Red Ember

Formed in Paducah, KY on Memorial Day weekend of 2012, Coming from an easily overlooked market that has given birth to Bluegrass, and cornerstone contemporary bands like Cage The Elephant, My Morning Jacket, and Nickel Creek; Red Ember looks to capture hearts in the same genre-bending, novel-yet-universal, captivating sound. Folk instrumentation is a focal point around Alex Coltharp (banjo), Ryan Cothron (Dobro), Justin Doss (Mandolin), but the band brings so much more. Funk and Jazz elements pour out of Brad Hammack (Bass), while the electric edge is crafted by Foster Stacy (Synthesizer and Percussion), finished with a large load on the shoulders of metal styling Alex Riley (Rhythm Guitar). The elements exist for a great instrumental band, but huge vocals swimming in emotional harmonies pour out of the group around heart-felt songwriting to offer the full package. The group is easily capable of hitting any genre skillfully, and still settles in an individual niche that can’t be replicated.
After meeting Brad at a local downtown Paducah festival in September of 2012, Foster and Alex Coltharp invited him to jam on bass with their unnamed folk/jam project. Less than a month after adding their sixth member, they performed a five-song set during the set break of long-time friends' Gideon's Rifle's show. With a room packed beyond capacity, the sextet realized for the first time that what they were doing was exactly what they had wanted in a band all along...