COREY BERNHARD'S ETERNITY ENSEMBLE

W.S.G. KHEMIST MAYFIELD & MUHSINAH

From touring with superstar jam fusion group Snarky Puppy or hip-hop icons Pusha T and Talib Kweli, to backing up Ed Sheeran on SNL or playing duo with Ariana Grande live on MTV, to playing experimental sets with members of The War on Drugs, to writing and producing for Philadelphia legends Bilal and DJ Jazzy Jeff, it’s hard to fathom how Corey Bernhard has time to show up at his day job as keyboardist on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. One thing is certain: Bernhard is one of his generation’s most dynamic (and busiest) musicians. Hailed by Okayplayer as a “pillar of the Philadelphia music scene,” his solo debut Fool’s Pirouette was released in January 2022 and was featured on NPR’s notable new music playlist. Reviewing his pandemic era collaboration with friend and Philadelphia rapper The Bul Bey, SWTS (2020), WXPN raved that the duo “tackles big themes to a beautiful score.” In addition to releasing his own music and working with the aforementioned, the in-demand keyboardist/producer has performed with Thundercat, James Taylor, Marsha Ambrosius, Bootsy Collins, Doechii, Teedra Moses, Brittney Howard, Lil Simz, Cory Wong, Trombone Shorty, Peter Frampton, Pete Townshend, Donald Harrison, Jr, Terence Blanchard, Eric Roberson, John Scofield, Meshell N’Degeocello, Lalah Hathaway, and Andrew Bird among others. He was also co-founder and producer/composer of the band Killiam Shakespeare, which released 3 projects including collaborations with Aloe Blacc, Freeway, and other rising artists, receiving acclaim from Wax Poetic, Afropunk, The Huffington Post and more.
Bernhard’s sophomore solo release, A Blessed Leap into Eternity is a sprawling experimental folk jazz suite released in 2025 to critical and cultural acclaim.
Bernhard was born in Boston, Massachusetts and graduated from Harvard as an economics major.

3XPLOTITS FT. SUZANNE SHEER

Philadelphia producer duo 3XPLOTITS — made up of 3xpo and Lotits — have spent the last few years crafting the sound of Cake Productions artist Suzanne Sheer from behind the boards. On April 30th at Johnny Brenda’s, they bring that world to life on stage: a live production set builtin real time on drum machines, turntables, and keyboards, with Sheer as the featured voice. Expect something that sits somewhere between a live show and a studio session — cinematic, soulful, and a little unpredictable. The set will also serve as a special live preview of Sheer’s sophomore album ‘Voices’, produced entirely by the duo, before its release later this spring.

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