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American International Artists, Inc.
Cynthia B. Herbst, President
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Cynthia@aiArtists.com

Much like songbird Edith Piaf, Madeleine Peyroux spent her teenage years busking the busy streets of Paris. Just like the ‘little sparrow’, Madeleine befriended the city’s street musicians and made its Latin quarter her first performing stage. Years later, Peyroux would cite iconic Piaf as an influence on her music and record a rendition of the classic La Vie En Rose, soulfully capturing the tune’s romanticism and melancholy.
 
Born in Athens, Georgia in 1974, Madeleine “grew up in a house filled with music” and from an early age “instinctively realised music’s soothing power” but it was her teenage years in the French capital that turned the childhood notion into an all-consuming vocation for life.

Young Madeleine moved to Paris with her mother in 1987 following her parents divorce. “To soothe me during the upheaval”, she recalls, “I was given a guitar and took to playing in the streets almost immediately.”

Thirty years after her formative busking days Peyroux is the proud curator of nine beguiling albums and an accomplished performer with sell out worldwide tours under her belt. Her atmospheric version of Serge Gainsborough’s La Javanaise was used in the soundtrack of Oscar Winner The Shape of Water and her countless accolades
include the coveted BBC International Artist Of The Year honour.
 
Madeleine’s thirst for creative exploration is unfading and her willingness to face creative challenges remains as solid now as it was three decades ago.

With endearing passion and great curiosity the unstoppable genre-defying virtuoso continues her search for the good and examines life with the treasured William Congreve belief that Music has charms to soothe the savage beast.
 
Madeleine might attribute her success to “mostly luck” but to the industry and loyal fans alike, it is the immense talent and utter dedication to her craft that shines through.
“Peyroux is a tremendous talent and almost a total intuitive” reflects Larry Klein, “she has the capacity to get the magic. When she sings and plays her guitar, great things happen.”

Ticker T, born Tshikani in Johannesburg South Africa in the 80s. Ticker was exposed to house music in 1999 when he attended street bashes in his neighboorhood and was intrigued and mesmirised by turntablists performing and moving crowds in these events. He then started practising the art of turn tabling where he mastered the art. Soon later Ticker T found that DJing was not the only art that moves crowds therefore he left the DJ scene to be baptised in the art of music production, where he returned to the house scene in 2010 and got slots in Changeroom Soweto, Mamelodi, and various events locally. Ticker revolutionised  the Soweto house  scene as he was one of the first local Djs to utilise digital midi controllers in Dj sets, this intrigued and mesmirised the crowds who booked Ticker.  Ticker T then established a record label and entertainment company in October 2010, and released his debut EP digitally in 2011 titled China, the EP. In 2012 Ticker released various singles digitally on the worldwide platform and got local radio airplay. In 2011 Ticker played various sets on the Durban house scene, killing the crowds at KoKo in Point str and Ghetto lodge, Bluff Durban Kwazulu Natal.   Ticker has released a 10 track studio album dubbed "Aural Delights volume 1 Deception on the dancefloor" worldwide on the digital platform through his label Aural Delights and features vocals from Sinne, Lindo, Low N and others on the 20th of January 2013. The album can be purchased on Beatport and other download sites.  Ticker Ts music is influenced by Franck Roger and Kerri Chandler, this is evident fom his use of Pads and strings to create seductive melodies. To contact Ticker T directly drop him a line on ktshikani@yahoo.com   

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The Strypes are 4-piece rhythm and blues band hailing from Cavan, Ireland, formed in 2011 by Ross Farrelly (lead vocals/harmonica), Josh McClorey (lead guitar/vocals), Pete O'Hanlon (bass guitar/harmonica) and Evan Walsh (drums).

The group has spent the past 18 months launching their explosive R&B assault on the clubs and festivals of Ireland, the UK and Europe, viciously hammering out a no-nonsense blues repertoire drawing from the songbooks of Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Slim Harpo and more with the passion and venom of British blues groups such as Dr. Feelgood, The Yardbirds, The Rolling Stones and The Animals. 

Having already been met with critical acclaim from greats such as Jeff Beck and Paul Weller and been tipped by NME as the No. 1 new band to watch, it seems things can only get better for The Strypes.

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