Tuesday Talent: Todd and Ryan Doyle

Family is everything... It can define who you are. It can reveal and support strengths and passions. It can create intuitive bonds through shared experiences. It can drive you crazy, but it always brings you home. And it's at the absolute core of The Doyle Brothers.

Having been lovingly described as "young guys doing old songs in a new way", the duo of Todd Doyle (Box, Vox) and Ryan Jacob Doyle (Vox, Axe) stem from a rich musical heritage (older brothers David and Brad Doyle are also musicians, while their parents, music teacher Tom and artist Cindy Doyle, married shortly after performing together in a 70's folk group) that was inescapeable. During their formative years, the boys' household was constantly filled with audio influences, whether coming from indivdual's record or tape collections, pop radio stations, live rehearsals, or just fooling around singing. The vocalizing may have come naturally, but it wasn't until the lads were in their mid to late teens that their efforts to play in a group came to fruition with the band More Than Me.



As evident on their recent cover EP Two Bros, One Box, the guys' sound is appealing to all age groups due to the timeless nature of their song selections. Their live shows have seen the youngest toddlers dancing around with the most seasoned elders grooving along to tunes that are as familiar as they are timely. Along with the uncommon and tight arrangements, the experience is enhanced by the good natured report that the siblings share both on and off stage. It's a connection that has been developed and nutured their entire lives.

It's the kind of thing that can only come from being family.

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Catch them at Prohibition on Thursday September 22, 2011