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Cylinder Preservation and Digitalization Project

Christmas songs from 1900-1914

The recordings are original and sound quality is ok

Cantique de Noël  - Albert Quesnel

Bells of Christmas - Edison Concert Band and chorus.

O Tannenbaum - Nebe-Quartett

The mistletoe bough - British Male Quar[tet, i.e. Carol Singers]

Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht - Steidl-Quartett

Hark! The herald angels sing - Edison Mixed Quartet.

Nollaig Shona

 

A repeat but great songs from podsafe artists

Mindy Smith - Santa Will Find You

Kati Mac - Angels We Have Heard On

IreneB - Can't Wait To See You On Christmas Day

Geoff Smith - Christmas Time Around the World

Daniel Link - Baby Its Cold Outside

Clumsy - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

Caseys - Mrs. Claus's Blues

Candy Butchers - Give Me A Second Chance For Christmas

Alice Leon - REGIFTING for the HOLIDAYS!

Slau - If Everyday Were Christmas

Karmyn Tyler - Ill Be There On Christmas Day

Karmyn Tyler - Silent Night - German & English

Kahuna Kawentzmann - Alle Jahre Wieder

Darrell Smith - Feliz Navidad

Matthew Ebel - Christmas 2004 Live - Walk A Thousand Miles

Devyn Rose - Home for the Holidays

Chris Daniels & the Cool Kings - Cool Yule

Geoff Smith - Some Christmas Huggin and Kissin

Uncle Seth - O Come All Ye Faithful

Ken & Lisa Theriot - Cantiquede Noel

Chance's End - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Allison Crowe - Silent Night

 

Synead Toomey

Mindy Smith

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Ingrid Michaelson - The Way I am

Still a wonderful song

 

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Nollaig Shona

 

Mindy Smith - Santa Will Find You

Kati Mac - Angels We Have Heard On

IreneB - Can't Wait To See You On Christmas Day

Geoff Smith - Christmas Time Around the World

Daniel Link - Baby Its Cold Outside

Clumsy - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

Caseys - Mrs. Claus's Blues

Candy Butchers - Give Me A Second Chance For Christmas

Alice Leon - REGIFTING for the HOLIDAYS!

Slau - If Everyday Were Christmas

Karmyn Tyler - Ill Be There On Christmas Day

Karmyn Tyler - Silent Night - German & English

Kahuna Kawentzmann - Alle Jahre Wieder

Darrell Smith - Feliz Navidad

Matthew Ebel - Christmas 2004 Live - Walk A Thousand Miles

Devyn Rose - Home for the Holidays

Chris Daniels & the Cool Kings - Cool Yule

Geoff Smith - Some Christmas Huggin and Kissin

Uncle Seth - O Come All Ye Faithful

Ken & Lisa Theriot - Cantiquede Noel

Chance's End - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Allison Crowe - Silent Night

 

Artist - Sasha Papernik

NY

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Sasha makes strikingly unique music drawing inspiration from her Russian-American heritage, as well as the distinguished lineages of jazz, folk, country, and pop. Lyrically, her clever and poetic wordplay weaves together nature imagery, a keen understanding of both Russian and American folktales, and themes of love, loss, and solitude. Sasha’s songs span genres and the continental divide. She’s garnered favorable comparisons to Fiona Apple, Regina Spektor, and Neko Case. Her diverse influences include Russian folk music, classical music, Irving Berlin, Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton, and Hank Williams

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Track 1 - Victory

Track 2 - Kiss Me Fast

Track 3 - Tonkaya Ryabina

Artist - Jana Fisher

New York

Bio

The children of ministers are known to fall into two categories: the angels and the troublemakers. Jana Fisher is a good girl everywhere but the piano. "Music is my rebellion," she says. "At least it's better than setting things on fire and getting arrested."

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Track 1 - To Hell with Mediocrity

Track 2 - If I Ever Break Your Heart

Track 3 - 30k

Group - AnaVanA

NY

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Track 1 - Better Time

Track 2 - Face the Day

Track 3 - Taken Away

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AñaVañA (pronounced onya-vonya) is an all original Rock/Reggae band from NYC. 

In an age where the music industry is pushing the same music over and over AnaVanA breaks the mold and goes for something unique: Rock based songs with touches of Reggae and R&B. 

The main songwriters for the group are Ian C. Bouras and Annastasia Victory. They have been voted as top songwriters in multiple competitions, including The Worldwide Windrift Competition and The Worldwide Billboard Songwriting Competition. 

Put together great musicianship, great songs, and an interesting mix if styles, and you've got AnaVanA. 

Some youtube videos to follow.

Wishing You Home - Fiya Holiday Single

Merry Christmas (Means I Love You)

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Lisa Cuthbert from Ireland

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Lisa Cuthbert is an Irish singer-songwriter and pianist whose haunting, ethereal voice and layered harmonies distinguish her work as a dark, brooding mix of eclectic sounds with Celtic flair.



Track 1 - Storm Coming on
Track 2 - Ready to Unfold
Track 3 - My material Girl

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Artist - Lauren Edman

Track 1 - Sweet Girl
Track 2 - This is it

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Bio
As a teenager, Lauren Edman was too shy to practice her singing exercises at home, but she grew up to be a woman with the moxie to perform on Apollo Amateur Night where contestants are routinely booed offstage. Lauren’s seductively spare solo debut It’s Always the Quiet One is a prismatic and intimate self-portrait. It’s a starkly vulnerable album that peeks under the veneer of shyness and examines the inner struggles of someone courageously and coyly grappling with the societal and personal manifestations of being soft-spoken.

Lauren is best known for her singing and songwriting on the track “Afterthoughts” from Sleepthief’s 2006 electronic album The Dawnseeker. At the time, she was a relatively unknown talent with a passion for trip-hop featuring ethereal but strong female vocalists. The Connecticut native moved to New York City around that time with the plan of making an album of her own music, but in the years that followed she struggled to find a balance between producing the music that played in her head and paying the rent. “I wrote a lot of these songs at around 3AM while working night jobs and living in a tiny, dingy bedroom in Queens,” she says. She later joined shoegaze band For Every Story Untold, with whom she currently gigs and records. The dual aesthetic trajectories of these disparate influences—the angelic electronic atmospherics of trip-hop and the earthiness of the shoegaze aesthetic inform It’s Always the Quiet One. The album begins with a minimalistic electronic direction that morphs to an organic and rustic sensibility in its second half.

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Some Christmas Huggin and Kissin Geoff Smith

Cool Yule Chris Daniels & the Kings

All I Want For Christmas Tanya T6

Santa Will Find You Mindy Smith

Please Dont Wish Me A Merry Christmas Mind Map That

Christmas 2004 Live - Walk A Thousand Miles Matthew Ebel

Santa Claus Is Freaking Me Out Lord Weatherby

Hello, Santa Claus Lee Harris and Country Sunshine

Ill Be There On Christmas Day Karmyn Tyler

Let It Snow Hollywood Drunks

If Everyday Were Christmas Slau

Christmas Commercial - Peeper Brand RoboSantas Peeper Radio Theatre

Tom Keiffer of Cinderella - Blue Christmas Monster Ballads Xmas

A Pirate Christmas Tom Smith

REGIFTING for the HOLIDAYS! The Alice Project

The Boogie Kings - Must Be Santa The Lee Harris Christmas Compilations

Santas too Drunk to Drive The Hot Rods

Give Me A Second Chance For Christmas Candy Butcher

Drinking Up Christmas by The Dwarves The Dwarwes/The Plan Nine Rock Show

Christmas Here on Mars Bubble

The Greatest Xmas Song Ever WrittenAmerican Heartbreak

Santa Got a Bailout Eddy Delbridge

Its You Me This ChristmasDeni Bonet

Happy Christmas to all the listeners.

