The Grey Lady Music Lounge, Wednesday 7th July 2010

Harmony Glen is a Power-folk band from Holland. Since 2005 they’ve been touring Europe, recording albums (which they’ll bring along) and are continually in and out of the studio for their new album (release expected in 2010!) and touring Europe once more!

Their debut album ‘Before Dawn’ and their second album ‘Streaming Tunes’ are internationally acclaimed, and their working hard to ‘wow’ the world with their fourth album (of which they are playing some songs and tunes already!).

Harmony Glen is:

Nienke Bijker - Vocals, Guitar, Spoons

Dominique Bentvelsen - Double Bass

Vincent Pompe van Meerdervoort - Vocals, Bodhrán, Accordeon, EWI

Sjoerd van Ravenzwaaij - Vocals, Tenor Banjo, Mandolin, Guitar, Tin Whistle

Job Verweijen - Percussion

And evening with Harmony Glen is not to be missed! It has been described as ‘Folk not for the faint of heart’ and ‘A pint of Guinness with a shot of Red Bull’.

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Until fairly recently Luke sang and played guitar in local band ‘Tehillah Commission’ who over a six year period performed throughout the South East (and occasionally further afield). Since their final performance in the summer of 2009 Luke has taken time working on new material, collaborating with a number of local artists and also writing songs to perform as a solo artist. Drawing from extremely diverse influences (from John Mayer to Usher), Luke sets out to write songs that interrogate the highs and lows of life, often imbedding insightful questions within carefully crafted toe-tapping melodies.

Luke is accompanied by Barnabus Shaw on piano.

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Beatrice (Bea) Everett is a 17 year old acoustic singer/songwriter from Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Currently studying at Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School, Bea intends to finish her A- Levels and go on to do a degree at university, as well as doing all she can to become a professional musician. She has been writing music for about 4 years and performing her material live for nearly 3 years. By playing routinely in various local venues, accompanying herself mainly on piano and ukulele, Bea has become a fairly well established artist within her area. Her inspiration to write songs stemmed from a family wide interest in music and musical theatre, and experience of singing on stage from an early age in shows such as West Side Story, Bugsy Malone and Blues Brothers. Her main influences include KT Tunstall, Nora Jones, Katie Melua, Stacey Kent and Adele. Bea's life long ambition is to keep writing and performing her music and to one day make a decent career of it; sharing her music with bigger audiences, and being recognised for her unique sound by people outside of her friends and family in her local area.

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Paul’s music is best described as a captivating fusion of alternative/pop and classical. He composes and performs both instrumental pieces and songs. With influences such as modern day artists; Ben Folds, Elbow, Turin Brakes and composers such as John Barry, Samuel Barber and Rachmaninov, Paul is an artist that offers something different. Following his 3 previous album releases; ‘Ordinary Guy’, ‘Train of Thought’ and live album ‘Escapism’, Paul recently released his first EP entitled ‘The Sirens ‘which is available for purchase at live performances and downloads are available at Itunes and all good online retailers. The EP features Paul’s larger ensemble known as The Paul Dunton Orchestra, which comprises a line-up of up to 12 violins & 6 Cellos, guitar, double-bass and flute.

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