Killiam Shakespeare

Killiam Shakespeare is the highly eclectic keybords/drums duo Corey Berhard and Steve McKie, accompanied by a collection of other musicians in the studio and on stage. Their music creates a rich hybrid of soul, hip-hop, and jazz, and their collaborations are often aligned along one of those axes. Guest vocalists often bring on the soul component, supported by the instrumentation and the beats, of course. There are plenty of jazz elements in their music that references '70s fusion with frequent nods at artists like Chick Corea. McKie usually lays down big, solid grooves that walk the line between fusion and hip-hop. The electronic aspect of their music never quite dominates, but stays in the background as the connective tissue that ties it all together without drawing much attention to itself.