Sorry about the podfade over the last three months.

Best Wishes Brendan

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Artist - Sirsy

Track 1 - By July
Track 2 - Fine
Track 3 - Lie to Me

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FIERY, SULTRY, SOULFUL, INDIE POP THAT ROCKS
SIRSY is fronted by the charismatic Melanie Krahmer... a girl with a "stunning voice capable of a lion's roar & a floaty whisper". Krahmer is also the drummer, playing a full drum kit, STANDING UP, bass (on a keyboard with her drum stick) and the occastional flute solo and melodica solo, too! Sharing the stage is Rich Libutti on everything else. Libutti also plays guitar, piano, and bass (on a keyboard at his feet!).

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Artist - Tessa Drummond

Track 1 - Days Like This
Track 2 - Sold

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Tessa' s music defies convention and sets a standard for commercial music with an eclectic edge. Influences can be drawn from those of Tori Amos, Suzanne Vega and Kate Bush but Tessa's inimitable style and voice is both unique and edgy

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Artist - Kate Martin
Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Track 1 - apples
Track 2 - bones
Track 3 - cloudskater

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Artist - Jenny Dalton

Track 1 - Circles
Track 2 - Colorado Song
Track 3 - Three Lilies

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Jenny Dalton's music is rich with haunting vocals, moody piano, and epic rock ballads. She is influenced by sound-sculptors and lyricists such as Tori Amos, Kate Bush, and Kristin Hersh.

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Track 1 - Meeting The Future At Full Speed
Track 2 - Love & Bandaids
Track 3 - Important

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Meet the future at full speed.

Out here at sea

Bio:

Toronto singer-pianist Karen Kosowski's new album, Meeting The Future At Full Speed, is a bold, sweeping, sophisticated pop recording that comes from a better place than her previous release, the critically acclaimed Out Here At Sea.

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Artist - May McDonough and Co.

Track 1 - Mama, drain the bathtub
Track 2 - Red Tag Nation
Track 3 - Riverside

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Bio:

The stories May McDonough and Company tell in their music elude to some of these whimsical tales, ever vaguely and cryptically hinting at various disasters, deaths, bastard siblings, homeless trials, and somewhat bizarre worlds of self-exploration.

May and Company's arrangements are equally as filled with whimsy and charm. Strung out with rich moods and decked with junkyard percussion, their songs instantly warp you in to a specific time and place where no corner of the room goes unpainted. Whether you're thrown back early century evenings at the birdcage theatre, lusting after a burlesque dancer, or you find yourself stumbling down an alley at midnight having just puked out a bottle of Jameson, when you listen to MMC songs you know exactly where you are, exactly how you feel, and you know they wanted it that way.

Now May plays with her ragtag band of junkyard dogs. Her band wales away at led pipes, trashcans, and overturned bicycles, as she sludges through chords and eases through chest-searing vocals that open even the most tightly crossed arms.”

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Artist - Aryn Michelle

Track 1 - End of Renaissance
Track 2 - Kindness
Track 3 - Nomad

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Aryn Michelle is a do-it-yourself indie pop songstress who has always refused to wait around for her next big break; she makes it happen. As a teenager Aryn taught herself piano and guitar, and soon after began writing her own music. While attending Southwestern University, Aryn began releasing homemade demos of her original music and began performing around Austin, TX. With a hunger to become a better songwriter and performer, she attended Berklee College of Music in Boston for a few years and also began to learn how to engineer and produce her own demos and crowd-fund her recording projects.

Aryn released her debut album, Lockless Heart, in 2009 as she was finishing her work at Berklee. While at Berklee she was honored with the Scott Benson Award for songwriting, and awarded the grand prize in the 2009 Berklee Substance Abuse Prevention Campaign for her song “Crave.” Since leaving Berklee, Aryn was selected as a regional finalist for the 2009 Mountain Stage NewSong Festival, was invited to be one of eight artists to represent the TUNE campaign, was named the TexasCSA’s 2010 Songwriter of the Year, was the 2010 KLTY’s Chick-fil-a Celebrate Freedom jingle writing contest grand prize winner, and was a top ten finalist in the 2011 Folgers’ National Jingle Writing Contest.

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Artist - Laura DiStasi

Track 1 - Colors and Shapes
Track 2 - Humming Along
Track 3 - Covered in Snow

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A fellow artist once said, "Her music does what every songwriter wishes their music could do: it hollows you out, then fills you back in. It breaks your heart and builds you a new one. It moves you."

A singer/songwriter by way of New Jersey, Boston, and now Brooklyn, NY, Laura DiStasi's music captures both the vibrancy and isolation of city life. Her lyrics hit close to the bone and are heavy with imagery. She plucks moments from the everyday, holding up promise in one hand and heartbreak in the other. The music feels its way though impressionistic landscapes, exploring the complex depth of relationships and change… nostalgic, yet hopeful… that anything worth lamenting is, once was, or could be beautiful.

Best known as half the electro-pop collaboration 'Measure', Laura also performs and records as a solo artist, as well as with other NYC based musicians. She has already shared the stage with artists such as Nada Surf, Fountains of Wayne, Chris Barron, Slow Runner, Tom Brosseau, and Caroline, to name a few. Beyond the live show, Laura's music has been placed on television shows, such as Melrose Place and NBC's Mercy, as well used in a Public Service Announcement narrated by Morgan Freeman for volunteerism, a cause dear to Laura who is preparing for her third marathon to raise money for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society.

Laura's releases include her 2005 debut, "Winters Never Quit", Measure's 2008 debut, "Begin Again", and a recent 3 song pre-release for an upcoming Measure album, which is currently available for streaming online.

Eilis ag canadh Noreen Ban

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Group - Xavier & Ophelia

Track 1 - Six Billion Lonely People
Track 2 - Chateau Marmont
Track 3 - Last Recorded Summer

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Multi-instrumentalist songwriter and producer Dave Tough fell in love with the angelic voice and guitar work of DeAnna Moore when searching for demo singers on Myspace in 2009. They met and soon realized that they both shared a love of artists such as Fiona Apple, Goldfrapp and Edie Brickell as well as a penchant for older jazz standards. The name Xavier & Ophelia (X&O) came from a pair of children’s dolls.

X&O’s music collectively has been placed in movies, television and commercials. Musically, they tend to combine Bachrach-eqsque melodies with electronic production intermingled with live instruments such as the acoustic guitar and drums. The duo released their first 9 song effort, X&O EP, in 2011. They continue explore new sounds and textures from their studio in Nashville, TN.

