| Geordie Austen – Email Geordie |
| Geordie Austen has been living, working and writing in New York for the past 15 years with the express purpose of exposing those layers that keep us apart. One hears in his songs a desire to shatter the unreal and bring what counts to the fore. Whether with his band or solo, Geordie takes you near, then disappears. |
| "Wherever he's coming from and wherever he's going, can I go?" - Luke Yourmon, Head, Mooncalf Music |
| Listen to Geordie Austen's Chimeny Blues |
| Pete Diamond - www.petediamond.com |
| Pete Diamond is a powerful songwriter, singer and guitarist who mixes the jangly drive of modern rock with classic song craft and the grit of American roots music. |
| Diamond and his band have played at some of New York's best venues and was recently invited to have his music featured on The Living Room's new internet radio station, "Living Room Radio". His self-produced CD is "Funny Cry Happy Gift". |
| "His songs are great. Diamond makes totally fresh sounding rock that’s rooted and real." - Luke Ebbin, Record Producer (Bon Jovi, Splender), |
| Listen to Pete Diamond's Miss Believer |
| Sin&Tonic - www.sinandtonicmusic.com |
| Fronted by Amy Koza and Davita Gayle, this 5piece band Sin&Tonic and have been performing in honky-tonks and juke joints on the east coast since early 2000. The two singing-songwriters weave tales of troubles, remedies and good old-fashioned heartache. |
| Influenced by artists such as Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris and the Rolling Stones, Sin&Tonic stands at the crossroads of traditional roots and modern pop. The achingly, beautiful harmonies found in their compelling and original music can be heard on their CD “Take Me Home”. |
| “Take Me Home instantaneously smashes... swarms with charm, melody and a bombardment of hooks. The vocals are sweet and enjoyable. Bring home their self-released EP." -Adam Mico, Spunout Central |
| Listen to Sin&Tonic's Take Me Home |
| Coppersonic – www.coppersonic.com |
| “The opening chords of “On and On" pulled me right in and made me an instant Coppersonic fan. Band members and collaborators John Truelove and John Carini present their songs in a very old time rock/blues fashion that fits their writing style like a glove…” were the words of Good Times Magazine writer Dan Brown after listening to Coppersonic’s debut CD. |
| “A stripped down band with a stripped down almost live off the floor sound”, Coppersonic takes the elements found in rock, blues and country to create music with deep, traditional American roots. The band’s three members write songs that bring to mind the raw swagger of the Rolling Stones and the live power of the Allman Brothers at the Filmore East. |
| Listen to Coppersonic's Riverside Blvd |
| The Sloe Guns - www.sloeguns.com |
| Not many bands in America today combine musical integrity with great commercial appeal and solid musicianship. The Sloe Guns are one of these bands. Combining great songwriting, memorable hooks and lyrics, creative harmonies, great musicianship, The Sloe Guns are a reminder that there’s still commercially-viable down-to-earth American music. |
| Country Standard Time calls their songs “miniature epics... with tight harmonies and instrumental interplay.... tall tales with all sorts of Americana allusions... with references throughout, from Crazy Horse to the Wallflowers...” |
| Time Out New York writes: “the quartet’s Southern rock cruises with a classic feel, with an emphasis on the “rock” rather than the “Southern” part. Not unlike the Band and other ‘70s stuff.” |
| Embodied on their new release “Last Will and Testament”, available on the band’s website, are roots going back to the best of American and British invasion 60s and 70s rock. The Sloe Guns are proof that high-quality grassroots rock-n-roll is alive and well in America. |
| Listen to The Sloe Gun's My Old Town |
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