Funk band Turkuaz has made great strides over the past decade performing across the United States to large crowds and festival. Today on social media, founding members of the group including Craig Brodhead, Chris Brouwers, Michael Carubba, Shira Elias, Sammi Garett, Greg Sanderson, Josh Schwartz and Zach Fichter have decided to part ways. The group released a message stating:

Dear Fans, Family and friends,

We have made the difficult decision to  step away from Turkuaz. We have spend the last several years traveling the world together with the intention of spreading love and joy through music. During that time we have grown together as a family and we’ve learned how to love and support each other through both the best and worst of times.

We stand unified and in full support of one another to end our involvement with Turkuaz. We are eternally grateful to have had the opportunity to perform for all of you, and even more grateful to have become close friends with so many of you along the way.

We thank you for respecting our privacy in this matter, and for your continued support. We are very excited to share the many different projects that we’ve all been working on – there are some truly amazing things to come.

We love you and thank you all from the bottom of our hearts.

Sincerely,

Craig Brodhead
Chris Brouwers
Michael Carubba
Shira Elias
Sammi Garett
Greg Sanderson
Josh Schwartz
Zach Fichter