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Group - Vicky

Track 1 - Gold
Track 2 - Feel Good
Track 3 - Lullaby

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Bio:
When you surround these four females around their thunderous drummer, you can be sure to get a live performance of a lifetime. Their eclectic mix of melodic punk-rock, dubbed pop-metal by Pitchforkmedia, is a one of a kind blend hailing from a the harsh environs of Iceland.

Vicky has been honing their live shows for the last three years, playing in absolutely every nook and cranny location in their home country. Having taken the Icelandic live scene by storm they gained attention abroad playing the biggest rock festival in China as well as being invited multiple times to the States, playing for rock hungry live crowds in New York and St. Louis. Their reputation as a live act has spread throughout North America as they are currently lined up to rock the Canadian Music Fest in 2010.

Jessie Kilguss featured on SpudShow185 and will be in Ireland from 26th - 29th of August:

Friday, August 26th
With the Mick Carey Band
Alcock & Brown Hotel
Clifden, Ireland

Monday, August 29th 9-11pm
Sweeney’s Mongrel
32 Dame Street
Dublin, Ireland

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Jessie Kilguss is a singer, not an actress -- it's worth getting that straight up front. With lines as cinematic as "Mesmerized by city streets, you crept your way under my sheets." ("Americana"), one might just be led to believe that this chanteuse who displays bedroom eyes for your ears has had some training.

Truth be told, we now realize that a sincerely sung song and a soulful piece of theater are merely great examples of great art. Jessie's known this all along, and what with Scarlett and Zooey now making records, this fact is all the more understood.

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Artist - Rahe

Track 1 - Two Steps back
Track 2 - Danca
Track 3 - Alma y corazon

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Defining creative musicians by genre is often a difficult task, but in the case of Rahe, it’s virtually impossible. And describing her as a singer/songwriter simply doesn’t do justice to an artist whose songs weave beautifully melodic lines with complex, compelling chord changes, soulfully powerful lyrics and a diaspora of world rhythms into a musical vision that is entirely her own. With a life story as colorful and diverse as her music, Rahe (pronounced “ray”) has been on a direct path toward her stunningly mature musical vision for nearly all of her 23 years. It is now in full bloom, as evidenced by her group – Rahe & illumiNation – a stunning ensemble featuring Rahe on vocals and nylon string acoustic guitar, a saxophone quartet (alto, tenor and two baritones), and drums.

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Artist - Nik West

Track 1 - Do What You Gotta Do
Track 2 - Who's in the mirror
Track 3 - Written All Over Me

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Bassist, vocalist, & model, Nik West, a force of nature, known for her versatility, cool & calm, confidence & passion for life has been perfecting her gifts all of her life! Challenging and changing the industry around her and all those who come in contact with are left astonished and amazed as she effortlessly dominates and captivates audiences everywhere! Words she lives by, “Talent does what it can, Genius does what it must!” and these words have taken her all over the world, and all before her 22nd birthday. Phoenix, Arizona, her hometown was her first hand introduction to music & her love for the arts! At an early age was where it all began. T. West, an accomplished guitarist, also her father, was inspirational in her love for playing the bass! He taught her a few runs on the guitar and she learned it quickly. He also noticed she had great dexterity with her fingers, even being left handed, playing a right-handed guitar. It didn’t stop there, this love ignited in her a passion to vocalize & verbalize what she felt as her hands began to quickly adapt to the strings.

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Artist - Krissi Moses

Track 1 - 2006 (It's Never up to you)
Track 2 - Freak
Track 3 - Last Week

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Originally courted by Columbia as a solo act, Krissi flouted the advice of her friends and family, electing instead to assemble a band from scratch and work out her signature sound gigging live. It worked. Continuing to write, record, gig and explore new genres and sounds, Krissi’s material is a fresh blend of rock, pop, reggae, punk and funk, best characterized by her compilation track, “You’re Forgettable” (based wryly on her true-life first heartbreak – he’s kickin’ himself now).
Krissi just came off the road (her last show in Reno to a crowd of 2000 screaming psychos) and is completing her full length CD entitled FREAK!!!

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Artist - Sheri Miller

Track 1 - Spoons
Track 2 - Winning Hand
Track 3 - Satellite

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Sheri Miller is a NYC-based musician who writes melodic, poetic and catchy songs on guitar and piano with "exquisite sensitivity…talent…and originality" (MUSIC CONNECTION MAGAZINE) with her soulful, inspiring, and distinctly unique voice. Upon releasing her critically-acclaimed debut EP, “Mantra” in 2008, which features underground hit "Right Here, Right Now", Sheri was named one of Music Connection's “Hot 100 Unsigned Artists,” played on KCRW and Q104.3 FM, and asked to join a 4-part vocal harmony group, The Delilahs, which signed with Sony. Since leaving the band, Sheri has co-written with icon songwriters like J.D. Souther (Eagles), Shawn Mullins and Jill Sobule. Sheri’s stunning new record, “Winning Hand”, produced by legendary Kevin Killen (U2, Peter Gabriel), features incredible musicians Will Lee (Fab Faux, CBS Orchestra), Charley Drayton (Fiona Apple, Divinylis, Johnny Cash), and Gerry Leonard (David Bowie, Suzanne Vega) and will be released in 2011.

SpudShow 229 featured Sheri Miller

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Artist - Danika Holmes

Track 1 - Lock me in tonight
Track 2 - Pockets full of gold
Track 3 - Unlit Match

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If you like the music why not help fund her 2nd album - click here

Bio
Americana singer/songwriter Danika Holmes states, "Through my songs I hope to touch hearts in the tough times, as well as celebrate life in the good time."

Danika first sat at a piano as a tot, has been writing since her teens, and picked up guitar in her 20's.

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Artist - Kaile Goh

Track 1 - Gold
Track 2 - Girl Strikes Back
Track 3 - Last Goodbye

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Bio
Kaile Goh may look familiar to you ... as a model and actress she has been in countless commercials and major campaigns, including Disney, Target, JC Penney, Wal-Mart, Barbie, Bratz, Kodak, and many more.

This year, at 14, she adds “professional musician” to her resume with the release of her debut album, “One Too Many Times.”

Born to a Chinese father and an American mother, Kaile lived in Singapore for the first several years of her life. When her family moved to Los Angeles she began modeling and acting, signing with Ford Modeling Agency and Abrams Artists. Kaile’s passion, however, has always been for music.

She began singing, playing guitar and writing songs at the age of nine. Using her own money earned from modeling to buy her Gibson Hummingbird guitar, she had her first song played on UCLA Radio at the age of 10. Her parents encouraged her, giving her lessons and taking her to open mic nights.

With the guidance of producers Krish Sharma (Perry Ferrell, Rolling Stones) and Bobby Brooks (P.O.D.), Kaile’s debut cd includes 11 of the more than 40 songs she has written, ranging in style from power pop to hard rock.

To support the release of “One Too Many Times” she has a string of west coast performances lined up with her band.

