Faster Than Sound is a solo acoustic project started in Toronto, Canada and now based in London, England. The style is mainly in the modern folk singer/songwriter genre with roots in popular rock. A raw, self-titled demo E.P. was released in June, 2009.
Aaron Shanley is a singer-songwriter from Lisburn, Northern Ireland. He has received notable ongoing support from the BBC, including BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio Ulster. Aaron Shanley won the Katherine Brick Young Songwriter of the Year Award in 2010.[2] Aaron Shanley won the 'Best Male Award' at the Access To Music Awards at Birmingham O2 Academy on December 1 2010 hosted by Edith Bowman. Aaron has toured extensively in the US, UK and Ireland in 2010, including dates supporting Kiernan McMullan and Ben Glover.
David Gregory is a singer/songwriter and rock frontman born in San Antonio, TX in November 1986. Born and raised in the city, he's taken a strong place in it's local community of artists and musicians. His first solo release, "The Background & The Aftermath" was more of a b-sides ep than a full record. The artists firsts solo LP, "I'm a Project at Best" Is in post production and said to be released early 2011.
Matt Nathanson (born March 28, 1973 in Lexington, Massachusetts) is a singer-songwriter whose work is a blend of folk and rock music. In addition to singing, he plays acoustic and electric guitar (usually a twelve-string), and has played both solo and with a full band. The Faster Songfacts says that his seventh studio album, Modern Love debuted on #17 on the Billboard 200 for the week of July 9, 2011, making it Nathanson's most successful album to date.
Probably the best thing since Chilli Beans! And personaly i love chilli Beans. Amazing.
Olivia Anna Livki was born in 1984 in Poland - behind the Iron Curtain, where the streets, buildings and birds were grey and brown and the coloured stuff had be bought with dollars in shops called “Pewex. Her Polish mum and German dad had met in Jordan (where their jobs had brought them) so English became her second mother tongue and the Arab Emirates soon her second home and happiest childhood memories.
There are 2 artists with the name Lee Rogers 1 - Lee Rogers was to the Detroit label, D-Town, what Marvin Gaye was to Motown -a singer whose voice was rooted in gospel that rocked alongside soulful, funky dance grooves. Many of his singles are now much sought after by followers of the 'Northern Soul' scene.
- (Lee Rogers - Sock Some Love Power To Me / Boss Love: The United Kingdom Collection / The Hollywood Sessions - Photos 1,2,3)
I am Harlequin has been founded by German-born musician/singer/songwriter Anne Freier. Her music blends elements of pop, indie and electro pop and is referred to as "Pop-Indie Einschlag" (impact). She plays the piano, harp and recorder. Anne was born in Dresden, Germany, daughter to a teacher (mother) and landscape architect (father) and the family moved to Erfurt when she was two years old. After the wall came down the whole family traveled a lot within Europe and later internationally.
Brian Blade (born 1970 in Shreveport, Louisiana) is an American jazz drummer and composer. Brian made his first appearances as a sideman with pianist Brad Mehldau, Joshua Redman, Kenny Garrett, and continued to work as a sideman with other musicians commonly known as "young lions." As a leader, he has released three albums - Fellowship, Perceptual, and most recently, Season of Changes, his Verve Music Group debut. Season of Changes has received rave reviews and continues to grow in popularity.
REVIEWS OF “THROUGH THE NOISE, THROUGH THE NIGHT” (2010) "Ben Glover's second record is a shining work of kindness and heart, and I am proud to have co-written a song on it with him. Great art is a generosity, one lonely soul sharing itself with others hoping to be seen, and in these songs Ben, I see you. This is a great record, congratulations!"
MARY GAUTHIER (Acclaimed singer/songwriter) "Ben Glover is blessed with a very special voice, and having written "Through The Noise, Through The Night" shows his ear is also finely tuned to the vicissitudes of the human condition.