Founded in 1985 by twin brothers Gary & Glenn Miller - "the Strummer and Jones of Folk Music".

"A Whisky Priests show is the sort of stuff to make your hair curl; honest, earthy, loud, raucous and tremendously uplifting” (Folk Roots, UK)

Folk/rock songs in singer/songwriter style and diy/punk spirit. 
Personas and parodies, rants and ramblings, fables and fantasy, sleaze and silliness.

I've been playing/writing music as a hobby for years, and sometime ago I arranged my songs into 4 thematic (semi-finished) albums. After persistent nagging and unreasonable flattery from biased friends, I've been coaxed into spending some free time working on selected songs (from those 4 albums) and making them public. Hope you like them.

About me, I'm in my 30s, of mixed background, and I live (mostly) in England and Scotland. Jon Deferdyn is an alteration of my name and the Vortex is a small, loose group of friends with whom I've played music.

Some of the compliments I've got so far are on the lyrics, so I've included them (on each song page here).

Many of my favorite artists are (for lack of a better description) in the literary singer-songwriter/chansonnier/bard tradition:
Georges Brassens, Jake Thackray, Fabrizio De Andre, Nick Cave, Vladimir Vysotsky, Shane McGowan, Ewan MacColl, Dubliners, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Lee Hazlewood, Wolf Biermann, Jacek Kaczmarski, John Prine, Townes Van Zandt, Linton Kwesi Johnson; in bands, Clash, Mano Negra, Cramps, and others.

An emigrant in Japan for more than 10 years. If any musicians in Kanagawa happen to see this page and love folk rock (alternative, punk etc), get in touch, I've missed being in a band! In the meanwhile, I'll be checking some of the wonderful musicians and bands here and exploring new sounds.

Punk, rock and rebellion from eastern europe

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