Bandits on the Run

Originating from a chance encounter while busking in NYC’s bustling subways, Brooklyn-based Bandits on the Run burst onto the national stage in 2019 when their song “Love in the Underground” was featured on NPR Tiny Desk Contest’s Top Shelf, with tastemakers proclaiming, “the band orchestrates a symphony of sound and story through its impressive musicianship and marvelous harmonies.”

A musical trio comprised of Adrian Blake Enscoe, Sydney Shepherd, and Regina Strayhorn, Bandits on the Run are known for their distinct blend of cello, guitar, accordion, and found-percussion, paired with sophisticated three-part harmonies and rotating lead vocals in the spirit of ultra-collaborative groups like The Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, and The Mamas & the Papas.

After recording their 2021 EP Now Is The Time with producer Ryan Hadlock (Brandi Carlile, The Lumineers), the Bandits created a short musical film, Band At The End Of The World, commissioned by Prospect Musicals. Since then, they’ve continued to explore the nexus of indie-folk and theatrical storytelling—composing for Netflix’s Storybots, scoring the film The Same Storm, setting Shakespeare’s As You Like It to music, and earning an NEA grant for a new musical with Prospect Musicals.

They’ve toured globally with appearances at the Cambridge Folk Festival, Floydfest, Milwaukee Summerfest, Americanafest, F1 Singapore Grand Prix, Mile of Music, and the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival. Currently, Bandits on the Run are developing a stage musical adaptation of What’s Eating Gilbert Grape with MCC Theater, in collaboration with actor-musician Christopher Sears and Academy Award nominee Peter Hedges, who wrote the original book and screenplay.