“I think we all realized, just from playing together a few times, that something was there that really could not be explained," remembers Roberts. “It was a comfort so automatic that we could just grow from that point. Our sound is really a collective thing and what you hear on the disc is honest music that was recorded the same way. Honest is my favorite word to describe Sticks & Stones because we're continuing the Chicago tradition of crafting one's own sound."
Although most of the trio's membership no longer resides in Chicago, Sticks & Stones is very proud of its hometown and the city's lineage of independent-minded musicians. Roberts is an Associate Member of the historic Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) and both Abrams and Taylor play with some of Chicago
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