The Grey Lady Music Lounge, Sunday 27th September 2009

Formed in 2010, Kent based folk/country artists The Breretons are set to emerge on the London music scene this year with a string of live dates and a debut album scheduled for release in the Autumn. Born from the ashes of London based rock outfit The Original Sinners, the brother/sister duo Marc and Charlotte are returning to their folk roots, playing heartfelt story telling songs of rare poetic quality. Their haunting harmony vocals are accompanied by Alex Metcalfe (piano), Kirsty Mangan (violin), Jim Cox (drums) and Pete Clements (bass).

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Andrew is seventeen years old and currently studying for his A-Levels. He has been playing guitar and singing for the last few years and about six months ago began seriously writing his own material. His music often reflects his own life experiences and his style has been influenced by artists such as Paulo Nutini and James Morrison. Andrew often performs with his good mate Tom Wright on Bass Guitar and they have plans to record an E.P. together and gain further experience by playing more gigs.

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Tunbridge Wells based singer/songwriter Barney Jameson recently enjoyed an excellent debut at the recent Local & Live Music festival on the Pantiles Bandstand. Barney's recent return to performing live brings to and end a gap of seven years. Barney's atmospheric style mixes frank, honest lyrics with classic, emotive melodies woven around his versatile, haunting tones, influenced by artists such as Jeff and Tim Buckley and Ryan Adams. Barney has enjoyed numerous performances in 2007/2008 at the 'Paul Dunton & Guests' evenings at The Grey Lady Music Lounge and has already established himself as one of the most engaging soloists at the show. In a previous life Barney was the singer in a band called Sugarstone, with whom he performed all over the South of England. Then he went bald.

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Nathan Lee and the Shrunken heads are a three piece core outfit consisting of Nathan Lee (lead vocals and rhythm guitar), Tom McHugh (lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals) and Pete Speed on drums and all things rhythmic. Started from an idea by Nathan lee in the early part of this year as a vehicle to present his songs and put a unique slant on some cover material. The band has an open attitude towards music and fuse together to bring positivity and creativeness to their live performing. All members of the Shrunken Heads have honed their musical abilities in previous bands from solo performances to local bands and session work. Looking forward, the band is focused on playing larger concerts and festivals, which will hopefully lead on to recording an album. The band decribes themselves in their own unique words...."Our hobbies include calculating payload weights for space rockets, gardening & bird watching. We have a strong dislike of orthodontic corrective work!"

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