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Bio
Reb & the Good News is a Portland based funk-pop, world, and soul group known for their positive message and genre-blending sound. Catchy horn lines and sultry vocals soar over grooves that you can’t help but move to. World rhythms, funky bass lines and soulful, jazzy vocals coalesce to form a sound that’s both upbeat and warm. The band is led by vocalist and guitarist Reb Conner, whose songs reach for hope in a world under pressure. Reb’s vision is to create dance music that both touches the heart and inspires a life lived in pursuit of the silver lining. She is supported by her creative partner, sax and keys player Leon Cotter, (a touring member of the California Honeydrops), as well as some of Portland’s heaviest hitters: Cyrus Nabipoor on trumpet, Milo Fultz on bass, Kirk Kalbfleisch on drums and Carmelo Torres on percussion.
Reb & the Good News released their 2nd album “Silver Lining” on July 18th 2025. This album is a collection of upbeat, optimistic music that was written during the pandemic. While Reb faced the grief and uncertainty of those trying years, she wrote songs of hope to help her make it through.
At 19, Reb’s love affair with music began by playing songs around a beach fire in her coastal hometown of Lincoln City. During a subsequent trip to Europe with a guitar, jazz was the music that most spoke to her, and she returned to the States to pursue an education. Reb went to music school at the age of 21 not yet knowing a major scale. With a lot of catching up to do, her education lasted all of 7 years, starting at LCC and finishing at the University of Oregon where she focused on Jazz guitar. Reb left her last collaborative project, High Step society in 2018, and moved from Eugene to Portland ready to tell her own story and bring her own aesthetic to life.