THE MUTTON HAWKS
Who's that hawking their mutton? Ken Mutton, the song writing, bitter drinking impish leader of our gang. Steve Keeton, the guitar strangling, booze laden cowboy shirt wearer. Backed by the driving force of the cider destroying, jumper loving, wit at the back, Mr Drummer Dave.
Tramp pop with diverse lyrics covering everything from religion and sin to trees and liquor. Passionate delivery, firey guitars, driving rhythm and the charm and wit of the old boy propping up the bar with a tale to tell and a glint in his eye!

Formed in the grim dark days of the latter half of the 80s, Passion-Play have always been an either/or sort of band: either Tony Nicholson is wallowing in gothic sadness or he's licking sticky-sweet cotton-candy pop from his sugar coated fingers.
They recorded a live album, a popular cassette sold at gigs, got radio play and gigs up and down the UK and they met the 90s in buoyant mood but nevertheless, one year in they split.
In the intervening years songs were written only to exist in vaporous rumour, demoed to quietly lie in sheltered darkness until 2012 came along and something incredible happened.
The original master of the live album was re-mastered and cleaned and the results were surprisingly good – so it was released for free download from their bandcamp site and made available for streaming. In a few short weeks it gained over 2000 plays prompting the band to reform. 
In rehearsals the magic was incredible as long dormant songs just sprang into life and soon they were gigging again both acoustic and electric style.
Now they are three and have new recordings (the old songs re-imagined) together with brand new as they prepare to release a new album and ep.

Somewhere between Gothic glam and post punk power pop, 
Passion-Play make real their songs of darkness and dismay. 
Charting desire, obsession, lust and murder their ouvré gives vent to all human frailties.
Give yourself up to your desires! 
Bare your neck - they promise to bite!!

Charly T. & The Band
‘The worst kept secret in England’s most prolific music producing region.’
Manchester arguably the champagne region of the British Music scene, old world in it’s approach to music production in stark contrast to the Californian-esq mass music production of the South East of England. The scenery in this weather worn part of England is a combination of Blake’s “Satanic Mills” and Lowry’s ‘Matchstick Factory Workers’. It is a hard place to live, a hard place to work, a hard place to survive and, offers the hardest music audiences to please in the world. Yet in the middle of all this there is one act that has so captured the imagination of Manchester’s ‘Music Glitterati’ that they eagerly await an album release that in truth should have happened 18 months ago, this as you can imagine is unheard of.
Ask the man in the street and he will most probably never have heard of Charly T. & The Band. Ask someone connected with the upper echelons of the music industry and they will interrogate you desperate for any information about this most anticipated release. The complete information black out that has surrounded the project has created massive interest as an antidote to the wall to wall coverage most bands/artists engineer.
Of course there have been live performances but these have mostly been restricted to odd festival or Industry events.
-	Official Shaun Rider (The Happy Mondays, Black Grape) Book launch party by Karin Albinsson, (photographer for: James, The Happy Mondays, Black Grape, The Stone Roses, etc.) Manchester 2011.
-	Future Perfect Festival, beach stage, Manchester 2011. -	Future Perfect Festival, main stage, Manchester „2012. -	Ian Tilton (photographer for: Nirvana, The stone Roses, Guns n Roses, etc. Book author
of The Stone Roses, set in stone.) Official exhibition Contact Theatre Manchester. -	Various events for VIVA Magazine Manchester 2011- ongoing. -	4Q – Antwerp Mansion, Manchester.
Though not a prolific touring schedule it has been enough to create a frenzied atmosphere amongst those who have had the privilege of catching a glimpse of what is to come.
And what is to come? Well we can confirm here that a September release of the album means that the wait is almost over. What should be expected from the album? A perfect blend of song craft and musical technique, a marriage of Blues and Soul, a selection of three and a half minute illusions that transport you to an alternative world and make you question reality. Built on the foundations of the best ‘rhythm section’ in town and embellished with Charly’s long established reputation as a wonderful guitar technician it creates the perfect delivery method for what are heartfelt observations and not just songs!
E: Info@fatbobrecords.com

Acoustic singer songwriter, but with a little twist

Born and living in Manchester, I started playing the guitar since the age of 10. Initially I played the electric, but over the past few years I have been inspired to take up acoustic finger style and have developed a devoted passion to making and playing music on the acoustic.

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