Boy Eats Drum Machine is singer, producer, visual artist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Jon Ragel. Boy Eats Drum Machine is a special breed of multi-disciplined solo artist, enthusiastically interactive in his approach to his craft. Ragel prolifically chronicles his writing and recording process on his website. He takes the stage as Boy Eats Drum Machine with a saxophone, turntable, microphone, sampler and green tom drum. Ragel’s clear voice sails over his expert jams, often causing show-goers to dance, sway and otherwise become transfixed.
That he has been met with near-universal acclaim, called “grievously underrated” by the Washington Post, “fresh and unexpected” by NPR, and just plain “awesome” by Music For Robots, is only part of the story. Because right there at the merch booth after the show every night is Ragel, showing you the vintage LP covers he repurposes by hand-screening his own artwork on. If there were ever such a thing as a one-man musical army, a virtual volcano of creativity and seemingly endless musical excitement, Boy Eats Drum Machine is that army, that volcano.