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Artist - The Devyl Nellys

Track 1 - Get to Me
Track 2 - Tell Me
Track 3 - Attracted

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Raised in households where a myriad of music was played and appreciated, from Pink Floyd to The Allmans and Chuck Berry to Joao Gilberto, it comes as no surprise these artists create such diverse tracks. All having been introduced to pianos and drums in the grade school years, they acquired their addictions early on to the creative process and performing craft. Through a series of mutual crossroads in the Catskills and New York while supporting others, Government Mule and The Violent Femmes, these musicians met and formed their own project The Devyl Nellys.

Gigs in music towns, parties and colleges across the US led to genre development by songwriter Nelly Levon and guitarist James Mastro (The Bongos). Their distinct 60 bohemian rock style took shape after experimental jams and studio sessions at Retrophonics with Jim DeVito (JJ Grey & Mofro) and Bill Chapin (Justin Timberlake). Conflicting frustrations with mainstream art and life led to sharp lyrics that are frequently empathisized, and rarely sang. Like many contemporaries, they denied the urge to conform and pursued the independent route to showcase their arrangements. Recently, they've been heard on the festival scene, live venues, songwriter circles and across radio, television & film.

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Artist - Jessi Hamilton

Track 1 - Free the Fire
Track 2 - One in a million
Track 3 - Sands of time

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Jessi Hamilton is a 24-year-old singer/songwriter and pianist from Raleigh, NC. Jessi began playing the piano at age four and started writing and recording her first songs at fourteen. In 2004, she released her debut self-titled album. Currently working on her sophomore album, "Rebirth", she has been named "one of the best independent female artists in the country" by RockRGrl magazine. She has also been featured on numerous recordings and has performed along the East Coast.

Band - ProtoBaby

from Limerick

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Shows

Jun 10 Dolans Warehouse Limerick, Limerick, IRELAND

Jul 9 Crane Lane Theatre Cork, Cork , IE

New EP - State of Affairs

Working on a new album

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Protobaby are a 4-piece band based in Limerick with members Colm McGuinness, Tony Monahan, Bryan Ronan and Aidan Graham. Formed in 2008 when guitar player Tony and bass player Aidan first met Dublin born singer Colm for the first time through an ad placed in a national newspaper. Meeting in a local bar, sat next to an open fire Colm took out his guitar and played some of his songs. The lads loved his deep baritone and captivating lyrics. A rehearsal was arranged and drummer Bryan was soon onboard. Colm’s songs, mixed with riffs and guitar ideas from Tony along with the musical ideas and arrangements from the entire band have come to form the Protobaby sound.
The band spent 10 months writing, recording, jamming and rehearsing. Having released their debut E.P. 'Freedom' to some great reviews in the music press the band spent a few months of 2010 gigging and promoting 'Freedom'. Following a successful nationwide tour the band returned to the studio to work on a new single ‘State Of Affairs which was later mixed at 'The Production Suite' in Dublin and will be released along with a video in late February. At the beginning of 2011 Hot Press magazine included Protobaby in their ‘Hot for 2011’ feature. A nationwide tour began in late February taking in Limerick, Kerry, Dublin, Dundalk, Cork and Galway.
On 20th May Protobaby played at Juwenalia 2011 in Bialystok, Poland which was headlined by Guano Apes and had 20000+ rock fans attending.

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Artist - Rachel Brown
New York City, NY

Track 1 - Bumblebee
Track 2 - Diamond in the Rough
Track 3 - Lullaby

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23-year-old Rachel Brown is a singer, songwriter and musician born and raised in New York City. Brown’s music fuses pop, Caribbean, Hawaiian, country and world sounds into a captivating groove."

In solo recordings, with her guitar or ukulele, Rachel’s unique voice combines sweetness, sultriness and vulnerability, enchanting the listener. When coupled with her band of talented African musicians, Brown’s Bermudian and Ethiopian heritage shines.

As a fairly new artist with no formal musical training, Brown found her voice the old fashioned way. “My songwriting process—which started about five years ago— consisted of grabbing my guitar and learning to play it while I wrote these songs,” says Brown. “I just kind of play things until they sound right.”

Brown’s natural talent was quickly recognized by her peers and established veterans alike. She was the 2010 recipient of the prestigious ASCAP Foundation Robert Allen Award for songwriting. She also awarded a very coveted audition slot at the National Association for Campus Activities national convention.

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Artist - Ally Way

Track 1 - Alone
Track 2 - Come Home
Track 3 - Houdini

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Bio
Born in Washington, DC to a gospel-singer mother and an instrumentalist father, Ally grew up surrounded by music and spirituality. She started singing at an early age, combining the family tradition with inspirations from Joni Mitchell to John Mayer, Bonnie Raitt, and even Nirvana. At age 14 she was blessed to learn guitar from the late DC icon and Blue Note artist Noble Jolley. Later, she studied opera and theatre, skills that help make every Ally Way performance an event.

Ally's muse has taken her many places. She taught yoga in Central America, sang with great Costa Rican musicians, and then rolled into San Francisco like a velvet fog. Arriving with no job and no place of her own, she brought only her talent, her extensive

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Artist - Asatron

from Sweden

Track 1 - Lazy Cat
Track 2 - Little Sister
Track 3 - Shine on me

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Asatron is just me. I do everything myself. All the music and lyrics, I play all the instruments and the only voice you hear is mine. I do the recordings in my own studio.
I catch scenes from life and put them into my music.

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Artist - Giana Nguyen

Track 1 - Just for the Moment
Track 2 - More
Track 3 - Until You

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With a genuine sense of excitement and gratitude imbued into every note of her work, Orange County, CA-based singer/songwriter Giana Nguyen really means it when she thanks you for listening. Much like fellow songstresses Sara Bareilles and Sarah McLachan, Nguyen’s piano-based pop/acoustic rock sound finds its gravity in inescapable melodies that communicate her story through authentic, personal lyrics.

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Artist - Natasha Borzilova

Track 1 - Cheap escape
Track 2 - Don't Stop
Track 3 - I'm angry

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I grew up in Russia, started singing before my first birthday and spent most of my childhood dreaming about becoming a big star. At ten, after failing at ballet, swimming, gymnastics and volleyball, I finally demanded to be put in a music school, where I chose classical guitar as my instrument and somehow ended up becoming a lead singer and acoustic guitarist of a country and bluegrass band (we're still in Russia at this point, you're following?) that later moved to Nashville, TN and became known as Bering Strait. Twenty years, one Jazz College, five major record deals, two country albums, one movie (The Ballad Of Bering Strait that you can now watch in Hulu) and one GRAMMY NOMINATION later, I'm on my own, there's a new SOLO ALBUM out, and I'm about to go back to the studio to record two more. So listen to the songs, check out my website with more samples of the music and other stuff to see, and do click on the banner above and please enjoy yourself! Oh, and by the way, I teach yoga at South 11 Yoga in East Nashville, so come be my student! Peace!

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Artist - Rose Reiter

Track 1 - Pretty Bird
Track 2 - Real
Track 3 - The World is Watching

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Canadian Songwriter / Composer / Vocalist

She’s a multi-faceted, multi-talented, modern-day renaissance musician who loves travel, exploring new cultures, cuisine and most of all, understanding the creatures who call this planet home.  Having grown up in Vancouver served her life’s passion for studying various cultures, music, cuisine and her art is a reflection of this.  Her insatiable appetite for learning about what it means to be human, is a constant and ongoing theme throughout all the projects she takes on.

