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Kristin Hoffmann • Edie Carey • Amy Campbell • Brooke Miller • Tony Denikos • Jory Nash • Robin Stone • Joe Rohan • GrooveLily • Rachel Gaudry • Aengus Finnan • Joel Plaskett Emergency • Mark McKay • Rose Cousins
Kristin Hoffmann’s music is at once spiritual, romantic, dreamy and defiant. She delivers her songs with a power and grace that creates a deep connection with her loyal fans. In 2002, Kristin co-produced, engineered and self-released her own full-length album of original material, “Divided Heart.” To date “Divided Heart” has sold over 2,000 copies to fans at shows and through CD Baby. It has also garnered critical acclaim from the independent music press and two of its songs, “Mary” and “Lay Down Your Light,” were featured on the television program “Dawson’s Creek. booking: Steve Krupa - Miles High Artists (212) 242-6155
An undeniable skill for carving everyday images in startling detail, an engaging stage presence, and an almost unearthly voice have earned Edie Carey performances at the Olympic Games, on Ed McMahon's "Next Big Star"("Star Search"), and coveted finalist positions in the 2004 Telluride Troubadour and 2003 and 2004 Rocky Mountain Folks Fest competitions. Carey's songs have been featured on the WB's "Charmed" and MTV's "Road Rules," and Performing Songwriter, Paste, Harp, and Country Music Weekly magazines have all applauded her latest effort, “When I Was Made”, a finalist for Album of the Year in the 2003 Independent Music Awards. booking: Elizabeth Cromer, 617.308.6984, info@secmanagement.com
Defiant and vulnerable, Amy Campbell brings together her classical training and folk sensibilities to create music that reaches into human experience and comes back with stories written from the soul. Her voice strong and conversational, her lyrics allow listeners to relive their own losses through the cushion of distance. After years with a band, she has released her debut solo ep Architecture: Live At The Opera House through her own label BattleAxe Folk. Compelling and raw live performances, songs 95% guaranteed to break your heart; she has fit nicely onto stages with Bruce Cockburn, Jann Arden, and Emm Gryner. booking: booking@battleaxefolk.com / (902) 488-8979
Brooke Miller's alluring strong, gauzy vocals are the perfect accompaniment to her matured finger picking styles and tuning patterns. Her sound is reflective of influences such as Don Ross, Bruce Cockburn and Ricki-Lee Jones. Her independence from these folk, jazz and blues favorites is undoubtedly a result of her youth and upbringing in a musical environment on Prince Edward Island. While only 22, her listening audience is awestruck by the soul Brooke inserts into her first CD, ‘Lending an Hourglass'. Lyrically, Brooke's writing takes on storytelling with a sophisticated, well etched and generally upbeat acoustic driven sound. booking: Brooke Miller Music, RR1 Crapaud PEI C0A 1J0. info@brookemiller.ca. 902-658-2655
The upbeat and engaging americana sounds of Tony Denikos will leave you smiling as though you've been let in on something special and real. Tony released "Time Tells Tales" in October of 2003. The album covers a wide range of “rootsy style-ings” that lead us to examine who we are and what we believe. As the Washington Post's ‘ Maria Villafana’ aptly puts it... “Tony Denikos’ music is for the head and heart...he is a tunesmith in the very best sense of the word!” booking: tony@tonyde.com, or call 301-873-9932
Jory Nash is a Canadian singer songwriter who blends elements of traditional folk, jazz, pop and blues into an original stew of sound. He has recorded three CDs of original music. He plays acoustic guitar, banjo and piano and has a warm, inviting singing voice. He is a past winner of the OCFF's prestigious Songs From The Heart songwriting award and his music has been featured on TV and radio, especially on various CBC programs nationwide. He continuously tours across North America, playing folk clubs, house concerts, soft seat theatres and folk festivals, building a large and fiercely loyal fanbase. He also has a hat collection that numbers in the hundreds. booking: jory@jorynash.com
No joke, this girl rocks... As a native Clevelander, Stone has grown in her grassroots following from grabbing singer/songwriter, to an explosive full band, to record label owner, to producer. She tours the country non-stop. With her first release, My Heart, she made her mark and has her sophomore release, RushMore catching the media. Stone’s campaign has made waves across over 1,000 national and international radio stations, charting along the way. She mixes doses of neo-soul, funk and jazz in her acoustic groove of guitar, bass, drums, percussion, and cello with a touch of horns. It’s the energy of Dave Matthews delivered with the elegance of Natalie Cole, the pulse of Erikah Badu with the eloquence of Joni Mitchell. She will grab you with her intelligent music and her incredibly crisp and unique voice, versatile and true. booking: She Loves You Records 440.248.5097 PO Box 39056 Cleveland, OH 44139
