Gentleman Brawlers (Amphitheater 2025)

Led by creative duo Becca Fox and Matt Walsh, Gentleman Brawlers channels inspiration from Talking Heads with their distinct brand of Afrofunk and indie dance music. Through a sonic blend of disco-based horn lines, sticky highlife guitar, and polyrhythms from West Africa, Trinidad, and Brazil, this Brooklyn collective’s live shows ignite a community-based, improvisational energy. Acclaimed by the BBC’s Tom Robinson, NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest, and WNYC’s The Greene Space, Gentleman Brawlers has opened for Grammy artists Fantastic Negrito, Los Amigos Invisibles, and Cimafunk and performed at Pier 1/Summer on the Hudson, Dumbo’s Live at the Archway, and The Public Theater’s Summer Block Party.