Parachute

Growing from high school jam sessions to major-label record deals, Charlottesville, Virginia pop band Parachute were a grassroots effort. The childhood friends honed their mix of rock, funk, and contemporary blue-eyed soul over the course of albums on several different major labels throughout the late 2000s and early 2010s, as well as a self-titled, self-released album in 2019. In 2006, childhood friends Will Anderson (vocals, guitar), Johnny Stubblefield (drums), Christopher "Kit" French (saxophone, keyboards), Alex Hargrave (bass), and Nate McFarland (guitar), began the ban...