Photo by Shayna MacDonald

Six members. Three vocal leads. Two electric guitars. one groovy bass player. One mean tambourine player.  That’s Copilot in a nutshell. In case you did the math for the first line and realized it adds up to seven, there are six of them — Maggie, Ry, Jake, Bev, Dylan, and Jack. Maggie has the voice of an angel, Ry is the authentic singer who also plays electric guitar, Jake is the gamer whose vocals are like butter while playing the tambourine, Bev is the tenacious bassist, Dylan is the resilient drummer, and Jack is the tasty shredder on electric guitar. Copilot (note the lack of a hyphen) got its name from Ry and Maggie enjoying being the passenger, or co-pilot, in their dads’ cars. They’re clearly an anti-punctuation band because “we’re rebels,” Jake asserted.

Dancing between rock and pop with some Americana thrown in, the band has taken so many forms and have reached their final evolution from Copilot the cover band to Copilot the original music band.

Inspired sonically by The Avett Brothers, The Beatles, Matchbox Twenty, Lake Street Dive, and Louis Armstrong, Copilot’s latest album titled “Copilot” reflects the band’s vision for their sound.

Starting from playing The Burren, Lizard Lounge, and even our very own Toad (rip), Copilot has grown to playing at Brighton Music Hall, Levitate, and even the Bank of NH Pavilion (with Mario). Now, they’re going to play at one of their bucket list venues: The Sinclair. The band is very excited to share the stage with Boston-formed band Ripe on December 30th. Maggie even canceled (well, postponed) her honeymoon because opening for Ripe at the Sinclair is just wow and worth it.

“We know Ripe is going to put on a show and we want to feel like we’re also putting on a show. And performance while being our authentic selves.” For people who haven’t seen Copilot before, the band wants to make them feel good and see how much everyone in the band loves each other on stage. “We’re your friendly neighborhood band who wants to continue making connections with people through our music,” reflected Ry.

The band’s favorite song that they’ve written so far is fan-favorite “Theme Song” (I may or may not have 50,000 recordings of that song from 2019). From their new album, some of the favorites are “Bang Bang Boogie” (Ry), “All over You” (Maggie), and “Like Love Again” (Jake). Some local bands they’d love to collab with are Darlingside, The Ballroom Thieves, Tiny Habits, and The Q-Tip Bandits. Some other takeaways from the band are that “we are not a pot-stirring band” and they all love the Rigatoni Bolognese pasta from Capo.

So, some good news and not-so-great news — The Sinclair show on December 30th is mostly sold out, but you can still try and snag some last-minute tickets…but Copilot does have some mystery shows happening in Boston next year (it’s almost 2024, damn) and if you follow them on Instagram, you will be the first to know when and where these exciting shows are happening!