By Rob Hochschild

January 9, 2015

Three musicians—bassist Alissia Benveniste, guitarist Maddie Rice, and drummer Amber Baker—founded Common Thread as Berklee students in 2013. The band is an all-female collective of like-minded musicians from all over the globe, brought together by a passion for funk and pop music. The group fuses influences from a range of genres, building a sound that brings together classic jazz instrumentation with unexpected elements like recorder. The group has performed around the Boston area and recently appeared at BAMCafé Live at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

The tune featured in this week's podcast, "For the One Time," features a horn arrangement penned by student trumpeter Arnetta Johnson. The track was recorded at Berklee's Cafe 939 by a student team from the Berklee Internet Radio Network (the BIRN).