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Zoo X-Ray is a rock ‘n’ roll project launched by Ehren Borg in 2013.  Zoo X-Ray is not meant to be predictable.  Borg incorporates elements of punk, metal, blues, hip-hop, pop and country into his punchy, often edgy compositions.  Currently based in New York, Zoo X-Ray is an ongoing labor of love -- an offering to those who seek the sonically strange.

Borg began playing the guitar at a young age, and soon became obsessed with the craft.  After many years of practice, independent study, travel, and close listening, Zoo X-Ray was born.  Borg plays all the instruments and performs all of the vocals in his music, also programming all the drum and percussion tracks himself.  His DIY attitude and musical unpredictability permeates his work, often dark, sometimes cheeky, and usually frenetic.  In short, Zoo X-Ray is high-octane rock music.

Although Zoo X-Ray began in Borg’s tiny living room studio in Colorado, it has since blossomed into a full-blown underground music phenomenon.  Borg has been releasing self-recorded Zoo X-Ray material for years, but this year marks the release of his first professionally produced studio album entitled “At The Zoo”.  Borg is currently gathering new material for an upcoming EP and performing live shows around New York.

Alt Country Rock band, DIVINING ROD, led by Hawaiian born, multi-instrumentalist Miyuki Furtado, who sings, plays guitar and drums simultaneously, serves up his brand of soul-tinged Country along with his cohorts (guitarist/vocalist, Patrick Harmon, bassist Matt Svigals and drummer, John Malone). The band emerges, post pandemic, with an exciting new release. Melodic, rowdy & tender songs swathed in reverb.

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THE JOURNEY TAKEN by singer-songwriter + multi-instrumentalist Sam Winston to his latest release ('Damaged Goods') hasn't been straightforward. It has been a circuitous route, with several hurdles to overcome including health problems and a self-imposed 4 year hiatus from releasing his first album The Fire & The Icicle (2016). 

However, as is frequently the case, it's in these very hurdles that Sam found new creative strength. A conscious expression of his vulnerabilities is what underpins the spirit of the new record. "Damaged Goods is a statement about losing my core and letting go...about being okay with not being okay."

In addition to supporting Boy George on tour in Amsterdam, Sam has toured Belgium and Scotland with the support of Scottish guitar makers Bailey Guitars, a company who only use 100% renewable energy. This fact is important to Sam who owns and plays various Bailey instruments. When they were losing their factory, Sam aided them by curating a compilation album of his and others' works. Profits from it helped secure the Bailey premises. 

Various notable gigs for Sam include Dartford Festival; twice selling out the renowned Mick Jagger Centre; Folk On The Dock Fest; supporting Henry Priestman of The Christians & headlining the BBC Radio Stage at Chatham's Steam Fest. 

--  REVIEWS  --  

"Sam’s earnest voice is equally at home in delicate folk music numbers, as it is to bolder pop-influenced songs" - RICHER UNSIGNED

"Heart-warming...Winston is soulful to the tips of his toes" - MATT BELL, THE SUN

"A voice both delicate and disarming" - BBC UPLOAD


"His tracks feature unusual instruments like a Celtic harp, a Victorian dulcitone, mandolins, even Sam's uncle's 100 year old accordion" - THE NEWS SHOPPER

"Winston is a class act" - THE SOUTH LONDON PRESS

"Intricate and big-hearted [...] a playful, soulful delight" - LEO ULPH, BBC RADIO KENT

"Damaged Goods is a great song with such a fine vocal from Sam, the lyrics are deep and perfect [...] it deserves to be heard and admired" - CHRIS DIFFORD

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