For a while, Toronto's The Foggy Hogtown Boys may have been a well kept secret, but apparently there have been some leaks. Over the last five years, an ever-widening audience has been raving about the band! With four critically acclaimed CDs and tours from coast to coast, the Toronto-based Foggy Hogtown Boys have established themselves as one of the most exciting bluegrass bands in the country.
The Buffalo Gals, fronted by Maryland native, Kate Lissauer is fast becoming the UK's favourite old-time country string band. Firmly rooted in traditional American music, with an authentic sound driven by fiddle, banjo, percussive step dance, and great harmonies, they produce an irresistible sound packed with all the excitement, passion and fun of Appalachia.
'Won't You Come Out Tonight' is The Buffalo Gals' first release and is a fantastic demonstration of the band's charm and skill. "a marvelous album... easily capable of creating new fans for old time country music" Bath Chronicle
Massachusetts-based musician, Pamela Wyn Shannon's inventive and intricate guitar work has been described as "a tiny chamber orchestra working in unison at the end of her hands." She has walked with the legends of British and Irish folk music, garnering respect and admiration wherever she goes. The songs on her new CD, COURTING AUTUMN, have an elliptical quality which creates its own timeframe, rules, and kingdoms, reminiscent of that magic found in UK '60s psyche-folk artifacts.
Dyonisis are a female fronted ethereal rock band from Sheffield, England. Dyonisis' current incarnation started of life in 2005. Nel and Tom had been writing songs together for a few years before drafting in Marcus on bass. Lou completed the line up and Dyonisis set about recording the debut album, Dyonisis, released in 2007. December 2008 saw the release of the limited edition Blue Shift e.p.
Half Light is an alternative, dream pop and space rock band based in Seattle. The ethereal, angelic, intimate and dreamy voice of Dayna Loeffler (vocals, guitar, keys) is perfect for a melancholic trip. Musicians are Jason Merculief (drums and percussion), Bill Patton (guitar, pedal steel, keys, backing vocals) and Matt Rosoff (bass). Their music is somewhat like Mojave 3, Cowboy Junkies, Portishead or Mazzy Star.
http://www.thunderbridgebluegrass.com/ The Thunderbridge Bluegrass Boys came together in the Spring of 2005, following Brian and Martin's request to Nick (a songwriting acquaintance from the local circuit) to write a bluegrass song with a view to performing it somewhere someday to someone. The first song Nick wrote specifically for the band (How Much) I'm Needing You was thrashed out in the Schofield brothers' small recording studio at Tonedale Mill.
Big Black Delta is Jonathan Bates' (Mellowdrone) "new musical endeavor" which aims to release new free music every few weeks. The bands first release "BBDEP1" was released for free download on August 16, 2010. The followup lp, "BBDLP1", was released on September 26th, 2011, available for free download for the first week and also offering a variety of special merch packages.
Agnès Milewski (born July 30, 1983 in Knurów, Poland) is an Austrian singer-songwriter who writes and sings in English with an endearing German accent. She moved from Poland to Austria with her parents at the age of four, and studied piano and classical guitar as a child. Agnès cites Joni Mitchell, Tori Amos, Kate Bush, Björk and Jorane as influences. Her lyrics are intelligent and poetic, her melodies progressive yet accessible. Her self-released debut EP, Chasing the Wind is in limited supply, sold only by Agnès at her live performances or through her website to European residents.
Biography: Beneath The Oak started as a jam between Paul Wale and a couple of friends from an old Black Sabbath influenced rock band at the begining of 2007. They played their first gig at the Black Swan in York. Since then Beneath the Oak has played many gigs and has seen a few different incarnations! Now Paul has teamed up with singer-songwriter Aimie J Ryan, and very recently bassist Mark Waters to form the current line up.