will Leet,
French Cassettes, Hermitage Green, Michael Seyer, and Wabie, and the band’s debut album Fingerprints & Stains was praised by Glide Magazine, Vanyaland, and Boston Hassle, in addition to the Under the Radar writeup quoted above. Fingerprints & Stains also received extensive airplay on college radio, charting as the #5 debut on the NACC 200 in its first week and staying on the chart for three weeks.