PHIL MIDDLETON 

Phil Middleton is a name that is recognised by his peers as an established singer, songwriter.

Born in Mosside, Manchester, he has collaborated with many well known artists over his long and eventful career
 in the music industry. 
His abilty as a guitarist and vocalist have enabled him to play with artists from alomost all genres of music. 
To name a few, such as Sad Cafe (one of Manchesters most successful bands), John Cooper Clark 
( Punk Poet playing his first EP), Dorren Edwards (Singer with Simply Red). 

Phil Middleton has been a musician by vocation since getting his first guitar at aged 11.
 He has toured the UK and Europe being part of a band or fronting his own band. 
He is an accomplished Songwriter,Singer and Guitarist.
 Phil says 'I love to sing more than anything, the guitar was a vehicle that enabled me to sing by myself, 
but like most things associated with music, I've become hopelessly addicted!'
 He is now pursuing a solo career and writing songs with specific artists in mind. ( As well as for himself, of course)

He has played most of the major venues in the UK either as a band player or fronting his own band.
 At the present he is playing mainly solo gigs doing a mixture of original song and covers arranged in his own unique 
style. 

From the many songs he has written, he has released an album 'SoFa So GooD' which you can hear/buy on itunes, 
and is due to realease another entitled 'Rainbows without rain' in March 2016.

Carl Bray (born Toronto, Ontario 1988), graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Contemporary Music in 2010 from Humber College - School of Creative and Performing Arts.  As one of Canada’s top young pianists, he has been living and playing professionally in Toronto, since graduation.

Some awards include: the Ray Hnatyshyn Oscar Peterson Grant for Jazz Performance, Humber College Music and Academic Awards, Saskatchewan Music Teachers Association, Yamaha Outstanding Achievement Awards, Downbeat Magazine Award, and the CBC Galaxy Rising Star Award. After performing with Humber’s top jazz quartet featuring artist-in-residence Chris Potter and Terrence Blanchard, Carl was asked to play in the National Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Vic Vogel and Christine & Ingrid Jensen at the 2009 National Jazz Awards.  

The Carl Bray Trio performed a live recording session in CBC Radio 2’s studio for their Galleria Series (2009) and opened for Chris Potter & The Underground Band, who headlined the 2009 Regina Jazz Festival.  They also recently performed three dates for the 2011 TD Toronto Jazz Festival, followed by a solo performance for Manhattan’s Yotel Hotel grand opening. This past June, Carl was invited to perform for the Governor General’s private concert, hosted by the Ray Hnatyshyn Foundation, to honour their award recipients.  His original piece, “Talk of Hands” was performed solo and commissioned by Bruce Firestone for recording. 


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Janos is a singer-songwriter, producer and multi instrumentalist from Stockholm. He lives and produces his works from Stockholm.

Jan is a multimedia artist – he also works in photography. He is published in books and have taken part in exhibitions in Stockholm, Amsterdam and Tuscany.

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