{{short description|American musician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} thumb|Koster with My Morning Jacket in 2015 '''Bo Koster''' (born August 22, 1974) is an American keyboardist and record producer. He is best known for his work as a member of the band My Morning Jacket and as a touring musician with Roger Waters<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jambands.com/news/2017/09/12/roger-waters-adds-my-morning-jacket-s-bo-koster-to-touring-band/|title=Roger Waters Adds My Morning Jacket's Bo Koster to Touring Band|date=2017-09-12|website=Jambands|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-27}}</ref> and Ray LaMontagne.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6898140/ray-lamontagne-my-morning-jacket-ouroboros-new-york-mckittrick-hotel-review|title=Ray LaMontagne, Accompanied By Members Of My Morning Jacket, Previews New Album and Tour at Intimate New York Show|website=Billboard|access-date=2019-12-27}}</ref>
== Early life == Koster grew up in Lakewood, Ohio, a city in the Greater Cleveland Metropolitan Area. He attended Lakewood High School, Cleveland Institute of Music and Berklee College of Music.<ref>{{Cite web|title = It's a homecoming gig for My Morning Jacket's Bo Koster of Lakewood|url = http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/05/its_a_homecoming_gig_for_my_mo.html|website = cleveland.com|accessdate = 2015-10-27}}</ref>
== Career == ===My Morning Jacket=== thumb|Koster performs 2015 with My Morning Jacket at Forecastle Festival.In 2003, Koster became a member of the band My Morning Jacket. The band's sound, rooted in rock, alternative, and alt-country, is often experimental and psychedelic. The group amassed a large following beginning in the early 2000s, in part due to their powerful live performances. In 2005, their album Z was universally acclaimed as one of the best albums of that year.<ref>{{Citation|title=Z by My Morning Jacket|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/z/my-morning-jacket|language=en|access-date=2019-12-27}}</ref> The band has also been nominated for a Grammy three times in the Best Alternative Music Album category.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/my-morning-jacket/15897|title=My Morning Jacket|date=2019-11-19|website=GRAMMY.com|language=en|access-date=2019-12-28}}</ref>
===Roger Waters===
In 2017 and 2018, Koster was part of the Roger Waters Us + Them world tour<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/roger-waters-interview/|title=Roger Waters talks "Us + Them" tour, Pink Floyd, politics & more in BV interview|website=BrooklynVegan|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jambands.com/news/2017/09/12/roger-waters-adds-my-morning-jacket-s-bo-koster-to-touring-band/|title=Roger Waters Adds My Morning Jacket's Bo Koster to Touring Band|date=2017-09-12|website=Jambands|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-27}}</ref> and subsequently appeared in the companion film Us + Them.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/roger-waters-us-them-review-1203327525/|title=Venice Film Review: ‘Roger Waters Us + Them’|last=Keizer|first=Mark|date=2019-09-07|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2019-12-27}}</ref> He had previously performed with Waters when My Morning Jacket backed him at the Newport Folk Festival in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=2015-07-25 |title=Roger Waters Performs With My Morning Jacket at Newport Folk |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/watch-roger-waters-perform-with-my-morning-jacket-at-newport-folk-fest-47323/ |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>
===Ray LaMontagne===
In 2016, he joined Ray LaMontagne and other members of My Morning Jacket for the Ouroborous tour. Later, in 2018, he appeared on LaMontagne's album Part Of The Light.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theoaklandpress.com/entertainment/ray-lamontagne-at-meadow-brook-things-to-know/article_84cb07c1-ef6e-58d9-86cc-d9fe46513ffc.html|title=Ray LaMontagne at Meadow Brook, 5 Things To Know|last=Graff|first=Gary|website=The Oakland Press|language=en|access-date=2019-12-27}}</ref>
===Other work===
Koster has also collaborated with Neko Case,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2013/08/cover-story-neko-case/|title=Neko Case: Through the Woods|date=2013-08-29|website=Consequence of Sound|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-27}}</ref> T Bone Burnett,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thescenestar.typepad.com/ss/2011/09/live-the-national-at-hollywood-bowl.html|title=Live: The National at Hollywood Bowl|website=The Scenestar|access-date=2019-12-27}}</ref> City & Colour, Strand Of Oaks,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/strand-of-oaks-announce-new-album-eraserland-shares-new-song-weird-ways-listen/|title=Strand of Oaks Announce New Album Eraserland, Shares New Song "Weird Ways": Listen|website=Pitchfork|language=en|access-date=2019-12-27}}</ref> Carl Broemel, Young The Giant,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/6140766/young-the-giant-evolution-tour-artist-spotlight|title=Young the Giant: MB Evolution Tour Artist Spotlight|website=Billboard|access-date=2019-12-27}}</ref> Laura Viers, Sam Outlaw, and Delta Spirit. In 2010, he co-produced the Delta Spirit album ''History from Below''.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bo-koster-mn0000664057 Bo Koster at allmusic.com]</ref>
Prior to joining My Morning Jacket, Koster worked on several television documentaries as an associate producer, including ''Modern Marvels'' and ''Haunted History''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1189952/bio|title=Bo Koster|website=IMDb|accessdate=2015-10-27}}</ref>
== Personal life == Koster is an avid basketball fan, especially of his hometown team the Cleveland Cavaliers.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Bo Koster of My Morning Jacket - Rotoworld.com|url = http://www.rotoworld.com/articles/nba/32257/227/bo-koster-of-my-morning-jacket|website = Rotoworld.com|accessdate = 2015-10-27}}</ref> He currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.
== Discography ==
=== With My Morning Jacket === * ''Z'' (2005) *''Okonokos'' (2006) * ''Evil Urges'' (2008) * ''Circuital'' (2011) * ''The Waterfall'' (2015) *''The Waterfall II'' (2020) *''My Morning Jacket'' (2021) *''Is'' (2025)
==References==
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== External links == *[https://about.me/worldbofree About.me page] *[http://www.discogs.com/artist/903511-Bo-Koster Bo Koster] discography at [http://www.discogs.com Discogs]
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