Headliner Series

This fan-favorite four piece band has a sound described as “Squeeze meets Wilco.” Their smart brand of melodic rock comes with layers of jangly guitars, lush 4-part harmonies, and hooks aplenty. Featuring Bryan Ewald and Cliff Hillis on guitar, Dennis Schocket on bass, and Greg Schroeder on drums, the band first made a splash with their debut album “Lemon Fresh” in 1998. Indie critics welcomed the band’s fresh sound and placed the album among the year’s best releases. Since then, they’ve recorded two more albums, “Everyday and Then Some” and their most recent 2018 release, “Four.” In 2020, the group recorded a new single, “Ballad of Baltimore,” a protest song reflecting the tumult of that year from a Baltimorean perspective. Music biographer Warren Zanes writes of their discography, “Starbelly exists as a part of nature. They will go forever, draping the world in beautiful harmonies.”