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Michigan indigenous Matt Jones is a talented singer/songwriter whose strategy runs from rootsy acoustic music to intelligent indie rock and roll. Given birth to in Adrian, Michigan in 1978, Jones started playing piano at age 8 and got addicted to classic ragtime; later on, he performed sousaphone in his high …

The chamber pop sound of Ellie GET BACK features Seth Ashley (piano/vocals), Jennifer Johanning (cello/vocals), and Maura Dunst (violin/vocals). Ashley, who’s the brainchild behind the task, has also performed drums, keyboards, and bass with additional artists like the Kingdom Soaring Golf club, Oh*Yeah, and Kim Chi. He was also the …

The autumnal tones of Loch Lomond are haunted by their birthplace inside a tumbledown basement, as singer/songwriter Ritchie Young’s bittersweet lyrics soothe picturesque songs of love, reminiscing, and fate. The Portland, OR, group was finished in 2003 when Young’s longtime friend Rob Oberdorfer (the typical) became a member of him …

Produced in 2006 by vocalist Nick Ward and guitarist Matt Bishop, Hey Marseilles quickly extended into an eclectic six-piece group. The group had taken main in Seattle, where Ward and Bishop had been attending the School of Washington. Ward’s roommate, pianist/accordionist Philip Kobernik, was the first ever to join the …