Também - About

About

Warm, retro, luminous

Também crafts immersive soundscapes that move between deep groove and spacious stillness. Their music unfolds in slow-building arcs—shifting from moments of openness and calm into hypnotic rhythm and improvisation—shaped by layered synth textures, dynamic interplay, and a deeply collaborative approach to composition.

At the core of the project is an interest in music as a shared, present-moment experience. Rather than treating performance as something to be passively received, Também’s live sets invite listeners into spaces of attention, movement, and connection.

Formed in 2018, the trio brings together keyboardist-vocalist Ingrid Nora Knight, bassist Andy Powell, and Uruguayan drummer Gastón Reggio. Their sound draws from the exploratory energy of Herbie Hancock, the rhythmic expansiveness of Hermeto Pascoal, and the immersive textures of Hiatus Kaiyote, while remaining distinctly their own.

Their releases include the EPs Esmeralda (2022) and Echo (2023), the latter supported by the North Carolina Arts Council and featuring Grammy Award–winning flutist Rebecca Kleinmann. Across the Southeast, Também has appeared at Artsplosure, Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival, and the Koka Booth Amphitheatre Jazz Series, sharing stages with artists including Cesar Garabini and Gabriel Alegría.

They are currently at work on their first full-length album, continuing to develop a sound rooted in rhythm, atmosphere, and emotional presence.

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Meet the Band Members

Ingrid Nora Knight

Keyboards/Vocals

Ingrid Nora Knight is a composer, pianist, and vocalist originally from the Appalachian Mountains. With roots in both classical training and jazz performance, Knight’s work emerged from a desire to move beyond traditional frameworks, developing a practice centered on improvisation, texture, and immersive, listener-focused composition. An avid student and teacher of the Alexander Technique, Ingrid's top priority is to find ease on stage and all throughout the sticky creative process. A graduate of NCCU's Master's of Jazz Studies program, Ingrid studied with renowned players Joey Calderazzo and Branford Marsalis. When she's not busy making music Ingrid is spending time with her husband Ezra and two daughters Juniper & Annika.

Gastón Reggio

Drums

Gastón Reggio is an Uruguayan musician, educator and composer. He graduated from the Conservatory of Tatuí in São Paulo, Brazil with a degree in Brazilian Music and Jazz. He studied with renowned drummers such as Osvaldo Fattoruso, Daniel Piazzolla among others in Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil. He has given private music lessons in Uruguay, Brazil and the USA from 2007 to date and has presented workshops on Brazilian rhythms in Uruguay. He has also recorded several albums in Uruguay, Brazil and USA. In 2019 he released his first album called “Do Interiô" and in 2024 he released his second album: "Michigan."

Andy Powell

Electric Bass

Andy Powell (aka. asharpp) is a Durham based bassist/multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator, and music producer who has been in the Triangle region since 2008. He is a proud graduate of the NCCU jazz program, where he finished a master’s degree in 2020. He is a current professor at Elon University where he teaches music production, jazz, and bass lessons. You can also find him performing with Também and as a freelance musician across the triangle. He is versed in many styles including jazz, samba, bluegrass, and funk/neo soul. He is inspired to become a well rounded musician with a love for all aspects of the art form.