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and the Nocturnals  Grace Potter and the Nocturnals is an American rock band from Waitsfield, Vermont. The group's lead vocalist is multi-instrumentalist Grace Potter, who attended St. Lawrence University for two years before pursuing music professionally. She plays Hammond B3, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer Electric Piano and electric and acoustic guitars. The other members of the band are Scott Tournet, on guitars (including slide guitar) and harmonica, drummer Matthew Burr, Catherine Popper on bass guitar and vocals, and Benny Yurco on electric and vocals. Bryan Dondero played bass guitar, upright bass, and mandolin with the group until his departure in early 2009. The sound of the Leslie speaker gives this group another dimension when tied to Graces' finger licks on the Hammond organ. Potter contributed again to One Tree Hill in the show's eighth season. Various artists covered Gavin DeGraw's hit song I Don't Want to Be to be played over the show's opening credits. Potter contributed her cover for the eighth episode of the season, Mouthful of Diamonds. Potter sang on the track “You and Tequila,” on the September, 2010, album Hemingway's Whiskey by country music singer Kenny Chesney. Chesney joined the Nocturnals when they opened on October 30 for The Avett Brothers at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Megan Dettrey
 Megan started working with South Jersey voice coach and producer Steve Childs in 2006. She began recording in 2009 and around this time Steve introduced her to Apollyon Records where she was quickly signed to a recording contract. Her debut EP, Big Puzzled World, showcases her skills as a vocalist and songwriter. Of the seven songs on the cd, Megan wrote two by herself (Thinking Of You and Invisible In Your Eyes). The other songs were co-written with singer/songwriter Cody Smith. Apollyon Records is proud to announce the release of Big Puzzled World, the debut EP from teenage singer/songwriter Megan Dettrey. The official release date is April 15, 2011. The seven songs on the EP highlight Megan's exceptional vocal ability, along with her songwriting skills. Megan wrote two songs by herself (Thinking Of You and Invisible In Your Eyes). The other songs were co-written with singer/songwriter Cody Smith and Megan contributed the melodies and most of the lyrics. Her influences include Taylor Swift, Demi Lovato, Sara Bareilles, and Colbie Callait. She especially admires the songwriting ability of some of these artists and attempts to emulate them in her songwriting. Simon Fagan
 His debut album, "Outside Looking In" manages to capture the emotion of Simon's live set, combined with compelling harmonies and intricate arrangements. It includes live favourites "Damn Honey" and "Water's Edge"; and the International Songwriting Competition winning gem "Never Really Cried". "Outside Looking In" sees a change in direction from Simon's debut EP "Hired And Fired", moving away from brass heavy arrangements and focusing more on acoustic-based rock, with elements of gospel and folk to give it a big Americana feel. Co-produced by Fagan and Martin Quinn (Juliet Turner/Ham Sandwich) the album carries lush string arrangements and features the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. The UK not being exotic enough for this young Meath man, he decided to take his band on a tour of Egypt, where he witnessed first hand the corruption and hypocrisy that stifles this once great African nation. While performing sold out shows in Sharm El Sheik, Dahab and Cairo, Fagan visited Bedouin tribes, travelled through deserts and got a locals view of Cairo. Whilst performing at the famous Cairo Jazz Club, he was invited onto both Nile TV (10m viewers) and Nile FM. On his return from Egypt, Simon put his focus on writing and recording his debut album., "Outside Looking In" and named RTE Album of the Week. Since it's release Simon has toured heavily throughout Ireland, including; two headline shows in Cork for Arthur's Day (Old Oak & Pavilion); supports to The Saw Doctors, Ocean Colour Scene and Jerry Fish; and toured in the UK, US and Canada. Craig Pilo  In October of 2005, Craig joined "Rock N Roll Hall-of-Fame" singer Frankie Valli for his touring band. Two years later, in 2007, Craig continued touring with Frankie Valli and was also able to tour with Edgar Winter, and Player. In April of 2007 Craig released a solo CD Just Play on Rue De La Harpe Records and it won Craig Jazz Artist of the Year at the Los Angeles Independent Music Awards. In November of 2008, Craig played on and produced Expressionism for the Slow Club Quartet. The CD recieved glowing reviews and attained a global audience. Currently Craig continues touring with Frankie Valli, composing music, recording drums for various projects, and working on putting together a touring band for his recent solo CD Unsupervised (March 2011). For the most up-to-date information, stop by Craig’s Schedule Page and News Page. Day Old Funk  Groove 55  Groove 55 presents its new release "En Route", an uptempo smooth jazz album, foot-tapping, rhythm blended & steeped in rich harmonic original melodies! Collectively, the four band members bring decades of music experience to the project having worked with Oliver Jones, Gregory Charles, & Zachary Richard to name but a few. So it seems almost fitting that they would come together as a unified collective to share in their many years of creative experience and knowledge to create "En Route". The Groove:55 members, all very talented esteemed musicians, are Yves Adam (alto, tenor & soprano sax) a graduate of McGill’s music in jazz performance as well as teaching saxophone at