Charles Stokes Urmston, better known as Chadwick Stokes, is a Boston-based singer/songwriter who found success in the late '90s and 2000s as the singer and guitarist for the groups Dispatch and State Radio. Stokes made his first solo effort in 2009 with Live at the Brattle Theater. Upon signing with Nettwerk Records, he made his solo studio debut in 2011 with Simmerkane II, though he continued to record and tour with both State Radio and Dispatch, who reunited briefly in 2007 and then again in 2011. Following a series of intimate living-room concerts, Stokes worked with producer Sam Beam (Iron & Wine) to record his second solo album, 2015's The Horse Comanche, for Ruff Shod Records. ~ Timothy Monger