The Brooklyn-based orchestral pop band THE SILENT LEAGUE originated as the solo identity of singer Justin Russo in the late nineties. While a keyboardist with Mercury Rev in support of the critically acclaimed albums "Deserter's Songs" (V2) and "All Is Dream" (V2), Russo secretly stole each available moment in a busy tour schedule to write and record his own fragile and epic LP, "The Orchestra, Sadly, Has Refused".
Mishaped Pearls are: Manuela Schuette - Vocals Ged Flood - Guitar, Mandolin, Piano, plug ins Manuela was born in Germany and has lived in London for around 14 years.
Her background is classical and opera with a little folk/pop thrown in to keep it real! Ged is a Readin' lad but has lived in London for the last 4 years. Born into an Irish family of folk musicians he went on to play in indie/rock and folk bands over the years.
Sir John Eliot Gardiner CBE FKC (born 20 April 1943, Fontmell Magna, Dorset, England) is an English conductor. He founded the Monteverdi Choir in 1964 and the English Baroque Soloists in 1978. Gardiner is most famous for his interpretations of Baroque music on period instruments with the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists, but his repertoire and discography are not limited to early music.