El Kabong

El Kabong consists of Carrie Cantor (rhythm guitar, vocals), Rob Halper (bass), Jim Kvoriak (lead guitar, vocals), and Michael Trullinger (drums, vocals), who have been getting together since the spring of 2007.

The band plays covers of energetic alt-country artists such as Ryan Adams, Kathleen Edwards, the Old 97s, and the Drive-By Truckers, with some straight-on, good old-fashioned rock 'n' roll via Sheryl Crow or Blondie thrown into the mix.

Though new on the scene, El Kabong has played twice at the Church Street Kitchen and will play at the Diva Lounge as part of Parents Who Rock on Jan. 26.

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Rob Halper is not quitting his day job as Director of Video Communications at Johnson & Johnson, where he has written music for corporate videos. While at Oberlin College, Rob played guitar and sang in a band named after a carton of milk, "Heritage House", and attended classes when time permitted. He now plays guitar and bass with Carrie Cantor at the Church Street Kitchen, and bass in El Kabong.


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Carrie Cantor is a free-lance book editor and mother of an MHS graduate, Nathaniel, and a soon-to-be graduate, Ethan.

Besides playing rhythm guitar and singing in El Kabong, she performs every other Thursday at the Church Street Kitchen (formerly Church Street Cafe) doing covers of Joni Mitchell, Sheryl Crow, Neil Young, The Grateful Dead, and many other artists.