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Artist - Volary

Track 1 - Blackbird fly
Track 2 - That girl
Track 3 - The lovers

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The world of Volary’s music is a world full of light and darkness. It examines the hope, despair, and countless other feelings that struggle through us as part of the human condition. “As a child I would go into my room, turn my stereo on loud, and let all of my frustration, disappointment, and hurt explode from me by singing. Nobody else ever seemed to want to say quite the things that I did though,” she muses. “I suppose that was my songwriter’s voice telling me that I had to write songs for those like myself who were still disenfranchised.”

It was not until the Australian-born singer moved to San Francisco in 2001 though, that she discovered a city bursting with the artistic intimacy and honesty of singer/songwriters. Ultimately, it was the inspiration for her to say “OK, nobody’s ever going to write the songs that I hear until I learn to play the guitar and write them myself.” The result was “Out of Shadows,” an album which not only earned a 5 star review from Muzikreviews.com, but was also named their “Pick of the Week” (Dec 4, 2010).

Volary muses about her creation: “You might compare it to a sculpture of delicate flowers made out of barbed wire.” The album takes flight through a land of mixed human emotions. Most of the songs delve into the darker sides of the human psyche, but as in a chiaroscuro, there is always light again. “I wrote, co-produced, sang, and played acoustic and electric guitar on the album, but this album is not just about me. I was honoured to work with some amazing musicians and together we made this album what it is.”

The dichotomy, yet juxtaposition of elements is an apt parallel to the name Volary, and to the basis of the album. Volary is an obscure English term, defined as a flight or flock of birds, or the cage you keep them in. What better metaphor for freedom, escape and joy, than a bird taking flight? What better metaphor for having your spirit broken than being put in a cage? And what greater dichotomy than a singer/songwriter who has a Ph. D. in Biochemistry but is so willing to be emotionally vulnerable musically? Watch as this complex talent from California steps out of the shadows.

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Artist - Katie Garibaldi

Track 1 - A love without chains
Track 2 - Falling for you
Track 3 - Say the word

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Katie Garibaldi is a touring indie singer/songwriter and guitarist from the San Francisco Bay Area. Her latest release, and sixth full-length album, Next Ride Out, produced by Michael Molenda, noted producer, engineer, and editor-in-chief of Guitar Player magazine, the most authoritative guitar magazine in the world, has catapulted the young artist's career into top speed. Katie has been named a Music Connection Magazine Top 100 Live Unsigned Artist.  Recently, the indie starlet was chosen as the winner of the 2011 DIY Music Festival in Los Angeles and currently, Katie is a featured Luna Guitars artist.

Next Ride Out features ten original soul-satisfying tracks comprised of five brand new songs and five previously released and now rerecorded songs featuring fresh arrangements and performances. Next Ride Out is altogether vibrant and rich with lively performances, from strong Americana Roots Rock tunes, including “Hey, Hey Darlin’” and “Nothing Good Lasts,” to upbeat catchy pop treasures, such as “Say The Word” and “A Love Without Chains,” to moving ballads, like “Falling For You.” Michael Gallant, Keyboard Magazine Senior Editor, is featured on Grand Piano on the track “Went Too Far (Foot In My Mouth).”

 

 

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Artist - Manda Mosher

Track 1 - City of Clowns
Track 2 - One True Love
Track 3 - Lay me down

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Not many can claim they are a sixth generation Californian, let alone Angeleno. Manda Mosher can. Still what does that mean? It’s not as easily defined as saying you are a sixth generation New Yorker, or Bostonian for that matter. Manda’s first ancestor to settle in the region, came to Downtown, Los Angeles in the 1800’s from Delhi, New York after the Civil War, additional family followed establishing a chicken farm in the Valley in 1911.

Manda Mosher grew up in the town of La Crescenta, just outside of Los Angeles. A sleepy and secluded community located at the foot of the mountains just North of Pasadena. Close enough to the city of angels that Manda was well versed in the Hollywood music scene, but just far enough away that she could peek over the fence and gaze upon it from a safe distance.

The title track of Manda’s new EP “City of Clowns” was written about her relationship with Los Angeles which she describes as a love/hate sort of affair, as depicted in the song. Although the lyrics can relate to any city to some degree, Manda admits she has often thought of leaving Los Angeles, but it is her family that has continued to keep her here. “I’ve always felt sadness for this town. I’ve watched all these people come and go, taking what they can, getting famous, getting rich, with little regard for the community and the people that call it home. On the other hand the opportunities are endless here.”

 

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"City Of Clowns" (mp3)
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Group - HorrorPops

Track 1 - Thelma and Louise
Track 2 - Misstake
Track 3 - Where They Wander

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From virtual unknowns to stars of the Warped Tour and stadiums across Europe, HorrorPops have thrived on the strength of great songwriting, remarkable intuition, a jaw-dropping live experience and a willingness to explore an array of styles. Be it new wave, punk, surf, ska, rockabilly, metal or goth, the trio's self-produced, film-centric third Hellcat album, Kiss Kiss Kill Kill, embraces all of the aforementioned rock & roll subgenres with admirable aplomb.

Crafting a thrill ride of an album is no easy feat, but Patricia Day (lead vocals/upright bass), Nekroman (lead guitar/vocals) and Niedermeier (drums/vocals) have done so by adhering to instinct. By staying true to their original and diverse musical vision, HorrorPops have flourished, building a tremendously loyal and ever-growing following in the process.

From the charged anthem, "Missfit" - replete with an amusing nod to Madness' "Our House" that takes the song to unexpected heights - to the adventurously dark title track, Kiss Kiss Kill Kill is both captivating and inspiring. The album's namesake, which elicits memories of The Cure, Siouxsie & the Banshees and - thanks to its deep, sinister harmonies - Sisters of Mercy, is at once an ingenious new tune and an ardent tribute to past icons.

 

 

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Artist - Noonie Bao

Track 1 - Streets
Track 2 - Give me Time

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Music and melodies is what I live for.My way to express myself.I record at home in my studio.Im 19 years old...Enjoy!

 

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Tomohiro Kondo - shizukana sekai
untitled smells things - sayonara
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comfortable - calling from Japan
Djlkj - Arienai-Oh-hama
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kcsaito - takaramono with jun
KD - Nemuri no tobira
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Mariko Fujii - amazup melody
Mogura - Ra
Nozomi Miyatake - maruki bune
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PRESIDENT GAS - Itsumademo Issho
Reddyo - Someone
Rika Shinohara - bura bura
Riyu Konaka - Hiccups

 

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Artist - The Piney Gir Country Roadshow

Track 1 - 40 days and 40 nights
Track 2 - I was born in a thunder storm
Track 3 - Lucky me

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Piney Gir taunts traditional country music with a big city edge… Jesus Wept is Piney's 4th album out on Damaged Goods and is a nod to Piney's strict religious upbringing and her urge to walk the line between naughty and nice. There comes a time when everyone should question their faith and Piney (with the help of her trusty Roadshow) has channelled that into a record. A record that's a little bit country, a little bit rock 'n' roll and a whole lot of attitude.