The Montreal International Jazz festival Blues Camp; Jacques Mignault (Rhodes, piano, clavinet, synths)studied alongside Art Roberts at Montreal’s Concordia University, he would later go on to win the inaugural grand prize of the Roland Synthesizer music contest among hundreds of entrants spanning over 22 countries that was judged by the late great Oscar Peterson; Yves Nadeau (bass) is a veteran of the Montreal Jazz scene, having played hundreds of shows on stages all over Quebec with his bands Solstice & Espresso. Rounding out the Montreal quartet is Jacques Gagne (drums) he himself well known and ensconced early on with some of the biggest TV shows in Quebec and on the touring scene. Together they make up Groove:55, a number that has the remarkable property of being the 10th number of the Fibonacci suite and is the sum of the numbers 1 to 10... The most important part is its groove and this band has it in spades with their new release "EnRoute"! Alexander Boynton  For his debut album Doo Bee Doo Bop (2010) Alexander invited top-notch musicians of the smooth jazz scene like Jeff Lorber (keyboards), Tony Maiden (guitar), Tony Moore (drums), Rick Braun (trumpet), Paul Jackson, Jr. (guitar), Lenny Castro (percussion), Phil Perry and Chelsea Nicole (vocals), and many more. Jeff Lorber produced, engineered and mixed the complete album. With Beyond The Gate Alexander Boynton swears us to his fantastic world of music. Miguelito Valdez mesmerizes with his muted trumpet, while Jeff Lorber sets his statement on piano. The Latin jazz flavor is delivered by percussion legend Lenny Castro. A mysterious piece in the style of Eric Burden's War. Anthony Charman  Solo artist Anthony Charman is a Pop/Rock musician. After playing in a band and performing at such venues as 'The Cavern Club' in Liverpool and 'The Troubador' in London, Anthony decided to go it alone. And, with a year spent writing and recording, would end up with 'Menace to Society.' A classically English sounding Pop/Rock album with hints of a sixties influence. "The album written by Anthony Charman is a masterpiece for those listeners who want to hear a kind of fusion between Mark Bowlan, Bob Dylan and very early Van Morrison. It's highly creative and goes against the grain of much of the music you'll hear in the charts. Confidently executed with bags of feeling. It's probably realistic to think you are either going to love this music or hate it but it is undeniably original and recorded in a manner that lends itself well to the style of music. The full tracks listing is given below with the highlights of the album being 'Should've known better' and 'Bernie and Junie's summer love' with perhaps the weakest song being 'Sweet Emily', I am sure the young lady it was written for would still be delighted to have her name thrown in with the rest of the tunes on the album. Pretty much every track on the album has something to offer."- Mark Hussey - Founder and director of TopoftheOx and Session guitarist. Eddie Carrigan  Eddie Carrigan is an Internationally recognized singer/songwriter, born in Scotland, grew up in North West England. Naturally, being from the UK, his music has a European influence at its roots. Diversity is the key and Eddie's repertoire can include anything from heartfelt ballads to hook driven up tempo tunes. His music can be heard anywhere from Argentina to Australia, Sweden to the UK, USA to Germany, and the list goes on. His versatility as a writer has seen him involved in everything from movie soundtrack work in Los Angeles to composing songs for Nashville. But his first love is writing his own material. His music is released under the independent label Moon Ghost Music, in South Western Ontario Canada, the place he now calls home. |
Park Place  The "STEPS" Project is now beginning its out reach program of Recovery thru Internet, Radio, Television and Print Media. Once you listen and view this project we hope that your station will recognize its uniqueness and that you will come on board and partnership with us. Up to eighty percent of every dollar goes into our scholarship fund. We want to reach out to those young gifted people who are talented but may not get a chance to maximize their innate gifts unless we reach out and help them. We are talking about those young people who may have had a ruff start but have begun to turn their lives around. If it wasn’t for the help our record producer received as a young person from people who were strangers there would be no "STEPS" CD. Also, with airplay and support from folks like you, the Steps Project will be able to reach people who are currently experiencing an addiction crisis and who could benefit greatly from hearing the message of this music. Using the international language of song, we hope to be able to help people all over the world get serious about their recovery. The bottom line is whether this CD is worthy to draw on people’s deeper emotions and that of course will be for people in positions like you to determine. Franco Marino
