Sam Brothers is a folk/blues musician based in Brighton, UK. Influenced by Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Nick Drake, he sets stories of love and war to effortlessly graceful fingerpicking. His debut album 'The Paradox Of Choice', released in 2012, can be downloaded here: http://sambrothers.bandcamp.com
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The Yossarians are a blues/folk/surf band based around Manchester. Tim Schiazza fronts the band although they tend to have no specific line up, in which they always receive help from friends in certain aspects of their music. After recently releasing their debut album, The Yossarians refuse to release it on any downloading format. Instead, they have decided to release the album on CD and vinyl only with a limited amount of copies available.
Raised on a healthy diet of Thin Lizzy, Rory Gallagher, Deep Purple, Iron Maiden and Pink Floyd, Glyder play classic style rock with a modern twist. The band hail from the Wicklow mountains in Ireland. Glyder launched onto the scene in 2004 after a one off gig at "The Vibe for Philo" in Dublin. Not long after, Glyder toured Ireland opening for Thin Lizzy and made a great impression with their debut EP "Black Tide Silver Path" which convinced legendary producer Chris Tsangarides ( Thin Lizzy, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Ozzy) to record the debut album
Mike Snowden is fascinated with Cigar Box Guitars. He builds them. He writes and records music with them. He also performs live with his cigar box guitars. I guess you could say that Mike has
Walter Trout (born 1951 in Ocean City, New Jersey) is a blues guitarist and front man of Walter Trout and the Radicals. Trout's career began on the Jersey coast scene of the late 60's and early 70's that jump started the career of artists like Bruce Springsteen. He then decided to relocate to Los Angeles where he became a sideman for such artists as Percy Mayfield and Deacon Jones. He also worked in the bands of John Lee Hooker and Joe Tex.
Two-timers are a Brighton based unique two-piece band which were formed in Paris in 1993. Consisting of powerful vocalist/drummer/harmonica player Sarah James (think Sam Brown/Julie Driscoll) and guitarist Gordon Russell (ex Geno Washington, Dr Feelgood) who segs from electric to acoustic, bottleneck to mandolin whilst footstomping an electrified suitcase (played like a bass drum), the Two Timers are a two piece band which sound like a fully-fledged four-piece and have formed a formidable live reputation across the UK and France.
Irma Thomas (b. February 18, 1941, Ponchatoula, Louisiana) whose only national chart hit in a 50 year career is 1963's "Wish Someone Would Care", is an enduring, Grammy winning, soul, gospel, rhythm and blues singer from New Orleans. Known as the "Soul Queen of New Orleans", she is a contemporary of Aretha Franklin and Etta James, but did not tour as relentlessly, and industry support and major commercial success eluded her for decades.
The Cruel Sea is a multi-ARIA Award winning 90s Australian rock/blues outfit. Originally an instrumental band focused on surf sounds, the addition of vocalist Tex Perkins (also a member of The Beasts Of Bourbon and a solo artist) proved an inspired decision. Combining the charismatic Perkins with the highly talented musicians created an unstoppable force through much of the 90s. Members of the band continue to perform, though with the exception of Perkins, most activity is fairly low key.
From Wikipedia:
"Take the songwriting of Bill Withers and Tom Waits. Now combine that with the soul power and energy of James Brown. And the charisma of P.T. Barnum. Enter in the guitar playing of Leo Kotke and you're starting to get an idea of what Samuel James is all about. The last of the great, ...black, American t...roubadours, Samuel James is a performer of stunning singularity. He has irreversibly changed what it means to be a solo act.
"Kris Dollimore isn’t from Missisipi, Chicago, Detroit, Georgia, Tenesse, or even Texas. Kris is actually from a little place called Rochester in the county of Kent, England. But the haunting drive of his country blues, driven by the insistent stomp of his left foot is no less ‘authentic’. This music is real."