Karina Rykman in San Diego

Karina Rykman is an American bassist, singer and songwriter based in New York, known for her work in keyboardist Marco Benevento’s trio and for her own funk-driven psychedelic rock. Her 2023 debut album, Joyride, includes the title track featuring Trey Anastasio. In 2016, Karina Rykman joined Marco Benevento’s touring trio, establishing a live career rooted in improvisational rock. Her own trio later supported Khruangbin at Radio City Music Hall and performed at Bonnaroo and The Peach Music Festival.

Roni Kaspi is an Israeli jazz drummer, songwriter, producer and singer born in Tel Aviv in 2000. She began playing drums at seven, studied at the Thelma Yellin High School for the Arts and attended Berklee College of Music on a scholarship. She is known for her work in bassist Avishai Cohen’s trio and for Roniponi, her own project drawing on jazz, pop and electronica. In 2020, Kaspi joined Avishai Cohen’s trio and later toured Europe with the group, as well as playing on the 2022 album Shifting Sands. A 2023 performance at Gretchen in Berlin presented her own live project under a jazz and electronica billing.