Swimming in the same indie-pop pool as Elliott Smith, Badly Drawn Boy, & Nick Drake, Jacksonville native Ashton Allen is making a big splash with his rainy-day songs Center of the Universe & Better Than I Know while on tour promoting his debut album, Dewdrops. Miami New Times: 'songs from the forthcoming disc reveal a feel for melody and a way with words that recalls such fellow bards as Sam Beam of Iron & Wine, Elliott Smith, & Nick Drake. It's catchy, heartfelt stuff of alluring and deceptive simplicity.' Tallahassee Democrat: 'Sad-core troubadour Ashton Allen is trying to break your heart, the singer delivers his woeful tales with a soft voice and a heavy heart. Hooray for a little bit of hope in the mope.'

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Amidst his touring duties with LIVE, Adam Kowalczyk continues work as a singer/songwriter. Recently relocating to the East Coast from California, a 4-year stint that included independent projects with Dan Vickery of The Counting Crows, Gregg Upchurch of Eleven & Puddle of Mudd, the forming & departure from his band Adam & the Weight, & their debut CD Looking up from the Ground released in 2003 which garnered a nomination for Independent Pop Album of the Year by the LA Music Awards 2003 & an Honorable Mention for his song, Never Good at Fighting by The International Songwriting Competition 2004...he returned home to pen his new release entitled, The Dream EP

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