Red Beans & Rice.

I went to Richmond to see Modern Groove Syndicate last night. It'd been a while since I'd last seen these guys, and this was to be a special reunion featuring keyboard badass Daniel Clarke - who, lately can be found playing on tour with kd Lang and Mandy Moore. Unfortunately, I found out soon after arriving at the bar that this show was going to be without saxophonist JC Kuhl, but the band played on.

Highlights were the expected cover of "Bad" coming out of a killer segue from "Exes and Hos," "Soul Prostitution" and "Bunky Flues" off of last year's Miss Popular, a fierce cover of Radiohead's "National Anthem," and finally how Dan on keys and Trey Pollard on guitar made up for the lack of JC's prominent horn lines.

These guys make me want to make music more than any other band. I love watching them onstage just creating, and loving every second of it.