Homegrown band Ripe rep alma mater with Berklee shirts at Boston Calling
What Boston-and-Berklee-born band Ripe didn’t have in name recognition they more than made up for in sheer star power. A combination of gratitude, humor, and stage presence led to a crowd that couldn’t stop dancing Sunday evening at Boston Calling.
Facing a competing set with Glass Animals, whose nearly 38 million monthly listener count on Spotify makes for an intimidating timeslot choice, it might be expected for Ripe to have a small crowd of dedicated fans. But Ripe’s crowd was much more than that.
Although the crowd of people in front of the Delta Airlines Blue Stage at Boston Calling for Ripe’s set began modestly, only a few songs later there was a sea of hands up in the air.