Joseph R. Monasterial is a young pop singer who started onto the music scene at age 16.  He is well known for his beautiful voice and his appealing artistry in putting a twist of his own style on a variety of contemporary, classic, country and R&B cover songs and has been told by many that he sounds like John Mayer.  He is also a songwriter and his favorite original song is “Hold Me Down.”

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Performing since the age of two, Drew Stevyns started his career singing in church choirs while growing up in England. After returning to the U.S., Drew continued his musical development by taking piano lessons, writing songs and teaching himself how to play guitar.
Drew believes in the purity of music. There is a palpable sadness to his voice that makes his songs impossible to shake, and the music surges; hard-edged yet beautiful and melodic. He has released three albums: ‘Waiting’ in 2009, ‘Please Excuse the Machine’ in 2011 and ‘Somewhere in Between’ in 2015.

Drew’s voice is hypnotic in nature and pulls the listeners close in a unique way that allows the audience to feel what he feels. Listeners are able to connect with his music in a very personal and emotional way that few artists’ are able to achieve. “Every experience you have in life only adds to your repertoire as a musician.” In 2009, Drew touched the hearts of millions as a TOP 10 finalist on the NBC show ‘America’s Got Talent’. While on the show, he was fortunate enough to work with top music producers Nigel Wright and Shane Keister.

Shortly after the conclusion of ‘America’s Got Talent’, Drew was asked to endorse a new brand of Paul Reed Smith (PRS) guitars which resulted in a showcase performance with his band at the famous ‘Whisky A Go-Go’.

Drew has shared the stage with Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, Thelma Houston, The Charlie Daniels Band, Josh Doyle, Shelly Rann and Sarah Lou Richards. His song ‘Waiting’ placed 3rd in the International Songwriting Competition.

In 2010, Drew was asked to perform at the Lyric Opera House in Baltimore raising money for the Artists for Amy Foundation. Additionally, he was invited by ‘Artist to the Stars’ Corey Frizzell to perform at the ‘Lyrics for Lyric’ Benefit in Nashville to support Childhood Cancer Research. Drew has been the headlining artist for the veteran’s organization, United Soldiers and Sailors of America (USASOA) and has performed at their Washington DC gala since 2013.

Drew’s talent has not gone unnoticed; he has graced the stages of such notable venues and events as The National Cherry Blossom Festival, The Towsontowne Festival, The Rehoboth Beach Concert Series, 12th and Porter, Margaritaville, The Hollywood Casino,  The Hard Rock Café, The Chico and Bman Show, Baltimore’s famous New Year’s Eve Celebration, ‘Charm City Countdown’ and more. His music has been featured on a variety of radio stations throughout the country.

Recently, Drew was asked by Emmy award winning and Grammy nominated songwriter, Greg Barnhill, to join him in Nashville where they co-wrote several songs. Drew teamed up with Steve Silverman who commissioned him to record and perform the theme song for the internet show, ‘Pretty, The Series’ and in 2015 his music was featured on the hit television series, ‘Rizzoli and Isles’. In 2016, the ‘Song of the Year’ Songwriting Contest awarded Drew a Semi-Finalist placement for his song ‘Demands’. The ‘Song of the Year’ Contest receives entries from all over the world and only the top songwriters receive this honor.

For the past eleven years Drew has worked with legendary producer and engineer, Scott Ensign of Obscura Sound in Baltimore. Drew credits Scott’s talents to the success of all three of his albums and continues to trust his skills on a variety of other musical collaborations. Drew and Scott were honored to be chosen by songwriter, Ron Ryan to record and produce both the Carolina Panthers cheer songs, ‘We Won’t Be Stopped’ and ‘Panther Fever’ which played in the stadium during their 2015-16 season.

Drew Stevyns has made a name for himself regionally, nationally, and internationally and his popularity continues to grow through a wide range of fans worldwide. “I am extremely flattered and humbled. I really couldn’t ask for anything more."

David is a seasoned musician and has performing since he was 9 years old. His versatility in the local music scene has made him a house hold name in the DC area with influential styles of pop, rock, reggae, hip-hop, and indie. He's currently working on his solo debut "Doux-Amer" with Nathon Haddon of Haddon Records.

