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Shane Del Robles is an New York based percussionist, a fulltime performer, and bandleader of early American music.  

His three bands, Mud In Your Moonshine, Del & The Rad Rompers, and Come Back, Shane! bring together the foremost players of Western-Swing, Country-Blues, and Traditional Jazz that New York has to offer.

Del regularly performs as a sideman with 
Tamar Korn, The Baby Soda Jazz Band, and he accompanies Burlesque, Modern, Contemporary, West African, Swing, and Blues dance in the city.

Del graduated summa cum laude from Berklee College of Music, M.M. Contemporary Performance. 
​Del graduated with highest honors from
​The Principia College, B.A. Music, and with honors from El Paso Community College, A.A. He is the first American drummer to have obtained a Performance Master's from Berklee College of Music.

​He has studied percussion privately with Jason Marsalis, ​Mark Guiliana, and Matt Wilson.

​Based in Harlem, New York, ​Del grew up in Oklahoma, Virginia, California, Texas, Kansas, and Missouri.

​He is a feminist, vegan, minimalist, and lives a zero-waste lifestyle.