ABOUT US
Kendall Street Company
Virginia’s Kendall Street Company are no strangers to having a wild time. What started as casual songwriting and jam sessions among five young lads a decade ago has evolved into a super-tight, prolific touring machine. Including elements of crowd participation, off-the-cuff comedy, haphazard choreography, musical improvisation, and surprise guests, every Kendall Street Company performance is an experience unlike any other. Some genre purists might classify them as a jam band; their shows and albums are all over the place. While this is great for their collective artistic expression as five young creatives with a myriad of ideas and influences, it is sometimes difficult to convey their exact sound to the uninitiated. You’ll just have to come see it for yourself. If you like space operas, heartfelt love ballads, songs about misfit sea creatures, soaring guitar and saxophone solos, folksy songwriting, heady jams, or just having a lot of fun, KSC might just have something for you. They even have a cute little mascot named Lenny the Lemon. He has a PhD. All hail Lenny!
The Company is relentlessly active in the studio as well as on the road, and in mid-2026 released two singles produced by Dave Schools of Widespread Panic: a cover of Sun Ra’s “Space is the Place” in the spirit of Col. Bruce Hampton, and the original tune “So Will The Robots Be.” Their eighth studio record (you read that right!), Yodeling Astroman, mixed and co-produced by Scott Gordon (Ringo Starr, Alanis Morissette) will be released on October 23rd, 2026 through Gitcha Records. Fans can also take a deep dive into their massive live vault on nugs.net or on their own self-run website subscription, which features multitrack recordings of otherwise unreleased jams and wildly varied covers, ranging from rock staples like the Grateful Dead, The Beatles, Talking Heads, and ZZ Top to modern acts of all genres: Billie Strings, Soulja Boy, Cake, Chappell Roan, and Billie Eilish, just to name a few. Live in ‘25, a compilation released in early 2026 and available on all major streaming services, is a great place to start.
Kendall Street Company is: Louis Smith [Rhythm Guitar/Lead Vox], Brian Roy [Bass], Ryan Wood [Drums], Ben Laderberg [Lead Guitar], and Jake Vanaman [Saxophone/Keys]. For such a young band, their live resume is stacked: they’ve graced festival stages at Summer Camp, Jam Cruise, LOCKN’, High Sierra, Resonance, Floydfest, Hulaween, Peach Fest, Northlands, and Rooster Walk. Along the way, they’ve shared the stage with Goose, Umphrey's McGee, Papadosio, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Leftover Salmon, Andy Frasco, The Infamous Stringdusters, Big Something, and Melvin Seals & JGB, while featuring quite the rotation of special guests, including Keller Williams, Ron Holloway, Andy Thorn, Andy Hall, and Sawborg Destructo of GWAR.