Lauren Bannon is a Bournemouth based Indie Singer/Songwriter. Regularly playing events across the South and London. Taking influence from artists such as Eva Cassidy, Norah Jones & Regina Spektor to create a sound of nothing you've ever heard!]
Listen to Lauren at http://myspace.com/laurenbannon
Lucas Raye is an up and coming solo artist from the South, and an experienced, professional singer/acoustic guitar player. His musical career has taken him across Britain from Newquay to Edinburgh, and he has been playing shows at a wide variety of venues for 6 years.
Lucas has had his original recordings and live performances played to hundreds of thousands of listeners on BBC radio on several occasions, and is currently writing and recording material for an upcoming E.P release. Fool's Move, Lucas's recently released single is now available for download from iTunes.
His “one-man-band” style of performance is made possible with the use of the latest and most advance loop pedal on the market, the Boss RC-50 Loop Station. With this Lucas is able to record percussion, backing vocals and additional guitar parts live in front of an audience, and then incorporate those recordings into the song he is playing. All this is done smoothly and quickly, resulting in a full band sound being generated live by one man!
Singer songwriter from the Isle of Wight. My influences include: Neil Young, Ryan Adams, Bruce Springsteen, Ron Sexsmith, John Prine, Tom Petty, Townes Van Zandt, Elliott Smith, John Denver and Nanci Griffith.
Satellites are a four-piece alt-rock band from Southampton, UK, comprising Kenny Elsbury on vocals and guitar, Dave Taylor on guitar, Tom Parker on bass, and Jack Loader on drums.
With influences ranging from ambient pop-rock, right through to hardcore punk and metal, the band have been working since early 2010 on their modern British rock sound, writing and performing songs around the South Coast to an ever growing audience.
2011 will see the release of the debut EP from Satellites, as well as a number of shows up and down the country.
For more information, keep up with the band on Facebook - www.facebook.com/we.are.satellites MySpace - www.myspace.com/wearesatellitesuk or follow on Twitter - @wearesatellites
Forever Can Wait are a 5 piece female fronted pop punk/alternative band from Southampton who formed in October 2009.
After over a year of gigging, the young quintet have definitely managed to make their mark on the Southampton scene by landing support slots with bands like Twenty Twenty, Burn The Fleet, Don Broco, Yashin, MiMi Soya and Kids Can't Fly, along with out of town shows with Fireworks and Save Your Breath. They also managed to land a headline slot at the Joiners back in January 2011 as part of their EP release but also to mark a year since their first show as a band and at their favourite hometown venue. Back at the start of July the band went on their first tour, managing to land shows in places as far as Newcastle and Dundee.
The young 5 piece are known for their upbeat and exciting shows, always keeping the crowds attention with lead singer Tash’s impressive vocals which are complimented well with catchy riffs and punchy backing from the rest of the band. Forever Can Wait are definitely ones to watch in 2011.
