“From New York’s subway to stages around the world, Lipbone Redding’s music stretches like a string that’s never-ending. With eight albums of tunes and a lifetime of inspiration from which to draw, the well-traveled musician features a sound that far exceeds the boundaries of Americana. His approach dips into jazz and blues with a New Orleans touch. Swaths of Latin America tango with occasional dollops of Asian flair and American funk. Like an international rainbow, Redding’s style reaches out to touch many a someone.” — Tom Netherland – Herald Courier

Lipbone is a one-man orchestra who who turns story into song. He has humble roots in North Carolina, and after several years in New York City, he began busking in the Manhattan subways and parks. He used these very public places to work on his original material. Uncompromisingly true to his own voice, Lipbone tells his life-story through his unique music. Vocals, guitar and…other stuff, Lipbone has a style that adheres to no style at all. Musical, upbeat and imaginative, sometimes soft and soulful, his story is peppered with vocal trombones and throat-singing birds, fantastic animals and a host of poignant characters. Lipbone engages the audience as if they are additional band members, and invites them to employ their voices, claps and dance moves for the greater good.   
The evening-length show is all about the stories.
The songs themselves are woven into a dense tapestry of storytelling and spoken word. The music, laid out like a magic carpet, invites the traveler aboard.  

.The songs themselves are woven into a dense tapestry of storytelling and spoken word. The music, laid out like a magic carpet, invites the traveler aboard.  

Lipbone’s roving lifestyle and unique talent have allowed him access to some amazing experiences. From time to time he has been court jester to the rich and powerful in exotic places, however, he more than often prefers the spaces in-between, the worthier part of the journey:  the journey itself, and the folks who populate it.

When not on the road making music and friends, Lipbone is artist-in-residence at Oak Grove Retreat in Tarboro, North Carolina.