SJ Esau makes wiggly pop songs and lives in Bristol, UK. He has released two albums on Anticon Records (Wrong Faced Cat Feed Collapse in 2007 and Small Vessel in 2008) and various other recordings including two colections of remixes and cover versions of SJ Esau songs by various artists (Stop Touching My Cat and More Touching) on his own Enormous Corpse label and elsewhere.
Rapunzel & Sedayne (also known as Venereum Arvum) are an English husband & wife duo that sing and folk songs. Rapunzel is Rachel McCarron, who sings and plays the 5-string banjo, the lap-top harmonium, the mountain dulcimer and the guitar. Sedayne is Sean Breadin who also sings and plays the kemence, the violin, crwth, citera, shruti box, jew's harps, and the flute.
According to Classic Rock Magazine (issue 122), Manning is the project of Guy Manning, who was also a member of The Tangent.
After walking away from huge hype and a major label deal in 1999, disappearing completely, UK's Merz (Conrad Lambert to his mum) returned in 2005 with his 2nd album, the critically lauded, Loveheart (released by UK indie Gronland Records). His third album, Moi et Mon Camion (released by Gronland in March 2008), produced the same kind of acclaim from all corners with its mixture of beautiful balladeering, heartfelt tunes, intricate production and a display of Merz
Singer/songwriter and flautist Samantha Whates was born in Bridgnorth and spent her formative years in Saudi Arabia, UAE, and various towns and cities in the UK. She is now based in London where she is a regular on the singer/songwriter circuit, performing at many of the capital’s top venues, including The Electroacoustic Club, Cargo and the Strongroom Bar. Recently, her demo recordings for NSR have been receiving radio airplay, most notably on ‘New Ground’ for KCRW radio, Southern California’s premier independent station.
Loss Leader is a one-man project from Glasgow revolving around live guitar and vocals to doomy-electro laptop/live drums. Full self-titled album released on Predestination Records.
Over the past three albums and five years, Toronto’s Celtic rock band Enter The Haggis has found itself at the center of a grassroots success story ever teetering on the brink of mainstream success. From playing Celtic festivals to headlining them, and from the festival circuit to selling out multiple nights in rock venues, ETH has blazed a path with heavy and almost constant touring up and down the East Coast, to Canada, the West Coast and back again, winning over success one fan, one town, one region at a time.
Maria Muldaur (born Maria Grazia Rosa Domenica D'Amato; September 12, 1943 in Greenwich Village, New York) is an American folk-blues singer who was part of the American folk music revival in the early 1960s. She is probably best known for her 1974 hit song "Midnight at the Oasis". She continues to record albums in the folk-blues tradition. Born Maria Garzia Rosa Domenica d'Amato on 12th September 1943 in Greenwich Village, New York, she performed in the early 1960s in Greenwich Village with Bob Dylan, John Sebastian, David Grisman, and Stefan Grossman.
There is more than one folky Mike Harding. One for each hemisphere - that's north and south... and who knows, there could be others. 1. MIKE HARDING - UK-based comedy/folky/broadcaster 1970s/80s/90s folk genre with a comedy bent. These days he is known for his Folk On Two radio programme on BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/r2music/folk/harding
2. Mike Harding - NZ-based folky Velvet voiced singer-songwriter of folk based songs. "Researching, recording, performing and promoting the folk and popular songs of New Zealand."