BRANDON — The John Funkhouser Trio returns Sept. 28 for its annual show at Brandon Music, which can now be best described as a Brandon Music tradition. Funkhouser’s eclectic influences include music from South Africa, the Great American Songbook, Appalachia, India, New Orleans funk (Funkhouser certainly lives up to his name), ’70s prog rock, modern jazz, Balkan folk music, and more. The Trio’s music is full of empathy, fire, staggering technical displays, profound intimacy, joy and playfulness — all reasons … (read more)