Welcome to the Kindred Spirit website!
Happy Spring!! We're getting a lot of shows on the calendar for the spring-summer-fall Outdoor Music seasons! See below! We're playing at Laurita Winery., Boathouse in Mercer County Park (twice!), Weeden Park, Palmer Square, Robbinsville Gazebo and more…!! Thanks for your support!
Upcoming shows!
Kindred Spirit Band
Sat Apr 18 Private party afternoon-
Fri May 1 Pete’s Steakhouse Hamilton 9pm
Sat May 16 Laurita KS 6-9.
Sat May 30 The Roost at Cream Ridge 9pm
Thurs June 4 Boathouse in Mercer County Park 5-8:30pm
Thurs June 25 Weeden Park Lawrenceville 6-8pm
Fri July 10. The Roost at Cream Ridge 9pm
Sat July 11 Palmer Sq Princeton 1-3 pm
Tues July 14 Robbinsville Gazebo. (rain date 7/15)
Sat July 25. Private party
Sat Aug 15 The Roost at Cream Ridge 9pm
Wed Sept 2 Carnegie Center concert 12-1:30pm
Thurs Sept 24 Boathouse in Mercer County Park 5-8:30pm
Fri Sept 25 The Roost at Cream Ridge 9pm
Sat Nov 7 The Roost at Cream Ridge 9pm
Fri Dec 18 The Roost at Cream Ridge 9pm
Kindred Spirit Duo
Wed Apr 1 Al’s Airport Inn 7-10pm
Wed May 6 Al’s Airport Inn 7-10pm
Wed June 3 Al’s Airport Inn 7-10pm
Sat., June 27 Shady Brook Farm Patio 12:30-4pm
Wed July 1 Al’s Airport Inn 7-10pm
Wed Aug 5 Al’s Airport Inn 7-10pm
Fri Aug 21 Terhune Winery 5-8pm
Wed Sept 2 Al’s Airport Inn 7-10pm
Wed Oct 7 Al’s Airport Inn 7-10pm
Wed Nov 4 Al’s Airport Inn 7-10pm
Wed Dec 2 Al’s Airport Inn 7-10pm
About Kindred Spirit:
Kindred Spirit is a popular rock n' roll cover band based in Central NJ. Over the last 24 years we have built a dedicated following and have been introduced as “local legends"! We play to thousands of fans every year: at clubs, restaurants, outdoor concerts and private parties.
We invite you to come check us out- it's always a rockin' and joyful dance party when Kindred Spirit is playing!!
Our music includes Classic Rock, Motown, and Party Rock by bands such as Santana, Tom Petty, Bad Company, Beatles, Temptations, Stevie Wonder, Grateful Dead, Eric Clapton, Aerosmith, Doobie Brothers, and many, many others. We love to play rockin' dance music to get everyone singing along.
The band plays a wide range of special events, fundraisers, private parties, weddings, anniversaries, corporate events… we'll bring the party to your place and make sure everyone has a great time!! We've played for high school reunions, college “spring fling” parties, for more formal Private Clubs, and everything in between!
We've put some of our best music on the site, so sit back and have a listen! Or you can download to your mobile device! We also have many concerts and fun videos on our YouTube channel page: https://www.youtube.com/@KindredSpiritRocksNJ. Keep an eye on our Facebook page as well: www.Facebook.com/KindredSpiritRocks
Hope to see you at one of our gigs!!
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UPDATE September 2025-- Wow, it's been a great summer of outdoor shows, for 1000's of music fans! The Fireworks in Lawrenceville… the Boathouse in Mercer County Park… Weeden Park in Lawrenceville… Palmer Square in Princeton… The LEAD Festival in Mercer County Park… PLUS our regular venues like The Roost in Cream Ridge, and more….. thanks to all of our fans and friends, plus all of the musicians who have been a part of our extended Kindred Spirit band!!
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UPDATE January 2025-- Happy New Year to all- and thanks to everyone for all of the support over this past year! It's been a fun journey, and we played close to 50 shows last year! Many wonderful outdoor venues and some really fun private parties, as well as our regular restaurant/club venues. It's so rewarding to see so many happy faces, singing along and dancing!
We've been very fortunate to have a number of wonderful musician friends playing with us over this past year - In addition to our 5 core members (Mike Slom, Brian Leahy, Steve Bross, John Love, and George Massina), we have had special guests including: Tommy LaBella on sax, flute and harmonica, the superb vocalist Catrice Joseph, guitar aces Charlie Macarone ("Statesboro" band), Paul Plumeri ("the Bishop of the Blues") and Lou Maresca ("Live at the Fillmore"), Freddie Macarone on drums, and Hal Jordan Ketofsky and Gary Bernabe on bass. We truly appreciate our talented friends for being a part of the Kindred Spirit musical family!!
Also, we appreciate the support for our Kindred Spirit Duo-- Mike & Steve playing a range of acoustic classic rock, soul, folk and jazz tunes. And a thanks to Jerry Monk for filling in on some Duo gigs.
