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Franka De Mille - A Road to Redemption... Franka De Mille is a London singer, songwriter and composer. Her debut album ‘Bridge The Roads’ has already received critical acclaim and extensive airplay all over the world. Emotionally raw, truly original and with sophisticated arrangements Franka De Mille’s music has an elegant blend of Americana, Chamber music and Alternative folk. Franka’s focus on strong melodies really underline the powerful emotional charge of her unique voice and deeply personal lyrics.

From the glowing embers of three of Bristol's finest bands of recent years, Ieuan (ex You and The Atom Bomb), Hector (ex The Playwrights) and Dan (ex RV Cartel) are Bravo Brave Bats, a three-piece indie rock band taking the Bristol music scene by storm. In a whirlwind few months of recording, writing and gigging, this band have exploded onto the Bristol music scene, building a mountainous reputation for effervescent live performances and becoming the name on everyone's lips as the most exciting new band in the city.

Quickbeam are named after a type of tree (the Rowan family, green-geeks), a tree that apparently has positive influence over the negative and is sacred to those who worship it (in mythological language anyway). It seems a fitting moniker for this duo, Monika and Drew, from Glasgow and Aberdeen. They have performed at Glasgow

Monitor Sound, based in London, UK, was formed in 2004. An acoustic sound dominates the music, bringing rich melody and harmony to the soft and hard phrases of the music. Monitor Sound has since undergone many changes in the line-up. The band has always been fronted by and played material written by Chris Matthews (guitar and vocals) and Matthew Edkins (piano and bass), whilst original members included James O'Leary (drums) and Matthew Fowkes (lead guitar).