Bo Koster (born August 22, 1974) is an American keyboardist and record producer. He is best known for his work as a member of the band

My Morning Jacket My Morning Jacket is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1998. The band consists of vocalist/guitarist Jim James, bassist Tom Blankenship, drummer Patrick Hallahan, guitarist Carl Broemel, and keyboardist Bo Kos ...

and as a touring musician with

Roger Waters George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English musician and singer-songwriter. In 1965, he co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd as the bassist. Following the departure of the group's main songwriter Syd Barrett in 1968, Waters became ...

and

Ray LaMontagne Raymond Charles Jack LaMontagne (; born June 18, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. LaMontagne has released nine studio albums: '' Trouble'', ''Till the Sun Turns Black'', '' Gossip in the Grain'', '' God Willin' & the Creek Don ...

Early life

Koster grew up in

Lakewood, Ohio Lakewood is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, on the southern shore of Lake Erie. Established in 1889, it is one of Cleveland's historical streetcar suburbs and part of the Greater Cleveland, Cleveland metropolitan area. The popula ...

, a city in the Greater Cleveland Metropolitan Area. He attended Lakewood High School,

Cleveland Institute of Music The Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) is a private music conservatory in Cleveland, Ohio. The school was founded in 1920 by a group of supporters led by Martha Bell Sanders and Mary Hutchens Smith, with Ernest Bloch serving as its first dire ...

and

Berklee College of Music Berklee College of Music () is a Private university, private music college in Boston, Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known for the study of jazz and modern Music of the United ...

Career

My Morning Jacket

In 2003, Koster became a member of the band My Morning Jacket. The band's sound, rooted in rock, alternative, and alt-country, is often experimental and psychedelic. The group amassed a large following beginning in the early 2000s, in part due to their powerful live performances. In 2005, their album Z was universally acclaimed as one of the best albums of that year. The band has also been nominated for a Grammy three times in the Best Alternative Music Album category.

Roger Waters

In 2017 and 2018, Koster was part of the

Us + Them world tour and subsequently appeared in the companion film Us + Them. He had previously performed with Waters when My Morning Jacket backed him at the

Newport Folk Festival The Newport Folk Festival is an annual American folk-oriented music festival in Newport, Rhode Island, which began in 1959 as a counterpart to the Newport Jazz Festival. The festival was founded by music promoter and Jazz Festival founder Geor ...

in 2015.

Ray LaMontagne

In 2016, he joined Ray LaMontagne and other members of My Morning Jacket for the Ouroborous tour. Later, in 2018, he appeared on LaMontagne's album Part Of The Light.

Other work

Koster has also collaborated with

Neko Case Neko Richelle Case ( ; born September 8, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and member of the Canadian indie rock group the New Pornographers. Case's singing voice has been described by contemporaries and critics as a "flamethrower", "a pow ...

, T Bone Burnett, City & Colour, Strand Of Oaks,

Carl Broemel Carl Broemel (born January 30, 1974) is an American rock musician. He currently plays guitar, pedal steel guitar, saxophone and sings back-up vocals for the Louisville, Kentucky band My Morning Jacket. He played guitar in the pop/rock band Old Pik ...

, Young The Giant, Laura Viers, Sam Outlaw, and Delta Spirit. In 2010, he co-produced the Delta Spirit album ''History from Below''. Prior to joining My Morning Jacket, Koster worked on several television documentaries as an associate producer, including ''Modern Marvels'' and ''Haunted History''.

Personal life

Koster is an avid basketball fan, especially of his hometown team the Cleveland Cavaliers. He currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.

Discography

With My Morning Jacket

* '' Z'' (2005) *'' Okonokos'' (2006) * ''

Evil Urges ''Evil Urges'' is the fifth studio album by My Morning Jacket. It was released by ATO Records on June 10, 2008. The album was nominated for the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album, ultimately losing to Radiohead's '' In Rainbows' ...

'' (2008) * ''

Circuital ''Circuital'' is the sixth studio album by American rock band My Morning Jacket. It was released on May 31, 2011. The album received mainly positive reviews and sold 55,000 copies in the first week of release. It debuted at number 5 on the ''Bil ...

'' (2011) * '' The Waterfall'' (2015) *''

The Waterfall II ''The WaterfallII'' is the eighth studio album by American rock band My Morning Jacket, released on July 10, 2020. Made up of recordings made in 2013 that also produced the 2015 release '' The Waterfall'', this psychedelic pop work has received po ...

'' (2020) *''

'' (2021) *''Is'' (2025)

References

External links

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