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Though first and foremost a vocalist and rhythm guitar player, he also has performed drums, bass, and keys with various bands.

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David is also a talented DJ, and is the founder of the nostalgic alternative rock series called Back To The 90s.

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David has shared the stage with Weezer, Ryan Cabrera, Ash, Ballyhoo! and Ozma.

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David has performed at many notable venues on the east coast including Nationals Park, The Fillmore, Jammin' Java, Union Stage, Rock & Roll Hotel, The Black Cat, The National, The DC Wharf, The Milkboy and CBGB.

We are a duo singer group based in the DC and Williamsburg area! We have collectively performed at numerous venues including Kirwan's on the Wharf, the Capital Yacht Club, Busboys and Poets, and the Amber Ox. We bring our own equipment and are able to accompany ourselves on guitar and piano. Our music is a blend of various genres, and our goal is to create memorable experiences for our audience. Let's collaborate and make your next event truly special!

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KIRAN BEHR

YASMIN KUDRATI-PLUMMER

Yasmin Kudrati-Plummer is a singer-songwriter and a freshman at William and Mary studying Psychology and Music. She recently released an EP on Spotify and plans on creating a second album over the course of 2025. Her band, Corduroy Street, performs in the local Williamsburg area. In 2023, she received a Cappies nomination for Best Vocalist in the DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia).

Kiran Behr is a singer-songwriter and a sophomore at William and Mary, studying Music and Government. He is currently working on an album for release and has performed at both local and international venues. Furthermore, he performs with The Stairwells A Capella Group and his band, Driftwood, also performs in the Williamsburg area.

Half n’ Half are a duo singer group based in the DC and Williamsburg area! We have collectively performed at numerous venues including Kirwan's on the Wharf, the Capital Yacht Club, Busboys and Poets, and the Amber Ox. We bring our own equipment and are able to accompany ourselves on guitar and piano. Our music is a blend of various genres, and our goal is to create memorable experiences for our audience. Let's collaborate and make your next event truly special!

Yasmin Kudrati-Plummer is a singer-songwriter and a freshman at William and Mary studying Psychology and Music. She recently released an EP on Spotify and plans on creating a second album over the course of 2025. Her band, Corduroy Street, performs in the local Williamsburg area. In 2023, she received a Cappies nomination for Best Vocalist in the DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia).

Kiran Behr is a singer-songwriter and a sophomore at William and Mary, studying Music and Government. He is currently working on an album for release and has performed at both local and international venues. Furthermore, he performs with The Stairwells A Capella Group and his band, Driftwood, also performs in the Williamsburg area. In 2023, he was his school's nominee for the DMV Brandon Victor Dixon award.

Jon Cresswell is a self-taught singer-songwriter/producer based out of Northern Virginia who proudly wears a smile pretty much wherever he goes. This inspirational self-taught musician boasts catchy pop hooks, energetic beats, and lyrics that will move your heart.

Marc Allred (All-Red) is a talented singer and songwriter originally from Hauula, Hawaii currently based in Stafford, VA. 

Marc has a passion for seamless melodies, energetic riffs and uplifting song structures, echoing a variety of genres, ranging from reggae and rock, to punk, folk and even pop. His music is inspired by the work of seminal performers the likes of Tom Petty, Bob Marley, NOFX and The Police, to mention a few.

Marc’s work is particularly forward-thinking and full of personality. This charismatic artist painstakingly labors to create a memorable live show with his unique live looping and carefully crafted songs that connect with his audiences in a tailored way.

Marc has been writing and playing music for over 20 years. He has shared the stage with Everclear, Sum 41, and Papa Roach and his music has been featured on TV, radio, and for brands like Nintendo.

As a prolific songwriter, Marc spends many nights in the studio working on exciting collaborations as well as his own original material, producing and transforming them into inspiring detailed projects.

