The Railway Trio
The Railway Trio at night under warm café lights: Gop Intarachot, Luke Robertson holding a red electric guitar, and Hoai Nguyen with his upright bass.

Guitar · upright bass · drums · Stratford, Ontario

The Railway Trio

Standards from the Great American Songbook, played live. Bebop to bossa nova to ballads to blues; swinging to funky, hip hop, or metal, it's all good.

Watch us play Where to find us

Since spring 2024

It started by the tracks.

In the spring of 2024 three musicians met for a jam by the old railway tracks in Stratford, Ontario. The tunes were the ones everyone knew, and by the end of the afternoon the three of them had a name and an upcoming gig. They have been rolling since.

The Railway Trio plays the standards: the Great American Songbook and the jazz canon around it, from Ellington to Jobim to Monk. The melodies are the ones you know, and the improvisation is new each night.

You will find them often at the Starlight cocktail bar and restaurant, or downstairs at the speakeasy, though they turn up elsewhere too, and now and then a guest musician sits in.

The trio mid-set in the corner of the Starlight: Gop at the drums, Luke on guitar, Hoai on upright bass, a music stand and a red rug in the foreground.
Mid-set at the Starlight.

The trio

Three players, one conversation.

Live

Clips of the band.

Phone footage, unmixed, just like you were there

Early days at the Starlight13 s · the corner by the entryway
Stratford Live, 202524 s · at the bandshell
The three of them under the painted Starlight sign: Gop, Luke with the red guitar, Hoai with the upright.
Under the sign@ The Starlight

Find us

Here and there, sometimes elsewhere.

  • The Starlight

    Cocktail bar and restaurant, Stratford. Often the last Sunday of the month, but check their schedule.

  • The speakeasy

    Shh. Downstairs. Ask someone who knows.

  • Elsewhere

    Private events, patios, festivals, the odd surprise. Guest musicians sit in from time to time.