Live Music with BoogiTherapi

Some of Asheville’s most talented musicians have come together to form an
All Star Funk Band, simply named BoogiTherapi. Headed by AVL Funk soldier
Ryan ‘RnB’ Barber, BoogiTherapi brings the high energy dance music that
is always therapeutic to your mind, body & soul.
Ryan “RnB” Barber is a proud staple of Asheville NC’s legendary music
scene, at the forefront of its funk and R&B community. Drawing from a
lifetime of singing, rapping, producing and touring across the nation,
Ryan has released 6 full length studio albums. He has also been featured
on many high profile projects, including producing on two of R&B stalwart
W. Ellington Felton’s recent albums, and also singing and rapping on the
2017 GRAMMY winning album “Infinity Plus One” by Secret Agent 23 Skidoo,
just one of the groups he actively tours with.
Born to a musical family and steeped in gospel and R&B from his first
heartbeat, Ryan started his musical education in the church choir at the
age of nine, and continued adding to a deepening knowledge of rhythm and
percussion by joining the school marching band at sixteen. But it was
love for hip hop, funk, new jack swing and especially R&B that beat in
his chest, so he quickly began applying all he’d learned to producing his
own tracks, inspired by J Dilla, A Tribe Called Quest, Gerald Levert and
Teddy Riley. Mixing a classic beat production feel with soulful Southern
singing and a fearless falsetto, Ryan solidified his musical identity as
a recording artist as well as a highly sought after performer and
collaborator.
Already known throughout the SouthEast as a standout voice, charismatic
bandleader, and musical workhorse, Ryan “RnB” Barber has begun spreading
his soaring funkiness across the nation, recently rocking sets at
Chicago’s Lollapalooza Festival and performing live on SiriusXM in
Washington, DC, delivering uplifting messages with a timeless soul that
sounds like both yesterday and tomorrow.