The Antonio Larosa Band rocked Centennial Park last Friday during Parks Alive Summer Music.
The band, headlined by Larosa as lead vocalist, featured drummer Paul Clark, bassist Joseph Lubinsky-Mast and guitarist Emmett Jerome. Despite only coming together a few months ago, the band played with the easy chemistry of lifelong bandmates.
“Everyone in the band is a full-time musician, it’s kind of our vocation,” Larosa said.
Larosa said the band formed after he spent the pandemic writing an album in between working on a sheep farm near Williams Lake. When Clark heard Larosa’s music, he offered to be his drummer eventually inviting Lubinsky-Mast and Jerome aboard to form the band.
They debuted several of his new songs in 100 Mile House to a standing ovation and call for an encore from the crowd. Larosa said the positive feedback combined with the “beautiful” venue made him feel great about the concert.
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“It’s nice to be playing shows after two years of not playing shows, that feels really good,” Larosa said. “Coming out here to play to a whole new set of ears is why we do this, to spread the work and meet people. We’d love to be back and perform for this crowd again.”
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