Hi, my name is Gem. I write Alt. Country / folk music. 
Drop me a line on: mail@gemandrews.co.uk to get in touch.

Power pop indie rock. Based in Houston, sometimes Chicago.

River Rising is the collaboration of Chicago singer-songwriters Megan Deiger and Tim Hazen. The duo's first EP When I Find You is available for download on Bandcamp  and iTunes.

Hailing from Chicago, Illinois, Brian Kristmas is a singer-songwriter who combines elements of folk, rock, and alternative to create music with toe-tapping rhythms and heartfelt lyrics. Brian’s witty storytelling abilities and complex but approachable guitar work resonates with fans across a variety of genres.
 
Although sometimes reminiscent of Americana icons like Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, and John Prine, Brian Kristmas has a sound that is uniquely his own. As a musician who has worked with a wide range of bands, Brian has come into his own with his latest release and looks to continue writing songs that push the boundaries of his own creative and musical talents.

Dortmund Artist Wolfgang Leng has been an established artist for quite a while now. Reaching anyone interested in fine arts through his oil and acrylic paintings as well as drawings is of great importance to Leng. However, Leng's creativity isn't limited to painting or drawing pictures - he also composes music, writes poems and is passionately involved with photography and digital arts. At the moment, he is finishing his first book. "My paintings tend to come out geometric, contemporary-modern, abstract, objective and realistic", says Leng describing his style, "sometimes even all at once in one painting". The manner in which an oil painting of his comes into being and his choice of colours are influenced by music, yet the technique he uses is always decided upon with the painting in mind. Leng has been able to gain a lot of experience and he has established himself as an artist doing projects, mounting exhibitions alone or with others and taking part in nation-wide as well as international competitions. He has found his style and is displaying a great deal of versatility, which his fans greatly appreciate. 
Many of his paintings take a lot of time to create and require much concentration and discipline. He draws upon everyday thoughts, dreams and wishes as well as political, social and erotic topics. His own experiences - positive and negative alike - can be found in his pictures. In the art scene Leng is called the "Master of Edges".

Mittlerweile ist der Dortmunder Künstler Wolfgang Leng kein unbeschriebenes Blatt mehr. Leng ist es wichtig, dass seine Malerei all die Leute erreicht, die an bildender Kunst in Form von Ölmalerei, Acrylmalerei sowie Zeichnungen interessiert sind. 
Lengs Kreativität beschränkt sich nicht nur darauf, Bilder zu malen oder zu zeichnen - er macht auch Musik, schreibt Gedichte, beschäftigt sich leidenschaftlich mit Fotografie und digitaler Kunst, und ist gerade dabei, sein erstes Buch fertig zu stellen. "Meine Malerei tendiert in die Richtungen geometrisch, zeitgenössisch-modern, abstrakt, gegenständlich und Realismus", beschreibt Leng seinen Stil. "Manchmal auch alles zusammen in einem Bild." Die Art wie ein Ölbild entsteht und welche Farben er verwendet, wird bei ihm durch Musik beeinflusst, jedoch entscheidet immer das Bild die zu verwendende Technik.

Durch Einzel- und Gemeinschaftsausstellungen, Wettbewerben im In- und Ausland sowie eigenen Projekten hat Leng sehr viel Erfahrung sammeln können und sich als Künstler etabliert. "Als Artist ist es sehr wichtig, seine Kreativität ausleben zu dürfen - die Begegnung des Realen mit der Fantasie - das Einfügen von Sinnlichkeit und Poesie", so Leng. Er hat 'seine' Stilrichtung gefunden und ist in der Malerei sehr vielseitig, was seine Anhänger an ihm zu schätzen wissen.

Viele seiner Bilder sind sehr zeitaufwändig und benötigen viel Konzentration und Disziplin. Er verarbeitet alltägliche Gedanken, Träume und Wünsche sowie politische, soziale und erotische Themen. Auch eigene Erlebnisse - positive wie negative - findet man in seinen Bildern wieder. In der Kunstszene bezeichnet man Leng als Meister der Ecken.

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