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Acoustic duo hailing from Frome, Somerset, comprising of cellist /vocalist Helen Robertson and guitarist / singer - songwriter Vincent Callan,

MountainSpeaksFire fuse alternative rock and folk into emotive and passion filled songs. Helen's ethereal vocals and cello balancing Vincent's feral and primal musical style.

 "MountainSpeaksFire: haunting cello from Helen Robertson combined with subtly passionate voice of Vin Callan make this duo unforgettable"

- Crysse Morrison , A Writers Life



Devils Water is a small, picturesque river winding through Hexhamshire in Northumberland and joining the River Tyne at Corbridge. That's where we got our name. So you could call us a sort of tributary band, perhaps... The core line-up is Richard Ridley (voice, guitar, guzuki and other stringed devices) and Raymond Greenoaken (voice, banjo, concertina, guitar, harmonium, percussion), and Patrick Walker (violin, viola, mandolin, guitar, electric guitar, voice), supplemented on occasion by trusted and gifted musicians of our acquaintance who don't mind not getting paid.

About the band: Confused By Zebras plays mostly original music and a few select covers. Marc Franz, formerly of The Slip, In The Red and The Monkey Boys, has been writing his original music for many years now just looking for the right group to help develop and play it. Marc is the writer, singer, and guitarist of Confused By Zebras and a lifelong music artist who largely abandoned public performing in the 90s to raise two sons and hold down a family life, but playing and writing continued, often late at night while everyone slept. Meeting seasoned bassist, Allen Jones in 2010 brought in an original artist with a long pedigree of performance and recording skills (the entire CBZ catalog was recorded in Allen’s own RockHaven Records studio) who gave Marc a solid footing (in many ways) to realize the potential of his original compositions. His bass lines are potent, elegant and artful. Three different drummers grace the recordings, but the drum chair is once again occupied by Marc’s lifelong sidekick, Dave Lockhoff. 

The performance philosophy of Confused By Zebras still boils down to the same formula Marc has used from the days of the early bands of his 20’s and 30’s: Songs are an excuse to jam. Of course, there are riffs and notes to be duplicated, but it is not by rote recital. Every performance must be visceral, spirited and delivered with urgency. The aim is to reach into the inner human workings of the audience, to provoke their minds with imagery and seduce their senses with sound, and to trip off the light fantastic that makes heads swim and minds dream. That sound is invariably delivered with a three-piece band and a well broken in Fender Stratocaster, a traditional tube amplifier and minimal effects with a strong nod to the great guitar bands of the Woodstock era; bands that were based on pop sensibilities married to a rocking bluesy guitar with psychedelic overtones and harmonized voices with lyrics that provoke thoughts of living fully human and alive. Listen to these songs and be transported.

Hope you all get the chance to listen and even come on out to hear them perform their original music. Any feedback encouraged and would be welcomed.

There is an enigmatic bigfoot-like character that just came out of the woods after 15 years of being lost. He goes by the handle Ghostly Beard, and he’s a visionary artistic entity with a boundlessly creative sweep that encompasses soft rock, jazz, prog-rock, fusion, pop, classic rock, and more. 

Ghostly Beard’s kaleidoscopic creativity has garnered him comparisons to such diverse artists as Steely Dan, Pink Floyd, James Taylor, Peter Gabriel, Pat Metheny, Cat Stevens, Weather Report, Michael Franks and Chicago. He crafts immersive dreamy sonic landscapes that emotionally blur the line between dark catharsis and subtle rays of hope. Now, he lets us into his universe with an eclectic clutch of thoughtfully sequenced albums.

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Katie Ellen and Lillias Hobson met whilst studying music in university. They had an instant connection both as friends and musicians and started writing together a year ago. When Lillias, originally from Glasgow, moved back home, they decided distance could not stop them creating and Katie, armed with all of her home studio recording equipment, took a train to record a 'Live Lounge" inspired version of their first co-write 'Every Word'. Whilst recording, they wrote 'Waiting For You' and the single turned in to a double side which, all going to plan, should be released in December.

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