Jesus Wept is more than a froth of petticoats in a fresh summer field, it's Ingmar Bergman's 'Seventh Seal' twisted through the eyes of a local drunk at the truck stop honky tonk. It's fun but it's dark and you don't know if you should like it so much but you do, so have another whiskey.

Previously Piney has been compared to her heroes like Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette; she's been hailed an 'indie Dolly Parton." But this album is more Emmy Lou Harris in her Graham Parsons days, it's little girl lost… it's the devil in disguise and the devil looks good. This album sees Piney grow up and face hard facts; hard facts that can make many a country song that much better. "'A tear in my beer' ain't the half of it," says Piney.

 

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Artist - Susan cattaneo

Track 1 - Girls night out
Track 2 - Gotta Get Gone
Track 3 - Handle with care

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Passion, drive, and great writing – these adjectives define the music and life of Susan Cattaneo. Growing up on a farm in New Jersey but spending her summers on an Arizona ranch, Susan moved easily between the energy and electricity of the East Coast and the wide open spaces and campfire stories of the West. Susan found her place in the musical world at an early age, singing six-part harmony with her family around the dinner table. After stints in bands in college, she spent a year in Italy, where she studied Italian and performed a mix of standards and traditional Roman songs in various piano bars in Rome. Upon her return to the States, she began a dual career in New York City. By day, Susan was a television writer/producer, earning an Emmy nomination and NY State Broadcasters Award. By night, she was the co-lead singer in the Blackfish Band, a funk-folk outfit that also launched the career of Mike Errico, where she became a regular fixture at clubs like The Bitter End and Kenny’s Castaways. Applying her writing talents to the craft of songwriting was a natural next step, and following her musical dream, Susan headed to Boston to attend Berklee College of Music on a vocal scholarship.

 

 

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Ceolas Ceilidh In Inverness
 
This Saturday 12th March.
 
Venue;  Chieftain Hotel
2 Millburn Rd
Inverness IV2 3PS
01463 232 241
 
8pm    - Licenced    -   Raffle   -    Tea
 
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Mairead Stewart -song
D.J. MacIntyre - pipes
Julie Fowlis - song -
Rona Lightfoot -song- MC
Coll MacDonald - Fiddle
Iain MacDonald  - pipes - flute
Michael John MacMillan & Chris MacKenzie - dance music

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Band - Hungry Lucy

also featured on SpudShow337 February 6th 2009

Track 1 - Bumble
Track 2 - Hill
Track 3 - Just Imagine

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Hungry Lucy began by chance in 1998 when War-N Harrison (Fishtank No.9) was asked to contribute to a Depeche Mode tribute album. War-N asked vocalist/lyricist Christa Belle to record vocals for the song "Blue Dress". The couple found they worked together so well that Hungry Lucy was born.

Hungry Lucy chillin' outAfter spending a year writing and recording, the Autumn of 2000 saw the release of Hungry Lucy"s debut CD, "Apparitions". The album garnered much attention across the US and Europe for it"s combination of pop song structures, trip hop grooves and Christa"s haunting vocals & other-worldly lyrics. This attention of this debut CD lead to a licensing deal with Belgian label Alfa Matrix and subsequent European relase of Apparitions:Revisited in Fall of 2001.

After spending Spring and early summer of 2002 performing live, Hungry Lucy completed their next full length album entitled "Glo". Glo captures all the elements that Hungry Lucy are known for while continuing to explore other genres such as jazz, blues and europop. Once again, the album received critical acclaim and glowing reviews worldwide and expanded Hungry Lucy"s reach to a much wider audience.

In the Summer of 2003, Hungry Lucy embarked on a tour with Pittsburgh"s ThouShaltNot across the Western and Midwest regions of the United States. This gave people of chance to hear, as well as see, what Hungry Lucy is all about. True to form, Hungry Lucy delivered stunning performances along with synchronized video accompanyment. Several one-off shows in late 2003 / early 2004 (including performances with Cruxshadows & Wolfsheim) followed.

In Spring of 2004, it was time to head back into the studio and capture the new material Hungry Lucy had compiled over the preceding months. The result, Hungry Lucy"s 3rd full-length CD, "To Kill a King" was released in Nov. 2004 to critical acclaim from both fans and the media alike, debuting at #9 on the French Alternative Charts in January, 2005. In addition to college and club DJ exposure, "To Kill a King" has been featured on Public Radio programs such as PRI"s "Echoes" and the X-Star Network"s "Audiosyncracies". The album brilliantly displays Hungry Lucy"s passion for musical contrast and clever songwriting for which this duo is known.

Hungry Lucy returned from successful 6 week US tour and are currently writing for the next release.

 

 

 

 

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Group - Standard Fare

Track 1 - Philadelphia

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Following the March release of debut album The Noyelle Beat, Sheffield trio Standard Fare are set to release the lauded album track Philadelphia as the next single. A tale of a Transatlantic love affair stymied by distance and budget, Philadelphia is a marvel of kitchen sink lyric-writing that, like the best of indie-pop, refuses to let wider issues get in the way of a bit of hormone-fuelled self indulgence. Here’s our favourite lyric: “Global warming is getting me down/It’s making the sea between us wider and deeper.” On the B-side is a brand new track, the really rather ace Don’t Tell. Both are the perfect crash-course in the band’s tune-fuelled, scrappy and utterly loveable sound.

 

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Artist - Annie Fitzgerald

Track 1 - Another sad love song
Track 2 - Watch the world go by
Track 3 - Heavenly Day

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Singer/Songwriter Annie Fitzgerald combines tender lyrics akin to Shawn Colvin, a timeless sound like that of Ray Lamontagne, a soulfulness kindred to Patty Griffin, and a quiet intensity similar to Damien Rice, then stirs the pot into a sound that’s all her own.

Fitzgerald grew up in Crookston, MN where, at age two, she began to show her artistic talents as a dancer. She began piano lessons at age six. Her talent allowed her the opportunity to travel to New York City, Chicago, Hawaii and Atlanta. By the age of 14, she had become an award-winning choreographer.

She focused on her music in college and received a B.M. in Vocal Performance from the University of Minnesota, and spent a summer training at the Mountview Theatre School in London. After graduation, she worked in and around as an actress in the Minneapolis area as a member of the working theater community and the Actors Equity Association. In 2005, she moved to NYC to focus on performing her original music.

 

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Artist - Leslie DiNicola

Track 1 - Lay me down
Track 2 - Back to me
Track 3 - Now that you're mine

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Sitting across from Leslie DiNicola, you get the feeling that you’re sipping coffee with Sandra Bullock or Jennifer Aniston- the sexy “girl next door.” But when she opens her mouth on stage, she unleashes the soulful blues diva that will rock your world. Not many artists today can dazzle 38,000 people at Citi Field and then, moments later, take the stage at an intimate club like Googie’s Lounge and captivate the audience with merely a whisper into the microphone. But Leslie DiNicola can. And has.

