Three Blind Wolves
Loud, hairy, and unpredictable, Three Blind Wolves are four young Glaswegians delivering country rock with a razor sharp edge. Drawing influences from Neil Young, Creedence Clearwater Revival and even Led Zeppelin, the boys have sold out venues across Scotland with their wild stage presence, transfixing harmonies and captivating performance.
They have built on their ever-growing reputation across the UK and beyond, with two successful tours in the Netherlands under their belts and a headline slot at the sold-out Communion Christmas party last year.
Resultantly the band released mini-album Sound of the Storm on Communion Records in March 2011 to critical acclaim, with track Emily Rose bagging a well-deserved place on the July MOJO magazine cover CD and sealing their soaring momentum with a coveted place on the BBC Introducing stage at T in the park 2011.
Marcus Bonfanti
2012 is witnessing some kind of natural, unforced blues revival and Marcus Bonfanti is front and centre of it. Both Bonfanti’s albums are full of the highs and lows we all know, referencing a cool range of influences from Tony Joe White to Led Zeppelin. But ultimately it’s his own style and ‘What Good Am I To You’ (Listed in Classic Rock Magazine’s top 50 albums of 2010 & Single “Give Me Your Cash” top 40 songs of 2010) is the sound of the North London blues. The 28-year-old was born and raised in London to an English mother and a ‘dangerously Italian’ father. Being a self-taught guitarist he has already packed in plenty having worked as a sideman for artists such as PP Arnold, Joe Lewis Walker, Jimmy Carl Black, Paddy Milner, Earl Thomas, and Findlay Brown.
Bonfanti and his 3 piece band featuring Scott Wiber (Bass) and Alex Reeves (Drums) have been playing shows up and down the country throughout 2010 to promote the release of “What Good Am I To You?” his follow up to the acclaimed 2008 debut “Hard Times”. With appearances at last years Glastonbury, Secret Garden, Hop Farm, Maryport, Downpatrick and Carlisle festivals, as well as playing the prestigious South By South West festival in March, Bonfanti is fast building a reputation as one of the most exciting acts on the UK live circuit with a fierce show either with band or solo earning him 2 nominations at last years British Blues Awards (Best Male Vocals & Best Album).
Having learnt his trade playing 3 sets a night, 6 nights a week, he is no stranger to live performing and it shows. The 2008 debut album, ‘Hard Times,’ set the scene and sent some subtly effective messages about a new British voice demanding to be heard. ‘What Good Am I To You’ makes good on all those promises.
This year Marcus Bonfanti will be releasing his third album and has already been confirmed for 3 shows at this years Glastonbury festival as well as numerous dates both in England and across Europe.
“Marcus Bonfanti deserves to become the next British blues guitar hero” The Guardian
“I’m going to go out on a limb here and make the claim that Marcus Bonfanti is, right here, right now, the best British Bluesman around” – Zeitgeist
Phil Campbell
Glasgow-born singer/songwriter Phil Campbell has spent the last 15 years or so planting his musical seeds in London’s bustling metropolis; which seems to have paid off in critical acclaim alone, landing him spots on Jools Holland and relentless touring cycles with the likes of David Gray.
Now making his return back home, new album Daddy’s Table sees Campbell reflect on fatherhood and failed marriages during what has been a uniquely pivotal period for the boy from Bishopbriggs, and the album has again been showered with critical acclaim.
Bear Bones
Ben Harrison grew up on Islay, a remote Hebridean island lying off the West Coast of Scotland. Having moved to Glasgow, Ben started working on a new project inspired by his island home and the life he led there.
Bear Bones is the realisation of that project: An 8 piece ensemble of accordion, brass, bells, banjo, strings, drums and voices with a live show that radiates the band’s honest charms and perfectly compliments Ben’s intimate storytelling.
The Imagineers
I’m an Imagineer I see as I say
See them live, in the raw, to truly understand.
On listening, the Glaswegian origin and spirit of the 4-piece is blatant through the West of Scottish twang provided by the vocals of lead singer Steven Young. The cinematic landscapes, the shades of Spain and the twist of surf guitar present in The Imagineers sound paints you a picture of somewhere you’re not sure you have ever been while keeping you rooted in the present with a live energy.
The story of the band members exists in the songs themselves with themes of; unrequited desire, youthful nostalgia, surrealism and a lust for life, all delivered with melodic hooks and passion.