Since the release of his debut CD Walk Along last summer, Joe Rohan has developed a large audience and following that starts in northeast Ohio and reaches as far south as the Gulf Coast. He has opened for artists like James Taylor (August 2003), performed as a featured artist and entertained live, radio and television audiences from throughout the United States. Walk Along draws from Rohan’s funk, rock and jazz drumming roots, and stands tall by itself as a pop/rock Americana record with infectious grooves, soulful melodies, twangy guitars and heartfelt storytelling. With a smooth yet at times gritty blues voice, Rohan shows his versatility by balancing fiery rock songs with tender ballads. booking: Mike Farley 615-885-3652 or mike@michaeljmedia.com
Imagine a drag race: in one car, Madonna, Dennis Miller, Sting and Randy Newman. In the other, Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Hornsby and Steely Dan. GrooveLily is the music playing on both radios: smart pop with electric violin, keyboards and drums. The band is touring constantly; they've played the main festival stages at Kerrville, Philadelphia, Ottawa and many others. Their music has been on: All My Children (ABC), The Young and the Restless (CBS), World Cafe (NPR) and Pure Oxygen (Oxygen). Most recently, Valerie (a former Army lieutenant) and the band were featured in the Today's Military print and TV campaign. booking: booking@groovelily.com , 212-696-7992
Following a varied musical background in jazz, classical piano, songwriting and performance, Rachel Gaudry released her debut album 'Leaving Traces' in 2001. Produced by Zappa drummer Chad Wackerman, the album proved to be a confident debut "spinning poetic ballads with quirky choruses" (Rolling Stone), taking the talented Australian singer-songwriter-pianist on several North American tours and subsequent signing to US label Virt Records. Her second full-length album ‘Bright Window’ was released in 2003 and features some of Australia's most remarkable musicians. With a keenly observing eye, Rachel's expressive songs beautifully sew together "dreamy combinations of words and music" (Sydney Morning Herald). booking: teacupmusic@yahoo.com.au
Aengus Finnan is a Canadian troubadour whose story-style songs paint dramatic pictures of real people and familiar places. Collected and written at truck-stops, graveyards, orchards, nursing homes, derelict barns, old railway lines, and a lover’s door, they reveal the gripping and tender observations of a young artist. Aengus was a recent winner or the New Folk Songwriters Award from the prestigious Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas and is the Artistic Director of the Shelter Valley Folk Festival.
Truthfully Truthfully is exactly what we wanted from Joel Plaskett (formerly of Thrush Hermit). It kicks ass. This new offering (produced by Joel and fellow ex Thrush Hermit, Ian Mcgettigan, at Halifax's Sonic Temple Studio) is a rock fan's dream and will capture the imagination of anyone with a healthy respect for the music that's been at the forefront of global popular culture for the better part of the last 50 years. booking: SLFeldman & Associates. kemp@slfa.com/416.598.0067
Mark McKay, who hails from the Washington DC area, proliferates beautiful and rugged songs in the tradition of rootsy rock n roll. McKay couples this style with lyrics that are philosophical, romantic, and political; The Village Voice calls Mark's music "Literate and understated, subtle and charged" while Paste Magazine claims "Lyrically, McKay is most effective where he trusts his instincts and ventures into the abstract." It is this unique blend of meat and potatoes rock and roll production and heady, pointed, probing, lyrical imagery that makes McKay's albums, (his forthcoming release, Shimmer, was produced by Eric Roscoe Ambel) so memorable. booking: Bacchus Artist Management 117 B S. Shenandoah Ave Front Royal, VA 22630540) 622-6990. mclarke@thelink.net
A native of PEI, Rose Cousins now resides in Halifax, NS, a member of its eclectic music scene. During her live peformance she takes her audience in with evocative story telling and an infectious sense of humour. Influenced by the likes of Shawn Colvin and Patty Griffin, Rose gets to the heart of the matter & emotion with her songwriting. booking: rose@rosecousins.com
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