Interestingly, Marc’s most recent album, Life Raft, was created with his Hawaii-based songwriting partner Demitri Marmash from Artemis Audio located in Kailua, HI. Marc’s album is certainly a labor of love and passion, created in large part with Demitri who is nearly 5,000 miles away. In spite of the demands of a full time job and a growing family, Marc commits all his free time to his pursuit of art and music.

A Virginia-born son of a musician Soldier. Eric was born at Langley Air Force Base in August of 1983 and he grew up on the sandy streets of Virginia Beach soaked in grunge, reggae, punk, and country.

While in bands throughout middle school and high school, he tried to emulate the sounds of Bradley Nowell, Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, and the hoards of talented musicians in Tidewater Virginia.

The coastal communities influence his singing and playing and through the melodies he intends for the audience to visualize themselves on a beach chair with a delicious, juicy beverage watching the rum runner sun sink behind blue green waves lapping on the Ocean View beach.

A 16 year Soldier himself, Eric has opened up for Fastball, Edwin McCain, and Dierks Bentley while traveling from South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina, Kansas, and overseas in Korea, Germany, Albania, and Australia for the Army.

Eric has a beautiful wife Lexi and 4 amazing children.

WHO WE ARE

We are a duo singer group based in the DC and Williamsburg area! We have collectively performed at numerous venues including Kirwan's on the Wharf, the Capital Yacht Club, Busboys and Poets, and the Amber Ox. We bring our own equipment and are able to accompany ourselves on guitar and piano. Our music is a blend of various genres, and our goal is to create memorable experiences for our audience. Let's collaborate and make your next event truly special!

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KIRAN BEHR

YASMIN KUDRATI-PLUMMER

Yasmin Kudrati-Plummer is a singer-songwriter and a freshman at William and Mary studying Psychology and Music. She recently released an EP on Spotify and plans on creating a second album over the course of 2025. Her band, Corduroy Street, performs in the local Williamsburg area. In 2023, she received a Cappies nomination for Best Vocalist in the DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia).

Kiran Behr is a singer-songwriter and a sophomore at William and Mary, studying Music and Government. He is currently working on an album for release and has performed at both local and international venues. Furthermore, he performs with The Stairwells A Capella Group and his band, Driftwood, also performs in the Williamsburg area. In 2023, he was his school's nominee for the DMV Brandon Victor Dixon award.

Ushering in a new golden age of live entertainment is Ted Garber, a genre-bending multi-instrumentalist whose “BluesAmericanaRock” combines classic showmanship with a captivating singer-songwriter sensibility. His smokey, bluesy vocals, howling harmonica riffs and screaming guitar licks are enticing audiences worldwide, taking us on a diverse musical journey from the Big Apple to the Big Easy, hovering in the Mississippi Delta before heading South of the Border.

Ask Ted about his musical influences, and four passions shine through- the iconic time-honored entertainers such as Elvis and Springsteen, his late folk-rock musician father, the rhythm and blues scene of New Orleans, and insatiable globe-trotting. His thirst for new experiences has led him to more than 30 countries on five continents. Whether it’s a dingy shantytown motel room in Tanzania, a Brazilian beach hut jam session, a single-mom waiting tables at Denny’s, or the smiling shoe-shining oracle on a New Orleans street corner, Garber’s walking, hitching, gigging, chicken-and-goat-bus-cultural-immersion is what steers his musical odyssey.

Ted kicked off his career performing covers on the streets of New Orleans for tips, where he balanced academic studies at Tulane University with his passion for playing. Inspired by the vibrancy of the city and realizing his natural ability to connect with a crowd, he honed his talent for original material. Ted went on to open for the likes of Pat McGee and has performed in venues as diverse as DC’s legendary 9:30 Club, Blues Alley, and the Strathmore, LA’s The Viper Room, and Nashville’s Bluebird Cafe. He is a two time winner of the WAMA Pop/Rock Recording of the Year for his albums “Live At Strathmore” (2011) and “American Rail” (2010), was named DC’s Top Entertainer by WUSA-Channel 9, and won On Tap Magazine’s Battle of the Bands “Taste of Arlington” Competition in 2006.