Like many years, it's a slow start over the mid-winter months, but we expect another busy year ahead so keep in touch! You can also keep on eye on our Facebook page: www.Facebook.com/KindredSpiritRocks - Thanks!!
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UPDATE September 2024 Thanks to everyone for all of the support over our summer! We played some wonderful shows at the Boathouse in Mercer County Park (twice!), Robbinsville Gazebo, Weeden Park in Lawrenceville, Shady Brook Farm, LEAD Festival in Mercer County Park, Princeton Shopping Center, Princeton Country Club, Hopewell Valley Golf Club, Cooper's Riverview, and more!!
We still have some outdoor shows left, and then will continue to be busy with our regular club gigs.
In addition to our 5 core members (Mike Slom, Brian Leahy, Steve Bross, John Love, and George Massina), we have had a number of special guests including: Tommy LaBella on sax, flute and harmonica, the superb vocalist Catrice Joseph, guitar aces Charlie Macarone ("Statesboro" band), Paul Plumeri ("the Bishop of the Blues") and Lou Maresca ("Live at the Fillmore"), Freddie Macarone on drums, and Hal Jordan Ketofsky on bass. We've had many wonderful musical moments with so many combinations of talented musical friends!!
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UPDATE June 2024 Wow, we've got a fantastic summer schedule coming up, and planning for some special guests as well! We'll be playing at the Boathouse in Mercer County Park (twice!), Robbinsville Gazebo, Weeden Park in Lawrenceville, Shady Brook Farm, LEAD Festival in Mercer County Park, Princeton Shopping Center, Princeton Country Club, Hopewell Valley Golf Club, and more to come!! Keep following our website, emails and Facebook to see more details!!
Last week we have the fabulous Tommy LaBella sit in on sax, flute and harmonica. Some of our upcoming shows will feature the superb vocalist Catrice Joseph, and others will have guitar ace Charlie Macarone.
Many of the outdoor concerts are on Thursday evenings, so mark your calendars!
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UPDATE February 2024
Thanks to everyone for your support at the first shows with our new Kindred Spirit line up! Joining Mike Slom (vocals) and Brian Leahy (keyboards) are John Love (guitar), Steve Bross (bass), and George Massina (drums). We have shows coming up at The Roost in Cream Ridge, at Cooper's Riverview, at The Flying Pig, at Mountain View Golf Course, and also a St Patrick's weekend benefit. We have a number of shows lined up throughout the year, and will be updating more of the website and our Facebook page soon, www.Facebook.com/KindredSpiritRocks
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Hey there, Kindred Spirit fans! (updates from Mike) - November 2023
WOW it’s been a pretty crazy year, as we’ve come to an ending of the current Kindred Spirit line up, after so many years playing together.
Fortunately, there’s still a lot of music to come from everyone in the band, and a new Kindred Spirit line up will begin soon, starting this upcoming New Years Eve!! We've got a lot of shows planned for 2024 and will keep you all posted- check the “Upcoming shows” on this site. ALSO, check out the new “Kindred Spirit DUO” section on this site for info on our DUO's appearances.
We’re so grateful for everyone’s fantastic support of our band! We have built our sense of musical community since the initial launching of Kindred Spirit back in 2002. Our long-running 5-piece line up has been together since 2010, and it’s been an amazing time, with over 500 shows!! We’ve played for appreciative audiences at some huge outdoor concerts, and at our favorite clubs with full dance floors.
Over the months ahead, I’m planning to put together some highlight videos and photos from the past years on the Kindred Spirit website and will keep the current recordings and concert videos on here as well.
As for the future, we’re all continuing to make music in several different bands… Duos, Trios, and Full Bands!
While Ed, Joe, and Gary are moving on, I am working with Brian and some other talented musicians to launch a new version (or versions) of Kindred Spirit.
Currently, Joe, Gary and Brian are collaborating in The Best of Clapton band, Gary is playing in the Skyline Trio, and Ed will continue to play with The Mahoney Brothers band.
As well as a new Kindred Spirit lineup, I’ve got a number of upcoming Kindred Spirit Duo gigs with Steve Bross (from Full Grown Men), as well as singing regularly with Lovelight, the Grateful Dead band.
I’ll be sending notices out to the Kindred Spirit email list while continuing to post on the band's website and Facebook page. Also, you can check everyone’s Facebook page where they will keep on posting their upcoming projects.
Thanks to everyone for continuing to support LIVE LOCAL MUSIC!
Hope to see you all soon! Thanks!! Mike Slom
Also, "like" our Facebook page... www.Facebook.com/KindredSpiritRocks
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Check out our 2020 concert video:
One of our best shows was the September 19, 2020 Drive-In Concert in Mercer County Park. We recorded this show and it's now available on YouTube. Here's the link: https://youtu.be/Wsl6ACr7xu4 - check it out!! It was a beautiful late afternoon/ early evening show and a great time playing to 1000 people!
