Shmazz

In the southwest Virginian city of Roanoke, the music scene reaches up to the mountains and out to the rolling fields. Sounds of bluegrass, folk, and jam bands permeate the festivals, breweries, and clubs. Outside of the prevalent Appalachian Americana are pockets where some of the most talented musicians in the area show up week after week to play blues, jazz, and soul gigs around town. It’s in these venues where Jamiel Allen and Willis Greenstreet met. Introduced first as strangers thrown together on stage, an immediate musical chemistry formed between Jamiel and Willis.