Melodic rock band.  Joe Tavano - piano, acoustic guitar, vocals; Tony Shannon - guitar.  Songs written by Joe Tavano

I am a passionate fan of music and write for two online magazines, Louder Than War and Penny Black. I sometimes interview people hence the few recordings uploaded here. 

I am in to punk, new wave and dance - yeah I know it sounds broad but its not really - I like it loud and heavy - Sleater-Kinney and Screaming Females or Aphex Twin and Clark.

I like to champion new bands from Manchester and current faves Blossoms, Flesh and No Hot Ashes top my likes. 

Singer songwriters like Laim McClair and who is local and John Grant from the US.

The Districts, Flaming Lips, Broncho and Tame Imapala

Singer songwriter musician.

Having quit music in 2012 as a musician and briefly as a producer.. Over lockdown rediscoveredy passion, learned to sing and this is 11 of the demos out of around 30 songs written.

Now wanting to find a producer/partner to take these to the next level.

PARENT - Biography
An album of “soul achingly rich acoustic landscapes” 
(Diamond Deposits Blog)

PARENT are Rachel Kern (voice) and Jason Brown (guitar). Following a random meeting in a Manchester park in 2013 when they were there with their respective children, polite parental chit-chat soon exposed a common interest in music and the arts. 

Following a few early gigs playing acoustic versions of material from Rachel’s previously released electronica album, creative juices started to flow and the duo started writing what has morphed into their debut album. 

The album consists of 12 beautifully crafted songs with bespoke string arrangements by Sarah Brandwood-Spencer. Lyrically the songs cover a range of topics including delicate issues such as personal loss through to more universal topics including mental health and well being, an area the duo feel passionately about. 

The upload of their song “You’re Not Broken” to Soundcloud in November 2015 was met with a hugely positive response. CHRIS DIFFORD from Squeeze described this song as simply "wonderful" and they received airplay from TOM ROBINSON on his show on BBC6 Music, as well as plays on indie shows in Europe and Canada. 

Early reviews of the album are equally as enthusiastic. The first blog review gave it 4.5/5 stars and DENISE JOHNSON (Primal Scream, Electronic, New Order, ACR) said "this album is just beautiful" describing their song "Until Then" as "sublime". 

Parent have been active on the UK live scene with specialised pop up gigs in different spaces in the north of England. The first gig was in a disused bank to an invited audience and most recently they have played their biggest gig to date at their official album launch at the very beautiful Hallé St. Michael’s – a former church in Ancoats, Manchester. Live they are accompanied by a stunning string quartet which includes leading players from Manchester’s Hallé Orchestra and as interest in their music spreads, all gigs to date have sold out. 

PARENT have been sending pre-release copies of their CD album to selected fans on twitter, again receiving an incredibly warm response. The album is officially released on all platforms on Friday 17th June 2016.

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