Indie label based in North London…
The home of many fine bands indeed.  Currently home to
POLIÇA, The Go! Team, Field Music, Blue States, The Phoenix Foundation, Haley, Dutch Uncles, Stats, Warm Digits, Weaves, NZCA LINES, Malihini, Menace Beach, Rozi Plain, You Tell Me, Odetta Hartman

As an independent artist/songwriter Luke Cunningham has spent years on the road touring alongside such nationally-renowned acts as The Fray, Avett Brothers, Donovan Frankenreiter, Pat Benatar and countless others. Yet it would ultimately be the release of the songwriter's debut solo album Heart Pressure (2012) that first forced music fans and critics alike to sit up and take notice. 

Hailed by press as “a triumph fraught with emotion” and “a welcomed reminder of what songwriters used to be” the response to Heart Pressure and its ten story-driven songs were a swift and sweet sucker punch to the Carolina music scene; an artfully-crafted wake up call announcing both Cunningham’s arrival as an artist and a writer with something to say.

By year’s end, two songs from Heart Pressure (For The Best and Songs About California) were in permanent radio rotation throughout the Carolinas, despite having neither label support nor paid radio campaigns to support them.The latter of the two tunes—a duet performed with Cary Ann Hearst of the Americana Award-Winning act Shovels & Rope—would go on to become a top-requested song on Charleston SC’s 105.5FM The Bridge and the album named one of the ‘Top Five Albums of The Year’ by Charleston Scene Magazine.

Cunningham’s commitment to his craft didn’t go unnoticed either. 

Profiled in national publications such as American Songwriter Magazine and nominated ‘Songwriter of The Year’ by Charleston City Paper, he was also hand-picked the by ASCAP (American Society of Authors and Composers) to be one of just 14 nationally-selected songwriters for their prestigious Lester Sills Songwriters Workshop in Los Angeles. The experience would lead to multiple soundtrack and film placement opportunities for the South Carolina songsmith as well as the formation of his own self-ran/administrated music publishing company.

In 2016 Cunningham answered battle cries for a follow up to Heart Pressure by entering the studio and recording his latest EP Kentucky. Released in October, the six-song collection draws deep from the wells of bygone country while retaining a familiar taste of modern tones, anthemic choruses and the kind of addictively-catchy hooks Cunningham has come to be known for. 

Tipping its hat to the musical influences he grew up around in the rural tobacco fields of the Bluegrass State, the stories themselves—as well as Cunningham’s ability to spin a good yarn—leave the listener personally-invested in each tale that unfolds. The result is a sonically-masterful tightrope, traversing the genres of country, rock and Americana with grace and grit; proof that—in modern country music—one mustn’t always abandon ‘substance’ for the sake of ‘style.’

Today Luke Cunningham resides in Nashville TN where he currently works as an independent commercial songwriter. Cowriting with up-and-coming country acts, collaborating with new artists and working alongside music supervisors and producers for various TV/film projects, he continues to occasionally tour and is a regular at writers-in-the-round events and venues throughout Nashville.

Cunningham’s latest EP Kentucky is now available on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon and other online music retail stores.

For more info, news, music and tour dates visit:
www.lukecunninghammusic.com

Katie Rose played her first live show in 2011 at age 13, this young talent took the crowd by surprise performing unique covers of Ingrid Michaelson and even Adele.  From the moment she stepped on that first stage, Katie knew music was her passion and there was no looking back. Shortly after that first show, Katie Rose started experimenting with writing her own songs and discovered an even greater love than performing. Combining her unique and relatable songs with her surprisingly funny bits, Katie had begun to find her beat, and she was only getting started.

Turning her journey of self-discovery into music; the then 17 year old, wrote the album, Everything Yesterday. With the help of Eric Rickert and Jeff Leonard at Ocean Industries Studios, her songs became an anthem that Allen Foster from AXS calls, “music that lifts her fans up and makes them feel alive and eager to take on life”. Her collaboration with Jump Little Children’s, Jay Clifford on the song “Wonder”, prompted Magnet Magazine to gush, “Clean, crisp production brings out the best in Rose’s curious, beautiful voice and Jay Clifford’s gigantic string arrangements.” 

Ever refining her solo show in her hometown of Charleston, SC, Katie toured in 2017 with platinum selling artist Howie Day, followed by a tour with nationally acclaimed band, Jump Little Children. She released a live EP, I Am, on Noisetrade from her Jump Tour November of 2017. In 2018 she toured with Carbon Leaf, opened again for JLC, and even did a mini tour Vienna Teng. She also released her most recent single, Don't Hold Me Down which was featured on SceneSC's 2018 Sampler. Katie Rose looks forward to spending 2019 writing & recording, touring and sharing the musical love. She hopes to continue connecting with people through her relatable songs and quirky banter.

World Circuit Records has made its reputation by producing some of the finest albums of the past three decades. The label’s prestigious roster includes the Grammy-winning Buena Vista Social Club and associated solo artists (including Ibrahim Ferrer, Rubén González, Omara Portuondo and Orlando ‘Cachaíto’ López), Malian blues pioneer and Grammy-winner Ali Farka Touré, Malian divas and social activists Oumou Sangaré and Fatoumata Diawara, master kora player Toumani Diabaté, the illustrious Orchestra Baobab, musical iconoclast Cheikh Lô, and Fela Kuti’s legendary drummer and co-creator of Afrobeat Tony Allen. 
 
With reissues and brand new releases coming soon, World Circuit continues to bring diverse, genre-defying music to a wider audience.

HoneySmoke is a delta/swamp/gypsy/americana/island/blues rock band from Charleston, SC.

Tyler rose to fame by selling a potent elixir to cowboys and goldrushers in the 
late 1850s.  He told jokes, sang songs, stole women, and carried a 
pearl-handled pistol. 

Not really...

I was born in 1983.  I took piano lessons for a year in 1989.  I hated it. 
In 2003 I decided I wanted to be a singer and write songs.  I don't know why.
I couldn't do either.  But, I decided I would work really hard at it until people
actually wanted to hear me play my songs.  I decided it would be better
to fail in front of strangers than in front of my friends and family.  So in 2005
I moved from Anderson, IN to Charleston, SC - where I knew no one - to make
a run of it.  Shortly after arriving I formed a band with Joe Giant, who had made 
the trek down from Indiana with me, and who probably believed in me more
than I did myself.  We played 5 nights a week in bars and eventually caught a 
break - garnering the attention of a local music manager, Johnny Diamond, and
renowned producer, Rick Beato.  It was then, we formed the band, Crowfield.  
Parker Gins would become the drummer and a host of other talented musicians
filled out the lineup over the years.  And my oh my... what amazing years they were. 
We toured from New York City to San Francisco to Los Angeles and Cozumel.  And 
when we played our final show as a band on March 15th 2013, I looked out at 
a thousand people singing along - the strangers I had moved here to play for had 
become my friends, my fans, my family.  

So, now it's on to a new chapter.  I can't tell you what to expect from me because 
I'm still deciding that for myself.  All I know is I have a lot of material I'm working 
on and hope I will find the kindness and open ears I found when I started out 
on this adventure.

New album "Things Are Great" out now!
https://linktr.ee/bandofhorses

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