Spawning from a musical family, brothers Dennis and Kenny Stadelman first started playing music before they hit their teens. Combining their family’s love for folk and bluegrass with their own passion for classic rock, the brothers have always found themselves with an ever-evolving sound based on a love for all genres of music. Having moved from northeast Ohio in the mid 1990’s, Cope has been a continuous mainstay on the Tampa scene, gaining a devout local fan base along the way.

Cope's second and latest, full length-studio album, Going Home, encompasses each member's unique, personal style, fusing every genre from rock and blue grass to reggae and electronic. Juan Montero brings authenticity to the album’s reggae/funk element on sax and keys while Dennis and Ken add a new electro-jam appeal by using guitar effects and synthesizers. Paired with Dave Gerulat’s flawless New Orleans, jazz-funk inspired percussion, the end product is a whirlwind of collaborative styles neatly packaged together into ten masterful tracks. Going Home is the band’s most impressive and well thought out album yet.

Previously doting on improvised jams and unmapped arrangements, the guys produced a strategically planned collection of songs with their latest studio album. Improvisational jams were largely swapped out for compositional, instrumental breaks and unlike previous records; all band members contribute vocals to the Going Home LP. The result is the most mature and polished collection of music that Cope has ever put out. Check out the track Babylon Man, with a steady reggae swagger, Montero's wailing sax and harmonies mixed in, it's one of the best songs on the album. "The Creeker" is also a barrel of funk-fun, and solidifies how diverse the album actually is. There are no genre limits on "Going Home."

Touring all over the southeast and landing opening gigs for national bands like the Spam All-stars? and Stanton Moore Trio?, has catapulted Cope into a reckoning force within the jam scene. Their latest album, "Going Home," was nominated for Home Grown Music Network’s Album of the Year, up against major acts such as Zach Deputy and Tim Reynolds.

Whether playing for a familiar and intimate crowd at Skippers or jamming out in front of hundreds of new faces at a festival, the guys of Cope are undeniably bursting with not only talent; but heart and soul to boot.