Today’s acts are, in order of appearance: Andy Page, Beck Lanehart, Adam Peter Smith, [name removed at artist’s request], Luke Banot, Maheda and Simon Andrews. There will also be one other act, which is yet to be announced.
1. Andy Page
Andy’s influences include Ryan Adams, Bright Eyes, Stephen Fretwell, Ben Harper, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Willy Mason, Bruce Springsteen, The Eagles, Joseph Arthur and The Stone Roses.
Songs include: Saying This To You, Broken Promises, All Was Quite, Blow Me Away.
Sample lyric: “Driving home, and the autumn breeze blows sycamore leaves across my windscreen. Stephen Fretwell is in my car, singing songs about Emily and going to New York.”
Listen to Andy Page on MySpace.
2. Beck Lanehart
Beck Lanehart comes from Banbury, where she also performs as lead singer with The Oblivions. Her primary influences are Bonnie Raitt, Sarah Mclachlan, Teddy Thompson and Ben Harper.
Songs include: Time, Reckless, Nothing’s Changed, Weakness
Sample lyric: “Well, I don’t even know your name – but I’m still so glad that you came. It means everything and nothing to me, that I don’t waste time.”
Listen to Beck Lanehart on MySpace.
3. Adam Peter Smith
17-year old singer-songwriter Adam lists his influences as Jose Gonzalez, Newton Faulkner, Jack Johnson, Paolo Nutini, Queen, Brand New, Snow Patrol and Foo Fighters.
Songs include: Make Your Life, Earth And Mars, Touching Future, Saving Summer.
Sample lyric: “All I want to do is come to you every night. I’m only seventeen, but my feelings are all right.”
4. [details removed at artist’s request]
5. Luke Banot
Having already won Battle of the Bands in Watford with his former band, Luke has recently won Battle of the Vox 2008 in his newly adopted city of Bath. His earliest memory is “sitting in his grandparents’ living room on Christmas Day hitting pots and pans, singing nursery rhymes and making the family have a day they will never forget.”
Influenced by Billy Joel, Lionel Richie and Stevie Wonder, Luke has created an acoustic ballad sound in his songwriting, with soul/r&b vocals.
Songs include: You’re The One For Me, Bye Bye.
Sample lyric: “Every time that I look into your eyes, I see a future with you and I. I can’t help what I feel, and I can’t help what I see, girl. Every time that you pass me by, my heart starts to beat in double time…”
6. Maheda
“Maheda are an acoustic, electronica, trip hop band that have been likened by the media and the industry to artists such as Massive Attack, Frou Frou, The Postal Service and Goldfrapp.”
“Lyrically balanced between the detailed and the dreamy, there is a brooding, sleepwalking quality to these tracks, and the singers drift in and out of the foreground with a curious blend of the passionate and the hazy.”
Songs include: Cupids Frustrations, The Man With The Movie Camera.
Sample lyric: “Roll the tape, keep a steady hand. Any mistake, just shoot the scene again. Standing back, always watching over. All his plans, viewed the whole world over.”
7. Simon Andrews
“Simon Andrews is an acoustic singer/songwriter based in Derby. Origionally from Bournemouth, this mild mannered 24 year old has been gigging his unique brand of “Acoustica” for the past 4 years in and around the Midlands, and is somewhat of a household name on the Derby scene. His music blends the poetry and raw emotion of Damien Rice with the guitar playing and catchy hooks of John Mayer.”
Songs include: Maybe, Let Go, Hopelessly Helplessly, Momentum, Falling, Umbrella.
Sample lyric: “Who the hell are you to say what is right and what is wrong today? And who the hell are you to show me the way to go? ‘Cos I’ve been running out of new ideas since you’ve been gone…”
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