Reid Coker (Translator/Composer) is a songwriter, musician and actor from Chicago. He has fronted both The Judy Green and Wilshire and co-founded with Kennedy Greenrod, Billy Blake & the Vagabonds, a group brought together by the Poetry Foundation to create songs based on the works of William Blake. Reid has played, recorded and toured with other bands such as Fruit Bats, Califone, Tijuana Hercules, The Bitter Tears and Roommate. He currently plays as a solo artist and with group The Pillowhammer. As an actor he has most recently performed in several productions at The Artistic Home and appeared in the film “All My Friends Are Funeral Singers”, an Official Selection of The Sundance Film Festival in 2010. He has written and recorded soundtrack music for the short films “Head”, “Chinese Box” and “Crows”.