A native and resident of Lake Worth Beach, Florida, journalist and musician Bill Meredith's first high-profile feature stories were for Modern Drummer and AllMusic.com in the mid-1990s. In 1998, he joined renowned South Florida original band InHouse (opening for Ani DiFranco, Sarah McLachlan, Queen Latifah and Bonnie Raitt); in 1999, Meredith toured the North American Collegiate Association (NACA) circuit as a percussionist/vocalist with singer/songwriter Fran Snyder, with whom he opened for Don Henley, Edwin McCain, and Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland.

Meredith started a still-standing association with the international jazz monthly JAZZIZ in 2000, working as an assistant editor from 2004 to 2006. In 2001, he was hired for a bi-weekly "Local Music" column in the Palm Beach Post, which ran through 2015. He’s also been drummer for Big Brass Bed, a Bob Dylan tribute band led by former Greenwich Village folk star Rod MacDonald, since 2002, appearing on the group’s A Few Dylan Songs, Dylan Jam + 2 and Big Tent CDs. Some of his other recording credits include releases by MacDonald, Jason Colannino, and Black Finger.

 

Interview and feature story subjects cross over from every popular music to jazz subgenre, from Derek Trucks, Ann Wilson, Warren Haynes, Chris Robinson, Bela Fleck and Bill Bruford to Chick Corea, Branford Marsalis, Allan Holdsworth, Diana Krall, Christian McBride and Arturo Sandoval.

In 2006, Meredith opened for B.B. King during a tour with blues band The Hellhounds. Also in the mid-2000s, Meredith became a key feature story and reviews contributor to Maryland-based jazz magazine JazzTimes; started writing sports for the Palm Beach Post, and music for the Palm Beach Arts Paper, an online blog and monthly print publication.

Newer writing endeavors include features for the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County's Art & Culture magazine and for Florida Weekly magazine starting in 2016; recent musical pursuits include starting on the ground floor of a new 2013 funk act called Sub Groove, which released two CDs. In 2016, Meredith joined forces with roots-rockers The Cravens, who released their debut CD On the Line in 2018 and the sophomore effort The Dark Side of Love in 2019. Cravenology followed in 2021; Live From the Funky Biscuit in 2022.

 

In 2020, Meredith broke into public relations via work for a new guitar and bass pick company. Connecticut-based Acoustik Attak. Its Attak Piks feature unique, scientific designs including raised ridges, nodules and other patterns, differentiating them from standard flat picks. In 2022, he started writing news, sports and entertainment stories for the South Florida online publication Palms West Journal. And in 2023, he recorded drums and percussion for the debut Rise Again release by rootsy pop-rock band the Smokeboss Militia.