DiNicola moved around a lot when she was growing up, and has that unique perspective of someone who’s been “the new kid at school” a few too many times. After graduating from Syracuse University, Leslie found herself pulled in opposite directions by her love of music and her love of sailing. She reflects, “By the time I was 22 and moved to Manhattan, I had already lived in 8 different places. No matter how much you like a place, the way I liked NY, there’s a hesitancy to get too comfortable. I think that’s what kept me running off to sea so often, sailing to different countries every chance I got.”

 

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All music from groups signed with indie label Slumberland Records

 

4 songs from 4 groups

Black Tambourine - For Ex-Lovers
Sexy Kids - Sisters are forever
Frankie Rose - Thee only one
Frankie Rose And The Outs - Little brown haired girls

 

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"For Ex-Lovers Only" (mp3)
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SpudShow is 5 years old since the end of January 2011.

I am selecting some tracks that I like from the past 5 years.

Track 1 - Adriana Thorpe - Fly, Fly, Fly
Track 2 - Guards of Metropolis - Whaterer it is
Track 3 - Ingrid Michaelson - The Way I am

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Thank You for listening to SpudShow over the last 5 years.

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Artist - Rie Sinclair

Track 1 - The Way it Ends
Track 2 - Neptunes Bed

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“Most musicians on the ascendancy would be shouting loudly about an Emmy nomination for one of their songs, but LA's Rie Sinclair almost shrugs hers off as a mark of recognition for work separate from her chosen field of singing/songwriting. Confused? You won't be. You see, by day she's in demand as a writer and performer of beautiful songs for Hollywood studios, providing atmosphere and emotion to back up the visuals. But by night she dons another cape, crafting her own elation and despair into perfected four-minute vignettes; she records and delivers them live with equal finesse and commitment. And despite already having two studio albums in the bag, her third, A Moment You Never Dreamed, is the one she considers her debut." –Train And Penny, UK

After several releases, Emmy-Nominated Rie Sinclair's official "Debut" Album, A Moment You Never Dreamed, is here. Her previous recorded projects include a collaboration with ex-Eels, Abandoned Pools artist, Tommy Walter called Oliver the Penguin. The "Sparkling Violeteer's" new dark, raw, & sexy LP was co-produced by the artist with Eli Thomson (Richard Swift), & brought to life with a collective of amazing musicians. Mastered by three-time Grammy winner Gavin Lurssen in Los Angeles, A Moment captures Rie's haunting but playful vibe in a 40 something-minute set that could easily score a film.

 

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Track 1 - A chave
Track 2 - Por Ai
Track 3 - Embrace my heart and stay

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New CD - Journal de Bad

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Acclaimed by the public and critics alike, Bárbara Eugênia is part of a new generation of female voices that are redefining the Brazilian musical scene. Born in Rio de Janeiro but calling São Paulo home since 2005, this young artist with a unique voice and highly nuanced stage persona started her career with an invitation from musical producer Apollo 9 to record two tracks for the movie O Cheiro do Ralo, directed by Heitor Dhália. Inspired by French chanson, Bárbara decided to shift the focus back onto songs made popular by singers like Anna Karina and Brigitte Bardot, in a tribute to Serge Gainsbourg, idealized by Edgard Scandurra. In her participation in shows by the group 3NAMASSA, comprised of Pupillo and Dengue from Nação Zumbi and Rica Amabis from Instituto, Bárbara added a female touch that made for a magical public performance. As she starts her solo career, Bárbara travels from Brazil to French music, and has been well-received by both the public and the media; her shows in various cities around Brazil signal her coming of age as an artist. In 2009, she decided to record her first album, bringing together a group of friends all seeking to tap her artistic character in surprising ways. She is accompanied by her talented band: Júnior Boca (guitar and musical direction), Dustan Gallas (bass, keyboards, mixing and production) and Felipe Maia (drums).
We began recording in january/2009 and after a brief pause we managed to finish it up in the begining of 2010. The album is called Journal de BAD. Journal for diary in french and BAD is my nickname for the closest friend.

 

 

 

Bárbara Eugênia
"A chave" (mp3)
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Bárbara Eugênia
"Por Aí" (mp3)
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Group - The Pipettes

Track 1 - Call me
Track 2 - Thank You
Track 3 - Stop the Music

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Girls singing retro-tinged tunes with synchronised dance moves? A Machiavellian pop experiment inspired by KLF’s The Manual cooked up in a Brighton boozer by the mysterious Svengali Monster Bobby? Well yes, but there’s been an evolution - a change in the genetics. The Pipettes are back, and now they’re a big shiny pop group. Or at least, that’s what they’d like you to believe.

In their first incarnation, donning polka dot dresses and referencing the girl groups of the late fifties in the heyday of skinny tie indie music, The Pipettes had remarkable success. A top ten album in Japan where the single 'Pull Shapes' was only kept off the number one spot by J-Lo, top ten radio positions all across Europe, two Top Forty hits in the UK and a Top Ten in the US billboard indies. They played on the main stages at Reading and Glastonbury, blazed a British trail across SXSW, conquered the world and sold a heap of records.

 

 

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"Call Me" (mp3)
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Group - PixiKill

Track 1 - Chameleon
Track 2 - Freak out
Track 3 - Rock it

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PIXIKILL is a band that combines the most interesting textures of Electronic and Grunge music and places these textures over finely crafted pop songs.  The group currently resides in Los Angeles and is fronted by the Restaneo sisters, Jewel and Blaire.  Unlike many groups with such highly tuned pop sensibilities, Pixikill doesnt suffer from any lack of rock credibility.

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Artist - Anne Davis

Track 1 - awakening
Track 2 - temple of contradictions
Track 3 - where tyhe roads cross

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Jackson, Miss. native, Anne Davis' new self-produced album, Letters, Prayers, and Journal Entries, a compilation of thought-provoking upbeat tempos and ballads from the "folk-alternative" artist, has been turning ears as it has traveled throughout the U.S. and beyond by receiving quite favorable college radio airplay. Davis wrote all fifteen tracks, and the "organic feel" of the melodies is attributed to the defining instruments you'll find on the album.

"What I really wanted to go for was to put together a project using only real instruments....and that meant no compromise with using any type of fabricated sounds, including drum machines." And, that's exactly what you're going to hear--such instruments as the cello, violin, upright acoustic bass, mandolin, accordion, penny whistle and the uilleann pipe on the CD. "I wanted everything to be real....for me, as an artist, it only made sense for the production of the project to be as soul-baring as the lyrics."

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Artist - Holly Long

Track 1 - Pretty Picture Frame
Track 2 - Sentimental Reasons
Track 3 - Summertime in your eyes

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Singer/songwriter Holly Long has two hands, and she’s using them. She’s no princess, and she’s no queen. She’s just a straight up modern day musical artisan with a genuine love for the work and an impressive track record. Having crafted 4 albums over the past decade in her pop/funk/soul hybrid style with a string of top-shelf producers, Long communicates her passion and worldview with an evocative sound in league with Annie Lenox, Sarah McLachlan, and Carly Simon. It’s not just about the music, though. Much like for her chanteuse heroines, music is about connection and community. It’s where she finds herself, and how she makes her contribution to the world.

