The Parish Festival

“Original” and “incomparable” are two adjectives some fans use to describe Parish Festival. One reason is that the band’s ever-evolving style fuses disparate influences into a mix of indie rock, folk, and jazz. Guitarist, banjoist, and vocalist Jamey Cummins feels the use of banjo on half of the band’s music is the “most distinctive thing” about its sound – in part because he doesn’t play the instrument conventionally. “It creates its own thing,” Cummins said.