Crazy Quilt Bouquet is first and foremost a merry band - a band comprised of one fragmented individual who knows many imaginary friends, artists and ne'er-do-wells. His split personalities and alter-egos have been making music and several other things since they were 10 years old - an age they still aspire to.

Four years, festivals and village concerts on three continents, two previous albums, several languages from Hindi to Tzotzil to French, many musical traditions, and countless moments of joy, sorrow, loss, and transformation were the construction materials that came together for Rupa and the April Fishes’ riveting new album Build. This collaboration with brilliant producer Todd Sickafoose travels the long road from solitude to solidarity in both directions.

The band's first album Extraordinary Rendition examines love from many angles, with lyrics mostly in French; the second Este Mundo traces the plight of migrants crossing borders, largely in Spanish; Build is their first album primarily in English. Its twelve songs arise from this particularly tender moment of global upheaval, from the collapse of capitalism and false democracies to the rise of populist movements from Tunisia to Chile to Athens to Wall Street. Playing live to varied audiences around the world has been the best way to carry out their mandate of learning how to see what is invisible and combat widespread social demoralization, the source that feeds these songs.

The musicians, Aaron Kierbel and Safa Shokrai, Misha Khalikulov and Mario Alberto Silva, came from all over the world and converged in San Francisco to become the April Fishes with ringleader Rupa whose Hindustani roots settled in California. In their work together, musical languages converge from around the world; from punk to indie rock, from reggae to raga to rockabolly, chanson to cumbia, from Malian guitar patterns to mournful duduk melodies. In other times and places musical traditions have met to forge a sound that is more insistence than resistance; this band, this album, belong to that long tradition of rebel music.

This music is strictly organic, nuclear-free, post-national, many-headed and decidedly unclean.

Thanks for visiting my page. All original and traditional tracks are downloadable. God Bless

I write about music and culture for The Quietus, The Metro, Gigwise and Clash Magazine. I also freelance. 

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A beautiful blend of Rock n' Roll & Rythem n' Blues

Indy/Country/Americana-y songs - please listen, share, comment… ta very much

5 piece indie/punk band. Writing silly songs about serious things.

100% original rootsy rock from Liverpool.
Tim Mudcat - lead vocal & guitar
Chris Mudcat - guitar & vocal
Phil Mudcat - bass & backing vocal
Steve Mudcat - drums

Chris O' Donnell plays drums on Different Cat, Happy When You Leave, Duke Of Buccleuch (live), My New Ex-Girlfriend, Sirens, Guest Villain, I Am The Insect,  Another Train Song, and Half An Autograph. Steve Doran plays drums on the others.
Dandy Glover designed our logo.


A colourful, magical, cosmic English music conjured in rural Oxfordshire by an exceptional trio whose multi-faceted creative capabilities and personalities are alchemised into a majestic whole.

Danny Wilson (Danny And The Champions Of The World, Grand Drive), and Robin Bennett (The Dreaming Spires, Saint Etienne) join forces with Tony Poole (Starry Eyed and Laughing), producer extraordinaire, and King of the electric twelve-string Rickenbacker. Combining their voices, guitars, and songwriting to marvellous effect in a collection of songs that began as uplifting acoustic music and just grew into something far more wide-ranging and transcendent, providing balm, inspiration and succour for these troubled times.

Towne Folk truly is a collaborative effort with many musicians. Started over a year ago, Towne Folk was born out of necessity. I was writing songs and needed guitar solos. I am not a guitar soloist by any means. I contacted a guitar player friend of mine, and he recorded a nice solo. That got me thinking, hey, how about having someone else lay down a solo for a different song?  Another musician suggested a piano part for one of my songs. To which I said, "Go for it!" I'm sure you see where this is going. Towne Folk is a "virtual" band. I supply a stereo audio file of a song needing “whatever”, and the musician involved will then record their parts using their recording software. They then send the solos back to me via the web. It doesn't matter if they're in the same town or halfway around the world. The songs are purely for the enjoyment of all. If you think you would like to be a part of upcoming Towne Folk songs, drop me a line at townefolkband@yahoo.com

Travis Marsh is a singer, songwriter and multi instrumentalist who embodies different musical ideas, flirting with genres as diverse as alternative rock, folk and pop. Echoing the mercurial personality of Ryan Adams and the in-your-face rock attitude of Iggy Pop in equal doses. Travis is all about mixing memorable melodies with great energy!
After touring last year with Country artist Joel Crouse, Travis eventually returned to his hometown of LA, where he set out to focus on his solo work, blurring the lines between rock, country and pop. Also an accomplished Producer.

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