Name: Bourbon and Coffee 

 Age: Timeless 

Describe what you will do this year as part of Infringement Festival.
Bourbon and Coffee is a freak jazz poetry band born in a South Buffalo basement. Over the years, Bourbon and Coffee has moved through a variety of sonic palettes based on the instrumentation and temperament of the participating musicians. Experimental noise with saxophone and electric guitar (2010-2011). Freak jazz/classical with trumpet, clarinet, and oboe (2012-2013). Groovy doo-wop with flute, electronic keyboards, and vocal harmonies (2014). The most recent album could be described as modal melancholia with trumpet and violin. Guest musicians often join the band on stage and contribute to a further expansion of the genre-melting sounds that Bourbon and Coffee presents.

What inspires you to create your art?
Love, Hate, Unity, Division, Obsession, Compulsion, Order, Chaos, God, Humanity, Coffee Beans, Cannabis, Friendship, Love, Pancakes, Love.


What’s the strangest thing you’ve done in the name of art?
Travel alone for seven weeks in a Chevy Cavalier, stopping to read poetry to strangers in cities and small towns across America.


Briefly describe one of your favorite Infringement moments from past years’ events.
I remember wandering into Days Park and meeting a friendly tree faerie who gave me a magical token, as well as good advice with mystical overtones.