 During his career he collaborated with great artists such as Mauro Malavasi, Andrea Bocelli, Lucio Dalla, Tony Esposito. He began his artistic career as a singer in the group of Tony Esposito, participating in many tours in Italy and abroad (1990-1997), also related to important TV events: Rai Cantagiro, May 1th Rai Concert, 30th Television Directing Rai Award, Columbus Games, World Cup USA 1994. His artistic career as author of lyrics and music begins with the latter two media events by writing the theme songs for two important Rai TV broadcasts related to them. He writes several songs in the album "Tropic" by Tony Esposito (1997), in which collaborated also Gino Paoli and Joe Amoruso; collaborates in writing a lyric in the album "Hello" by Lucio Dalla (1999); writes a song for Andrea Bocelli in collaboration with Mauro Malavasi titled "Domani", published first in the album "Andrea" (2004 ©Sugar Srl, Almud, Double Marpet - UK version) and in the two single cd versions "Dell'Amore Non Si Sa" and "Un nuovo giorno" (2004 ©Sugar Srl, Almud, Double Marpet - distributed worldwide), then on "Vivere Live in Tuscany", compilation of the great tenor (2008 ©Sugar Srl, Almud, Double Marpet - distributed worldwide). Luke Smith and the Feelings  Since leaving school as soon as he could in 1994, Luke has spent most evenings playing piano in Canterbury's pubs and bars, and the rest of his time writing his own songs; genre-busting gems, instantly recognizable through their sharp glimpses of everyday life and relationships. Some famous fans of Luke's music include Belle & Sebastian front-man Stuart Murdoch, Red Hot Chilli Peppers' guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, 60's psychedelic godfather Arthur Brown, and New York Antifolk pioneers Lach and Thomas Truax. Luke has released seven CDs of his songs, and appeared many times on the radio (BBC 6 Music, BBC Radio London, BBC Radio Kent, Virgin Radio). Luke Smith & The Feelings are currently playing a weekly residency in Canterbury's 600 year old pub the Cherry Tree, which is popular with college students, and therefore suits Luke, as he still can't accept being slightly over thirty. The band are now working on their eighth CD. Rosa Diaz  Rosa Diaz was born in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. She moved to the United States with her family as a child and currently resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her first collection of songs was released in September of 2010 under the name Lullabies for Those At War. Although the songs in this collection may seem to gravitate towards more melancholy topics, songwriting for Diaz has become an exercise in purging herself of the pain of life by not being afraid to visit darker topics in hopes of finding solace and a sort of redemptive quality in even the ugliest of circumstances. "Lullaby for a Suicide Bomber," for example, is a song she penned after watching a public television special on the recruitment of children by Jihadists in Pakistan. She is currently working on a second release,Whim, which will focus more on the absurd and feature more lighthearted, folk-oriented material and some songs in her native Spanish. David White Jazz Orchestra  The members of the orchestra come from diverse backgrounds and each individual adds something unique to the tapestry of the whole. Although we take a deep bow to the traditions passed down by our elders, our music is progressive and this is most decidedly not your grandfather’s big band. This orchestra is dedicated to exploring the answers to three questions: · What if jazz orchestrations could be as rich and as colorful as those found in symphonic and contemporary classical music? · What would happen if each member of an orchestra were given the freedom to improvise and to tell his or her own story through the music? · What would it sound like if a jazz orchestra broke away from the traditional formats and structures and opened the music up to more and more possibilities? The resulting music is deeply personal, refreshingly original, exciting to listen to and quite beautiful. We invite you to come explore with us. Fallon Cush  Fallon Cush Self titled “debut”album. Steve Smith with a band featuring members of bands such as Lemonheads, Eva Trout, Orange Humble Band, Catherine Wheel (Australia), the Honeys, Josh Pyke. Steve Smith – vocals, guitar Bill Gibson – bass, vocals Matt Galvin – guitar Scott Aplin – keys Josh Schuberth – drums Bert Thomson - drums Power of Pop says "Fallon Cush totally lives up to the ambitious expectations it sets itself. Many times over." Something Else! Reviews says "Fallon Cush sounds like an exceptional group that is just getting started." Jim Testa says" There are some classic hooks and memorable licks here which fans of both 80's power-pop and modern-day indie-rock will savor." Keith Muzikman Hannaleck says "Fallon Cush is a seamlessly polished sound that anyone with the ability to hear will likely dub a great record."  The absolute angst of the opening track, "What You Do to Me," sums up her approach: get real about the pain but remain sure there is relief in sight. She delivers her vision with a voice that is soft, reflective and wise. Her vocal choices tend toward the surprising in places, such as in the title track, "I Am Your Guitar," where she chooses to soften her voice where other singers would have belted. This kind of reflection and conscious choice is evident throughout her recordings.  All the Seals lying at the Cove read
Music Arts Monthly They say.."It's Slick!" Leila  Leila pronounced (Lay-la) is a multi talented, multilingual artist/songwriter that bridges many different cultures. A truly international artist, she was born in Argentina to Spanish parents, grew up in Barcelona and Valencia Spain. She later moved to Canada and now resides in the United States. Embracing Soul, Smooth Jazz, R&B and Latin "World" rhythms, Leila's sound is a soulful combination of passion, percolating grooves, warm, sensual vocals and romantic flamenco guitar. Her debut "Of Life" resulted in a huge worldwide fan base and topped several music charts with songs crossing many genres and charting simultaeneously, including several top 10 songs in the genres of Soul, R&B, Latin, Adult Contemporary and reaching the #16 spot on MP3.Com’s Top 40, well above 400,000 songs and artists.  Place your ad here!
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