Sound Check
Rio Neon Serves Up Coffee Love
Party at Kent Stage on Sunday Celebrates New CD Release
Kent band Rio Neon is throwing a party this Sunday, and you're invited. The reason for the celebration is the release of the group’s second CD, Coffee Love. At their concert this Sunday at the Kent Stage, the band will play the new effort in its entirety, along with other favorites and some holiday tunes. Rio Neon’s music incorporates elements of country, folk, swing, jazz and bluegrass. In other words, it’s a marketer’s nightmare. The band simply refers to its sound as “folk jazz,” and that’s an apt moniker. “It is hard to categorize what we do, and that’s both a blessing and a curse,” said Red Michel, guitarist and vocalist. “We go from Cab Calloway meets Ray Charles to the Eagles meets Manhattan Transfer. We’ve been compared to all …