A highlight in Ted’s career was becoming an “Artist In Residence” (AIR) at the prestigious Strathmore Performing Arts Center in Washington, DC. The program offers six local artists, out of hundreds of applicants, access to an artist development fellowship program. Ted continued to hone his talent, selling out three consecutive concerts at the Mansion in early 2011. Two of these public concerts were recorded, and transformed into his highly successful 2011 album “Live at Strathmore”.

Ted’s most recent musical offering is “Santa Claus Is Goin’ To Town”, a collection of fresh interpretations of classic holiday songs. The album features beloved tracks like ‘Frosty the Snowman’, ‘Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer’ and the ‘Christmas Song’ ballad. Yet again, Ted showcases his trademark versatility and energy, with influences ranging from jazz, funk, punk, blues, and big-band, all wrapped up into one timeless holiday gift.

What’s next for Ted Garber? Anything is possible.

David is a seasoned musician and has performing since he was 9 years old. His versatility in the local music scene has made him a house hold name in the DC area with influential styles of pop, rock, reggae, hip-hop, and indie. He's currently working on his solo debut "Doux-Amer" with Nathon Haddon of Haddon Records.

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Though first and foremost a vocalist and rhythm guitar player, he also has performed drums, bass, and keys with various bands.

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David is also a talented DJ, and is the founder of the nostalgic alternative rock series called Back To The 90s.

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David has shared the stage with Weezer, Ryan Cabrera, Ash, Ballyhoo! and Ozma.

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David has performed at many notable venues on the east coast including Nationals Park, The Fillmore, Jammin' Java, Union Stage, Rock & Roll Hotel, The Black Cat, The National, The DC Wharf, The Milkboy and CBGB.

Joe Basso and Ryan-Allen McKinney are O'McPub Band, a Maryland based Irish folk duo that specializes in pub tunes, rebel songs, and Celtic inspired folk/rock/pop music. The charismatic pair is known around the Mid-Atlantic as “probably the best guitar and bodhrán Irish duo in the DMV" (DC, Maryland, & Virginia).

We are eager to share our love of Irish culture through music and have continuously grown our repertoire of pub tunes, rebel anthems and Celtic-infused pop melodies.   What started out as a few rebel songs in Ryan's living room during a party led to a few local open mics and eventually our first paid gig scheduled Friday, March 13, 2020, which got cancelled the night before due to the pandemic. We kept at it and almost 1 year later we played that rescheduled show and haven't stopped since.

Tailoring each performance to suit the unique essence of an event is our specialty. Whether it's an intimate backyard acoustic set or a pulsating crowd in a bustling venue, we have the versatility and experience to adapt to the audience and establishment. We have been able to gather many great songs from fan requests and love hearing stories from patrons about what a certain song means to them and their family. 

Our musical voyage has led us to diverse settings, from street corners to private gatherings, farmers markets to legendary pubs, concert halls to cozy breweries. We've serenaded the young and the wise, the newcomers to Irish melodies, and those who know every verse by heart. No matter where we perform, our dedication remains steadfast in providing our audience with an unforgettable experience while savoring the rich history embedded in the tunes we cherish.

Do you know of venues and events that champion local live music? We invite you to be part of our musical expedition. Share your recommendations with us via our "Reach Out" form or drop us a line at omcpubband@gmail.com.

Why the name O'McPub Band?

In the Gaelic languages "O'" signifies 'descendant of' and 'Mc' signifies 'son of.' It's a nod to our lineage – we are the bearers of a heritage that has thrived through generations, despite the many obstacles and hardships that attempted to end its existence. Our Irish roots, deeply entwined with music, art, literature, food, drink, and the spirited 'craic,' have been entrusted to us by those who came before.

Our music serves as a vessel, a heartfelt tribute to these traditions. Each song we play carries within it the echoes of age-old tales and the souls who've shared them.

"The Pub," the heart and soul of Irish life, symbolizes community, togetherness, and the spirit of shared experiences. In the warmth of these public houses, stories unravel, history is rewritten, wisdom is exchanged, and laughter is abundant. Our goal, wherever we play, is to conjure the spirit of 'the pub' – a community of people gathered to embrace life and one another.

Join us as we carry this legacy forward, one note at a time.