 

 

 

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The podsafe Christmas songs that I like

 

Alison Crowe - Silent Night

Ayla Brown - Grown up Christmas List

Bubble - Christmas here on Mars

Candy Butchers - Give me s second chance for Christmas

Chris Barker - God rest ye merry gentlemen

Daniel Link - Baby its cold outside

Deni Bonnet - Its you me this Christmas

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - Merry Christmas to my baby

Geoff Smith - Some Christmas higgin and Kissing

Karymyn Tyler - I'll be there on Christmas Day

Kati Mac - Jazzy Jingle Bells

Matthew Ebel - Walk a thousand miles

Podsafe for Peace

Slau - If everyday were Christmas

Uncle Seth - O Come all ye faithful

 

Next show probably the first week of January 2011

Nollaig Shona Daoibh

 

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Group - Rokkurro

from Iceland

Track 1 - Augun  opnast
Track 2 - Sjonarspil
Track 3 - Solun Mun Skina

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Rökkurró’s melancholic serenades are evocative of the cold and desolate landscapes of their distant homeland. Mesmerising tones and swooping strings projected against a bleak and solitary Nordic backdrop. And yet, unique warmth pervades Rökkurró’s music owed to the fragile and soothing voice of Hildur Kristín Stefánsdóttir.

Their debut Það Kólnar Í Kvöld.. (It’s Getting Colder Tonight) was released in 2007 in Iceland, Europe and Japan to great critical acclaim, followed by tour dates with iconic figures of the Icelandic music scene múm and celebrated neo-classical composer Ólafur Arnalds.

Three years on Rökkurró are releasing their sophomore album Í Annan Heim (In Another World) produced by Alex Somers, partner and music collaborator of Jónsi Þór Birgisson (Sigur Rós). Í Annan Heim is a collection of nine graceful compositions that showcase a darker, more expansive and mature sound, full of meticulously crafted melodies, complex arrangements and smooth sonic textures.

Rökkurró was selected by Clash Magazine to play at the Nordic Music Export clubnight Ja Ja Ja in London in October 2010.

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Artist - Deborah Crooks

Track 1 - Blink
Track 2 - Falling
Track 3 - It's all up to you

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"Deborah Crooks pours stiff shots of brains, soul and guts into her compositions..."

-Flavorpill.

"Wonderful work,"

--Don Campau

 

Singing about faith, love and loss, Deborah is an intimate and edgy artist whose work is dedicated to peace and the process of liberation. With lyric-writing skills are honed by a lifetime of writing, world travel and study of yoga and Buddhism, she's also widely published as an essayist, journalist and poet. Her songs haves received national airplay and been featured on compilations including the Java with Jahvalin Indie Artist CD 2005 ("You Are Home" DCrooks/B.Z. Lewis) and Indie Music For Life Compilation (2007), and the RockerGirl Discoveries CD ("Dream Me" from her first EP "5 Acres" 2003). Deborah has appeared at the 2006 Millennium Music Conference, the 2005 RockerGirl Magazine Music Convention, during SXSW week in Austin, TX, Sunset Junction, the California Music Fest and was a featured performer at the 2007 Harmony Festival. She's also performed at the Grey Eagle in Asheville, NC, Arlene's Grocery in New York and the Knitting Factory in Los Angeles. In 2008 she returned to the studio with producer Ben Bernstein (formerly of New Monsoon) to release a full-length CD "Adding Water to the Ashes" which is receiving national and international airplay. Oft compared to Mazzy Star, Chrissie Hynde and the Cowboy Junkies, her sound draws on equal parts rock and roll, the blues and the songwriter tradition. In early 2009, she participated in the 2009 RPM Challenge, co-writing a new collection of original blues tunes with another San Francisco songwriter, Alex Walsh, some of which was released as an EP in Fall 2009. The recipient of a BayBridged Recording Grant, she released an EP "It's All Up to You" in Spring 2010. 

 

 

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Artist - Aoede

Track 1 - Annalis
Track 2 - Blue Gold
Track 3 - Scratch the Surface

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AOEDE'S STORY: Once upon a time, way back in Greek mythology, there was a muse named Aoede (A-E-D). She was the first "muse of song" way before the 9 celebrated muses we know and love. And I, Lisa Sniderman, singer-songwriter for Aoede, chose this name both to inspire you and to remember to continually be inspired...I draw inspiration from my own life experiences and many muses and aspire to transfer this inspiration to you. When you listen to my songs, expect compelling stories of love, loss, life, and longing-intended to take you, shake you and wake you. It's About YOU and your connection to me-in ways that make you feel and experience those parts of yourself you may have forgotten about. Maybe after listening, you are inspired to live life a little more fully or feel something.

I formed an indie *pop rock* band in 2005 comprised of San Francisco trio Lisa Sniderman (that's me), David Sands (bass), and John Walden (drums). Now in 2010, I'm reinventing myself as an artiste as evidenced by the direction of my new singles and the word artiste...

 

 

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Artist - Wensday

Track 1 - After You
Track 2 - Arizona Man
Track 3 - The rise and fall of love

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Wensday is an exotic young woman of contrasts: she's been a body piercing artist, a jazz singer and a rocker – and Associate Director of All Children's Theatre in her hometown of Providence, Rhode Island. A graduate of NYU and a student at Oxford University, Wensday is covered in eloquent artistic tattoos on more than 50% of her body.

Multiple hit songwriter and legendary guitarist DICK WAGNER (Alice Cooper, Lou Reed, Kiss, Aerosmith, Air Supply) produced TORCH ROCK™ and wrote or co-wrote all 13 tracks of the TORCH ROCK™ album. Wagner plays lead guitar throughout the CD; and he has assembled a brilliant group of musicians, including Fred Mandel (Elton John, Queen, Alice Cooper), Bobby Flores (Grammy winning arranger and Country Instrumentalist of the Year), Nils Lofgren (Bruce Springsteen), to record Wensday's musical debut.

"After a long time trying to figure out what style I do best, I truly get to do it all on Torch Rock," says Wensday. "I think the album conveys that I'm a singer, first and foremost... Connecting emotionally with people is the most important thing to me."

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Artist - Carol Martini

Track 1 - Love took Hold
Track 2 - Sign of the open hand
Track 3 - Table and Chairs

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A songwriter since age eleven, having given up the violin for the more "songwriter friendly" acoustic guitar, she has already issued four independent Cds: The Story So Far, Piece By Piece, Modern Loneliness and The Rose In The Boxcar. This prolific singer-songwriter has just released her fifth Cd of original material titled Petals Of The Red Magnolia. Her eclectic style encompasses such genres as pop-rock, edgy folk-rock, adult contemporary and even a little country. Her genuine and sincere songs evoke a broad array of emotional responses from her listeners.

Carol has been performing as a singer-songwriter throughout Southern California since the early 1990s, helping to create the coffee house circuit in So Cal. She continues to play weekly in coffee houses, small clubs, book and music stores, and college venues. Her performances feature acoustic guitar versions of her original songs as well as her warm rapport with audiences. Her extensive repertoire  (ranging from the humorous to the not-so-humorous) and wide variety of subject matters (from surfer chicks to Momma’s station wagon to Teflon-coated hearts and the spaces between) ensure that no two performances are ever alike!.