Westbound Train
Westbound Train
Latest Release
- Sing The Ghost Away
- November 2025
- • 10 Songs
Top Songs
| 1 | L.M.A. | ||
| 2 | Slippery Slope | ||
| 3 | Gasoline (Don't Say Your Goodbyes) | ||
| 4 | Keeper From the Start | ||
| 5 | Like a Sunset Over Water |
Albums
Oct 2025 • 2 songs
Sep 2025 • 1 song
Oct 2022 • 12 songs
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About
Biography
Boston-based Westbound Train play a modern take on '60s-era reggae and ska with touches of jazz, soul, blues, Motown, and even rock. The septet was originally comprised of Obi Fernandez (vocals/trombone), Jesse Hayes (drums), Cory Williams (guitar), Thad Merritt (bass), Rich Graiko (trumpet), Gideon Blumenthal (keyboards), and Josh Cohen (sax). They released two independent albums, 2002's Searching for a Melody (re-released in 2003 on Megalith) and 2004's Five to Two, before a demo tape made its way into Tim Armstrong's hands at a hometown Transplants show. Armstrong was impre...