Louis Parrish. Songwriter + Recording Artist. Formerly of Long Island NY / Edinburgh UK/ Santa Rosa CA.  Please visit his Bandcamp page to hear the most recent releases.

Roots-pop songstress Katey Laurel spins hopeful, romantic, introspective songs about our common humanity.  Her sound is reminiscent of an imaginary time and space where Natalie Merchant, Fiona Apple and Emmylou Harris formed a band and wrote songs together.
Katey grew up drawing pictures, writing stories, riding horses and playing in the woods in the Colorado mountains. This is the idyllic foundation from which she crafts her life and her music.  Katey's songs range from radio-friendly pop tunes to lush, cinematic songs for film and television. With background in Classical piano and French horn as well as guitar and voice, her artistic roots are both deep and diverse. Laurel draws her musical inspiration as a songwriter from many musical styles including bluegrass, classic rock, alternative, country, and even 80s dance-pop.
Katey has performed hundreds of shows via venues, radio, television stations and festivals in Colorado and around the US, including Hotel Cafe (LA), The Bitter End (NYC), Bluebird Cafe (Nashville), Hard Rock Café Denver and Nashville, Colorado State Fair and the Greeley Stampede. She has built a solid fan base with her unique voice and a satisfying blend of folk and pop, garnering airplay on Triple A and AC radio stations around the country including KALC, KMNT, KBCO, KFMU and KOTO.  Most recently she is a Great American Song Contest Top 5 Winner and NPR Mountain Stage NewSong Contest Regional Finalist, and has had two songs in rotation on Starbucks overhead programming.
As a live performer, she has shared the stage with Howie Day, Bill Mallonee, Katie Herzig, Matt Morris, Trevor Hall and others. With her latest album “Periscope” produced by industry veteran Warren Huart (The Fray, Aerosmith), Katey Laurel is now poised to reach an even larger audience in the days ahead.  

Walnut Valley Festival New Song Winner
Tucson Folk Festival National Finalist
Great American Song Contest Finalist 
NPR Mountain Stage NewSong Southwest Regional Finalist 
Texaco Country Showdown Southwest Regional Finalist
International Songwriting Competition Semi-Finalist

Recording, mixing, and mastering at Digital Media Workshop.

Martin Tarnley is a composer of electronic music, utilizing synthesizers, keyboards and other electronic means. His style varies from ambient, New Age and dance to Berlin school with emphasis on sequencer patterns.

With a signature raw mandolin groove, bold fashion sense, charismatic yet soft spoken confidence, and keen sensitivity to style and artistic innovation, twenty-four year old mandolinist Tristan Scroggins is quickly becoming a highly influential voice of both music and community in the world of bluegrass.

Cover Photo: Manny Krevat  Crystal background courtesy Pixabay.com under Creative Commons License

Start with the spirit of Peter, Paul & Mary; add the vocal complexity of Crosby, Stills & Nash, throw in a bit of the Byrds and a jot of Joni Mitchell, and you have Gathering Time – a head-turning harmony trio that WFUV's John Platt calls "among the top performers in the New York metropolitan area," and which was voted one of "Long Island's Best" in a Long Island Press readers' poll. 

With their seamless vocal blend, precision guitar playing and inspired percussion, Stuart Markus, Hillary Foxsong and Gerry McKeveny display deep roots in 1960s folk and folk-rock, with a healthy dose of traditional folk in the mix. Their stage chemistry makes it clear that they take the music (if not themselves) very seriously, with an infectious energy that wins over even fans who never considered themselves folkies. 

Bob McKillop of MaineFolkMusic.com writes, "Gathering Time ... has perfected two separate but related art forms: three part harmony and having a ball on stage! When they harmonize, some sort of fundamental, cosmic concordance occurs that makes you very happy that you have ears.” 

WFUV's John Platt adds that they are "among the finest performers in the New York metropolitan area, whatever the size of the venue, from a house concert to an outdoor festival," with "harmonies that can charm the birds out of the trees, strong original songs, and a savvy repertoire of cover songs, ranging from traditional folk to classic rock. They appeal to audiences of all ages." 

From Tricentric showcases at NERFA 2009 and 2010 and a Formal showcase in 2011 to an Emerging Artist showcase at Falcon Ridge 2012 at which they were voted "Most Wanted" to return in 2013, it's clear that word has begun to spread. 

Chance encounters led to the group's formation in the summer of 2006; their first release, a remake of Peter Yarrow's "Light One Candle" in 2007, received international airplay and is still a staple of Chanukah radio. Since then, they have released three full CDs, Songs of Hope and Freedom (2009), Red Apples and Gold (#5 on the Folk DJ chart for Oct., 2012), and the recently released When One Door Closes... . 

The reaction of the New Jersey Folk Project's Margaret Crowl, who emceed the trio opening for Aztec Two-Step, is typical: ""Isn't it a great thing about folk music, that you can come to a venue ... see a band you've never heard of, and get blown away?!" 

In March, 2013, Gathering Time welcomed Long Island music veteran Gerry McKeveny, who brings even greater heights of guitar wizardry to the group's signature vocal sound. 


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