Patty and The Buttons preach the gospel of hot rhythm and happy feet. The band is similar to what you would find in a dance hall, cafe or nightclub anywhere around the world between 1920-1940. Despite being an ensemble firmly rooted in tradition, the band presents their music without being shackled to history. They play their own compositions as well as takes on music of the era. Patty’s eclectic taste gives the band diverse influences including New Orleans Traditional Jazz, Western Swing, Gypsy Melodies, Ragtime Piano Blues, Jug Music and 1930′s Popular Song. The core instrumentation of accordion, clarinet, guitar and bass is light and swift, but also melancholic and lush when it needs to be. Patty , mostly known as an accordionist doubles as the bands vocalist. His voice is inspired most by the old time hollers and croons from the dawn of recording once described as “Tom Waits meets Rudy Vallee.” More than anything, The Buttons is a group that is always enjoying themselves… Which seems to give audiences permission to do the same.

Management:
American International Artists, Inc.
Cynthia B. Herbst, President
+1 (518) 686-0972
Cynthia@aiArtists.com

Much like songbird Edith Piaf, Madeleine Peyroux spent her teenage years busking the busy streets of Paris. Just like the ‘little sparrow’, Madeleine befriended the city’s street musicians and made its Latin quarter her first performing stage. Years later, Peyroux would cite iconic Piaf as an influence on her music and record a rendition of the classic La Vie En Rose, soulfully capturing the tune’s romanticism and melancholy.
 
Born in Athens, Georgia in 1974, Madeleine “grew up in a house filled with music” and from an early age “instinctively realised music’s soothing power” but it was her teenage years in the French capital that turned the childhood notion into an all-consuming vocation for life.

Young Madeleine moved to Paris with her mother in 1987 following her parents divorce. “To soothe me during the upheaval”, she recalls, “I was given a guitar and took to playing in the streets almost immediately.”

Thirty years after her formative busking days Peyroux is the proud curator of nine beguiling albums and an accomplished performer with sell out worldwide tours under her belt. Her atmospheric version of Serge Gainsborough’s La Javanaise was used in the soundtrack of Oscar Winner The Shape of Water and her countless accolades
include the coveted BBC International Artist Of The Year honour.
 
Madeleine’s thirst for creative exploration is unfading and her willingness to face creative challenges remains as solid now as it was three decades ago.

With endearing passion and great curiosity the unstoppable genre-defying virtuoso continues her search for the good and examines life with the treasured William Congreve belief that Music has charms to soothe the savage beast.
 
Madeleine might attribute her success to “mostly luck” but to the industry and loyal fans alike, it is the immense talent and utter dedication to her craft that shines through.
“Peyroux is a tremendous talent and almost a total intuitive” reflects Larry Klein, “she has the capacity to get the magic. When she sings and plays her guitar, great things happen.”

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The Basin Street Brawlers are 'London's top hot jazz ensemble' (visitlondon.com). They are specialists in early jazz styles and are renowned for delivering their music 'with all the energy and assurance of a bunch of Kansas City veterans' (The Sunday Times). Their debut record 'It's Tight Like That' has garnered critical acclaim, described as a work of 'world class musicianship' (BBC). 

The Brawlers regularly give concerts at the UK's major jazz and chamber music venues, including the Royal Albert Hall's Elgar Room, the Pizza Express Jazz Club and the Holywell Music Room. The group are also in demand playing for dancers, featuring at the European Swing Dance Championships and headlining the London Swing Dance Festival numerous times.

The Brawlers have also led masterclasses in early jazz styles at schools and conservatoires, including the Guildhall School of Music. 2016 will see them continue to develop their educational work alongside an exciting performance schedule.

twitter: @basinstbrawlers
WWW.BASINSTREETBRAWLERS.COM

 The Betty Bears -- a New Orleans\Dixieland\Swing Ensemble constructed out of 8 musicians who aim to bring back the old swinging music from the 1920's and 30's with the help of new and refreshing arrangements.

The Bears Family Is :
Black Betty - Vocal
Dotan Cohen - Guitar
Evyatar "Boofer" Hermesh - Doublebass
Yoe Shemesh Gold - Piano
Guy Fleisher - Drums
Avior Rokah - Trumpet
Ron Silberstein - Trombone
Amitai Mann - Clarinet

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THOU SHALT SWING spelar huvudsakligen musik från 30 och 40-talets Paris i Django Reinhardts och Stéphane Grappellis anda men även egna kompositioner. Stor tonvikt läggs vid bandets gruppsväng och samspel men utan att kompromissa bort de individuella rösterna eftersom musiken också till stor del bygger på soloinsatser.

Christian is an international Swing DJ spinning jazz, swing & blues tunes from and in the style of the 1920s-1950s. He is also the founder of the online magazine "Swing DJ Resources".

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