Larry Mindel makes music that draws on folk and jazz traditions. Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, David Crosby, Rickie Lee Jones, Sam Amidon from North America, and Laura Marling, John Martyn, Richard Thompson, Karen Matheson and Karine Polwart from the UK are key influences - but also new classicists like Olafur Arnalds, bands such as Steely Dan and minimalists like Terry Riley.

Geographic and human landscapes come together -  in the frozen Antarctic, a fragile wetlands in New Zealand,  the Thames estuary, the dry red dust of the Australian outback, the lowlands of Suffolk, the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides.... 

Larry came to music late in life. From an early age, he has written songs, made private mixtapes, and gigged in various bands. It's only now, in his seventies, that he's hitting his stride...

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Composer/Artist (signed to Monochrome Motif Records); Arts Council & Lottery supported creative entrepreneur; tutor & module leader, ICMP; Fresh on the Net moderator & reviews writer: blogger: author, husband & dad.

I am a north London pianist and keys player - happy in jazz, pop and rock.. and occasional classical. Here you can listen to collaborations with my many musician friends and music composed at home with all the benefits of modern technology.

Oneness of Cuckoo is my acoustic duo project, that has been active in Manchester since 2016. Repertoire consists of mainly covers sprinkled with a few original compositions, in a variety of styles including folk, pop, show tunes, bossa nova and more. The combination of high quality songs, lush vocal harmonies and elegant guitar playing are perfect for smaller and more intimate venues, and the act is available for private engagements too.


Alessia Piermarini is an italian artist, she’s a singer, songwriter, pianist, urban blogger, metropolitan poet. 
Since she was very young she’s been into afro-american music, she quickly went from gospel choirs to more professional experiences. 
She’s been performing in national and international festivals with project such as the vocal swing female trio The Boop Sisters (Alfamusic Record) and she took part to several national tv and radio shows. 

She recorded her first solo album in 2008 (PG Major 7) and had the honor to open for the afro-american artist from Philly Ursula Rucker, also known as the Poet of Nu Soul.
The album had great exposure and some of the songs are played by international radios and are part of international compilations, such as the english Soul Unsigned.
She’s been living in New York for a while, and there she performed her original compositions both in Italian and in English and she received an enthusiastic feed back from the audience. 
In 2013 she met the great Frank McComb: he’s an important artist of the actual soul scene and has been collaborating with Prince, Chaka Khan, Will Smith, Brandford Marsalis and many others. For her it was a dream come true: they shared several gigs in Italy. 
Alessia is also a blogger, she used to take part to poetry slams and she won several times performing her spoken poems: during the performance she uses her loop station to create vocal harmonies and beat box, some of these spokens are included in her new album. Musically her work is full of elements of Soul, Jazz and Hip hop.
There are two important guests featured on the album, the afro-american singer Jaguar Wright, discovered by The Roots and the popular Italian jazz trumpet player Aldo Bassi.

The musicians involved in the project are remarkable jazz musicians. 

Martino Onorato is a pianist, arranger and producer, he plays keys with the popular roman street band Funkallisto. 

Giulio Pierucci is a producer, sound engineer and remixer, he’s been working for most popular major labels and for artists such as Duran Duran, Jamiroquai, Jennifer Lopez…



With her unique lyrical style Jay explores themes of love and belonging in her music, writing each song as though it is a scene in a movie. 

Jay had her first radio play in 2018 when Bob Fischer played her on BBC Radio Tees. With repeated support from local radio, this spurred her to develop as an artist and challenge herself in her songwriting. She went on to have tracks played on BBC 6 Music. Called 'genre-defying' by Tom Robinson, Jay is a Sage Summer Studios alumni and an awardee of the Do It Differently Fund through Help Musicians (2021)

Miranda Martini is a musician and writer based in Calgary, Canada. ﻿In August 2014, she collaborated with songwriter Kris Demeanor on original songs for Cheryl Foggo's award-winning play JOHN WARE REIMAGINED. Miranda also performed in the show, which recently had a successful second run at Edmonton's Workshop West Theatre in 2017. 

She has a Masters of Songwriting from Bath Spa University, where she wrote and recorded CALENDAR, an album exploring holidays and seasons.

When she's not busy working as part of the communications team for the Students' Association of Mount Royal University, Miranda acts as lead musician for Calgary Queer Church and sings in and sits on the board for Blend Vocal, a women's singing ensemble.

Latest News: The band was called Woodfog in the 1970's and  are now called Creatures of Habit. They have just recorded their debut album Where Have All The Years Gone? and are currently rehearsing with a drummer with a view to live work and future recording.
On the self-produced debut album Where Have All The Years Gone? 
Dave Sumeray: Bass, Lead and Backing Vocals, Keyboard, Percussion Mart Lee: Drums, Rhythm and Lead Guitar, Lead and Backing Vocals, Keyboard, Percussion
Engineered by James Johnston at Shock and Awe Studios (now at Cowshed Studio in New Southgate)

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