Buddakao

Lyricist Mike Athorn had known of songwriter TomDub in high school when they both played in the South High School orchestra. Since then, they have sought their own musical avenues: Mike has released two albums under his rap moniker 'Buddakao' with various local producers while Tom has performed his sample-based compositions for theater, dance and the rock group Just Foes.

After Mike graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in Journalism and Tom with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking, they reacquainted while working at the Eat Street Social. Mike invited Tom to add live instrumentation for the CD release show of his second solo album, Save a Place for Me. The collaboration was such a success that Tom composed original instrumentals with his co-writer Alex Kim, which eventually lead to their newest release, Hand Over Hand.

Past Shows


Mar
15
th
2015
Turf Club
May
15
th
2014
7th St Entry
May
15
th
2014
7th St Entry

Buddakao

with Crunchy Kids and Klassik

More Shows

Aug
9
th
Turf Club

RuDeGiRL (The Clash tribute), The de'Lindas (Linda Ronstadt Tribute) and Cracked Actor (David Bowie Tribute)

Oct
14
th
7th St Entry

Bo Staloch

with Emma Ogier
Sep
14
th
The Cedar Cultural Center

Darren Kiely

Oct
1
st
7th St Entry

Oddisee