Mark Growden is a composer, singer, writer, multi-instrumentalist, visual artist, and workshop leader.  Growden has released several critically acclaimed albums, including Saint Judas, which was awarded “2010 Rekkid of the Year” by music blog Stash Dauber and ranked in the 2010 Village Voice Critics Poll.  Growden has toured the the US extensively, performing at venues such as the The Fillmore, Cowell Theater, and Great American Music Hall in San Francisco; Snug Harbor in New Orleans; and The Knitting Factory and Tonic in New York.  

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“Influenced by Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Igor Stravinsky, Claude Debussy, Aaron Copeland, John Coltrane, Townes Van Zandt and Alan Lomax's field recordings of African- American prison work songs, Growden cooks his compositions from his own recipes. The taste is a little cabaret, a bit New Orleans brass, a pinch Appalachian folk with a spicy edge,... but hard to pin down, stirred with the gentleness of trees whispering on an easy summer day.” - The Taos News

“think Bertolt Brecht meets Blind Willie Johnson.” - I-94 Bar

"Mark Growden possesses the same raw passion and fury seen in Van Morrison, Tom Waits, and Old Red but also the compositional finesse of Chris Rea, Robert Wyatt, and The Woes" - Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange

"An unusual and voracious talent." - Willamette Week

"Theatrical, dark and sexy." - West Coast Performer

"Mark Growden has to be on of California's most colorful and intriguing musicians.... Growden is a genius." - Albuquerque Alibi

"He writes songs that pulse with drama, songs that slide with grace." - Tucson Weekly

"Part singer-songwriter, part bluesman, part avant-gardist, he's an avatar of bohemian weirdness on a par with Tom Waits or Joe Henry." - Fort Worth Weekly

"as though Harry Smith, Kurt Weill, and John Cage had been reincarnated in a single body" - Stash Dauber

"Fiery, earthy and sublimely sensual." - Comet Magazine

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Yvette Cornelia is a Californian violinist, vocalist, and composer. 

Raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Yvette began studying classical violin at the age of three. A lover of poetry and prose, she attended UCLA to study American Literature for her B.A. and then CalArts to receive an MFA in Performance and Composition. 

Exploration of LA's rich cultural landscape and time spent in Beijing, Taipei, rural Sonoma County, and Eastern Europe has broadened her palette to include Arabic, Hungarian and  Macedonian folk, Chinese, Americana, improvisation, and experimental styles. As a songwriter, her wide range of influences seeps into her work and creates a distinct musical voice. 

In 2013, she released her first EP "Open It Up." These songs, which were co-produced by cellist/engineer Chris Votek, were recorded in a bedroom studio in Echo Park. They feature an intricate layering of violins and vocals on top of other organic elements including guzheng, glockenspiel, cello. 

Her latest solo release "What Lies Ahead" is a new album featuring a nine-piece ensemble formed during her time at CalArts. These exploratory songs slide between chamber, pop, and folk landscapes.

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