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The Wiyos -
Vaudevillian Ragtime Blues, Hillbilly Swing and Old Time Country
The old-time spirit of The WIYOS mirrors that of the
medicine shows of the 1920's and 30's, when black
and white musical traditions mixed liberally and
genre distinctions didn't exist between blues and
country, ragtime and gospel, or swing and hillbilly
music. Accordingly, The WIYOS write songs that are
equally influenced by music from the Blue Ridge
Mountains and New York City, mixing the more
urbane sounds of Django Reinhardt, the Gershwin

Themakingof are a 7-piece band from Derby, UK, formerly known as The Making of). They formed in 2007, when Tom John and Leigh Dawber decided to make their new side-project into a full band. James Machin (also of My Psychoanalyst), Nathan Wilson (Lardpony) and Matt Spalding (Mascot Fight, Biba) joined and the band began practicing and recording demos. Their first album is due in May 2009. In May 2008, Sean Dodds of Mascot Fight joined the band on keys/guitar/vocals. This came about after he stood in for Matt Spalding at a gig at the Victoria Inn, Derby.

The Violet Jive are a U.K based trio comprised of Guitar/Vocals, Double bass & Drums. A swing sound with feverish latino edges and a cool dark alternative twist! Somewhere between The Jungle Book, Wes Montgomery, Soundgarden and Portishead...perhaps? Not content with either the often self indulgent face of modern jazz or mundane, uninspiring indie/rock band clones, but a lover of that 50's swing sound, grungy guitar riffs, Trip-Hop/Hip-Hop beats, latin flavours, spontaneous musicality and 'proper songs', Steve Spall (Guitar/Vocals) began creating as THE VIOLET JIVE.