German born Natascha Leonie is currently based in London, working on her debut album ‘forget humble’, performing whenever the dates fit between the studio sessions and the overbooked diary of her globe-spread band. After a jazzy and classical education, playing in different bands, painting and travelling around the seven seas promoting and managing other class-A bands and artists she finally dived into producing her own material.
Steven Paul "Elliott" Smith (August 6, 1969 – October 21, 2003) was an American songwriter and musician. Smith was born in Omaha, Nebraska, raised primarily in Texas, and resided for a significant portion of his life in Portland, Oregon, where he first gained popularity. His primary instrument was the guitar, but he was also proficient at piano, clarinet, bass, drums and harmonica. Smith had a distinctive vocal style characterized by his "whispery, spiderweb-thin delivery" and use of multi-tracking to create vocal harmonies.
Sarah Coloso (born Sarah Jane Coloso Gillespie on 17th October, 1989) is a singer/songwriter, guitarist and pianist from Dundee, Scotland. She home-recorded her first EP, Streetlights, in 2006. After forming a band she recorded her second EP, Ashes on the Wind, this time at Hastie Retreat Studios in Dundee. Her songs draw inspiration from both her personal life - failed relationships feature strongly - and society at large.
Visit www.arranarctic.com Arran Arctic (a.k.a. Arran Southall) is a D.I.Y. musician and artist who has been independently producing and releasing music for almost two decades. When he’s not recording in his home studio, he’s doodling, knitting and generally being creative in any way possible! Arctic’s musical canon weaves elements together from the folk, pop and electronica genres, featuring a variety of individually layered instruments. Drawing inspiration from artists such as PJ Harvey, Patrick Wolf and Iain Archer, every Arran Arctic release endeavours to offer something fresh.
There is more than one artist with the name 'Odette'. One artist is a female singer songwriter living in London (album is 'Just Me'), another is a Thai artist which records thai pop, and a third artist is a male country rock singer.
The Ember is the beautiful debut album from twenty-something singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Drew Worthley. The London-based musician has for years been immersed in the music scene, having played horn with a couple of jazz/funk bands and engaged in some occasional session work whilst mainly focusing on developing a passionate and distinctive approach to playing the acoustic guitar. For a long while he played guitar and sang backing vocals with the remarkably talented songwriter Rebecca Mayes...
Aaron Shanley is a singer-songwriter from Lisburn, Northern Ireland. He has received notable ongoing support from the BBC, including BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio Ulster. Aaron Shanley won the Katherine Brick Young Songwriter of the Year Award in 2010.[2] Aaron Shanley won the 'Best Male Award' at the Access To Music Awards at Birmingham O2 Academy on December 1 2010 hosted by Edith Bowman. Aaron has toured extensively in the US, UK and Ireland in 2010, including dates supporting Kiernan McMullan and Ben Glover.
Singer/songwriter Derek Archambault is no stranger to the spotlight; he has spent the last 4 years on tour with progressive hardcore/punk band Defeater, and has had a solo project called Alcoa going for even longer. After countless years of keeping Alcoa on the backburner, this project will finally have a debut full-length album see the light of day in 2012.
There are 2 artists with the name Lee Rogers 1 - Lee Rogers was to the Detroit label, D-Town, what Marvin Gaye was to Motown -a singer whose voice was rooted in gospel that rocked alongside soulful, funky dance grooves. Many of his singles are now much sought after by followers of the 'Northern Soul' scene.
- (Lee Rogers - Sock Some Love Power To Me / Boss Love: The United Kingdom Collection / The Hollywood Sessions - Photos 1,2,3)