RUTKA is of the “15 Shows to See on Stages Around the U.S. This Fall" - NY Times
The Composers
Jocelyn Mackenzie
Jeremy Lloyd-Styles
Jeremy Lloyd-Styles
Jocelyn Mackenzie is a Brooklyn-based musician, maker, and medium who creates intimate pop songs for a generation of seekers. A "hyper-creative" according to Broadway World, her diverse yet integrated skills inherently inform one another and are inextricably intermingled in her creative process. Best known as the singing drummer from indie-pop band Pearl and the Beard along with bandmates Jeremy Lloyd-Styles and Emily Hope Price, Mackenzie released her debut full length solo album PUSH on Ani DiFranco's label Righteous Babe Records in 2021, which Under the Radar described as "triumphant, spirited, powerful, and jubilant." She now has several releases on Righteous Babe, including latest live record “COME ON” released in 2024. Joined on stage by her husband, bandmate, and collaborator Harry Bolles, their shape-shifting sound is at once personal and universal. A diverse multidimensional artist, Mackenzie also creates wearable art, costumes, and video. At her core, Mackenzie's extra-sensory skills inform her songwriting and visual art, integrating media and meaning to create work that is both sensual and personal. (photo cred: Liz Jang)
Jeremy Lloyd-Styles
Jeremy Lloyd-Styles
Jeremy Lloyd-Styles
Jeremy Lloyd-Styles is a Brooklyn-based songwriter/producer. He is best known for his work writing, performing, and touring with his bandmates Jocelyn Mackenzie and Emily Hope Price as the folk trio Pearl and the Beard, sharing the stage with such acts as Ani DiFranco, Neko Case, Iron & Wine, Ingrid Michaelson, Bastille, Dar Williams, Lady Lamb, The Drums, Matt + Kim, Sharon Van Etten, Laura Marling and more. He's had his music featured in national commercials, the films Hello, My Name Is Doris, Spoiler Alert, and Unicorn City, the television shows Lucifer, the Royals, and the Hannah Gadsby Special: Douglas.
He is currently composing the new musical Rutka with his co-composer Jocelyn Mackenzie, and book writer Neena Beber.
In addition to these works, he records solo material under his name and provides vocals for the 80s darkwave synth-pop band NoNight on Lost Future Records.