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Levitt8 is a multi-genre band playing a spiritual music they call mystic folk. The group has performed in clubs, festivals, parties, and nontraditional venues throughout Minnesota and the upper Midwest. Bandleader, guitarist, and vocalist, Matthew Levitt has spent time playing classic rock locally, touring in a reggae band, performing and recording with a latin-fueled world fusion group, and released three CD’s with earlier versions of Levitt8 in funk and jamband styles. He has performed all over the US and in Israel as part of several international travel experiences, including busking on the streets of Amsterdam and Cairo. It has been his experience immersed in other cultures that encouraged him to chart a distinct musical path. The band's trademark is their mystic folk sound. With a wide ranging palate, Levitt8 play the blues of another era and from another place. Blending biblical Hebrew and plain English into songs about longing, joy, and celebration, they give a nod to the “old country” as much as a new, multicultural world. To this point, while the music is at once familiar and classifiable, it doesn’t lend itself to easy comparison. Their current repertoire is comprised of adaptations of traditional songs and and their own, many of which feature original music set to biblical verses, often psalms or the prophetic calls for justice and mercy. Levitt8 is Matthew Levitt (guitar, vocals), Eric S.B. (bass), and Umar Malik (drums).