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Born in the south and raised in the musically rich culture of Athens, Georgia, Count Kellam has provided more than 20 years of his life developing lyrically strong, passionate and sincere, atmospheric americana rock. He cites the brilliance of Radiohead, Roy Orbison, Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, Neutral Milk Hotel, Wilco and Johnny Cash as his well of influence. His first release in 1999,"if sounds were blu", quickly garnered local attention and led to his first independent deal with One Def Ear. The album was only a glimpse of what could be offered, spanning genres and presenting a unique production style.

Home recordings and touring extensively along the east coast over the next several years led to his 2004 release "animal you rock star". Again, Kellam managed to impress his lyrically driven songs upon a welcoming community, earning him "Songwriter of the Year" at the 2005 Athens Flagpole Music Awards, and second place for "Album of the Year", behind other local favorites, the Drive By Truckers.
At the onset of 2009, He hit the road west and found himself in Sedona, Arizona. Driving high up on top of a mountain, with a clear view of desert and recorded his 2014 release "Sedona". Its a dark, lonely and honest portrayal of an artist in transition, heading to a town unknown to begin a life anew.
That town was Portland, Oregon, Where he established his recording studio, Troy Boiler Room. Expanding on his own personal interest in engineering and production led him to record and produce multiple albums for many local bands such as Spirit Lake, Olina, Dusu Mali Band, Kinder Bison, Jeff Andrews and The Dandy Warhols.
Now with a renewed motivation, Count is collaborating and performing with many local musical heroes, and displaying his musicianship and songwriting with a new found vigor. Expect many releases in the year of 2014 and beyond from this musically prolific songwriter.

Deeply poetic and musically pastoral, her fourth album is an exploration of textures and melodies reinforcing the title that Americana UK bestowed upon her as “The New Queen of Shoegaze.” The follow-up to 2015's Shaky, WINGS ALLELUIA displays the layered tapestry she musically weaves that Huffington Post called “a Southern-psych dreamland, bottling up ghosts and bringing them to life through her ethereal hymns." 

"Meet the woman with the most world-weary voice in music: She's most assuredly creating the soundtrack to whatever becomes the next The Craft or Natural Born Killers — a little bit industrial grime, a little bit shoegaze, a little bit dark..." - Refinery29

"One part shoegaze, another couple parts Southern gothic, a dash of folk, some classic country, and whatever else she pleases, Thayer Sarrano has emerged this spring with new record. Wings Alleluia is the album that every singer/songwriter strives for, but rarely hits. Definitely a “lights off” affair, but Sarrrano isn’t unleashing a darkness to swallow you whole. Instead, she reaches out to the listener with hope. She isn’t just a musician, she is a guide..”
-News Whistle

"Sarrano can morph from angel to devil in the same song. The looming atmosphere of dread and submission conjured turns over a new page in Southern Gothic storytelling" —Pop Matters

 "It’s rare that a song strikes so perfect a balance between foreboding and sensual, but Thayer Sarrano gets it just right"
- Paste Magazine

​"Sarrano’s dreamy songwriting often gets labelled as psychedelic, but her poeticisms are so spiritually minded that transcendental might be a better descriptor”
- Immersive Atlanta

Emma Swift is an Australian-born songwriter, currently residing in the USA. A gifted singer inspired by Joni Mitchell, Marianne Faithfull and a plethora of dead poets, her sound is a blend of classic folk, Americana and indie rock.

In August 2020 she released the critically-acclaimed “Blonde On The Tracks”, a Laurel Canyon inspired reimagining of some of her favourite Bob Dylan tunes on Tiny Ghost Records. The album received Best of 2020 accolades from Rolling Stone, Nashville Scene, No Depression, The Guardian and more.

“Her high, clear voice highlights each syllable, letting you hear the words form, one seemingly following inevitably from the other, until they feel handed down, fragments of old songs now speaking to each other.” - Greil Marcus, LA REVIEW OF BOOKS

“Swift navigates Sansone's majestic folk-rock arrangements like the able captain of a frigate sailing over shimmering seas.” - Bud Scoppa, UNCUT MAGAZINE

“Nobody has ever sung Dylan quite like this Nashville-based Australian singer-songwriter, nor with such a rare interpretive gift…comparable to Emmylou Harris’s Wrecking Ball in its intent, execution and intimacy.” - Andrew Stafford, THE GUARDIAN

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