CMJ Music Festival:
NUMINOIUS MUSIC SHOWCASE

Will Kevans – 9:30pm
Ladyfingers – 10:30pm
Alpha Rev – 11:30pm
Sister Suvi – 12:30pm

Singer-songwriter Will Kevans is releasing his debut single 7th October 2007. He has been recording with Brixton-based producer Andy Hughes from The Orb, who recently worked on the Basement Jaxx new album, Ian Grimble who produced Travis and The Manic Street Preachers and three tracks with Gavin Monaghan who recently produced The Editors, Ryan Adams, The Twang and Top selling album by Nizlopi as well as currently producing tracks for new Kings of Leon album. The album features Nashville slide guitar legend Al Perkins who has previously recorded with Gram Parsons, Bob Dylan , The Eagles and Emmy Lou Harris to name a few. Guest vocals also from former Beautiful South Songstress Alison Wheeler will also make this an album worth waiting for. , Will is also featured on a compilation album released by Universal in 2007 alongside James Morrison, James Blunt, The Goo Goo Dolls and Keane.Will has performed at this year’s prestigious Great Escape Festival in Brighton and again at Canada’s NXNE in June 2007. Will has also been nominated as a finalist for the BBC LONDON 2012 Anthem.,


LADYFINGERS is one of the most eclectic acts in NYC. With his punked-up take on Sun Studios-era rock n roll mixed with a heavy dose of Captain Beefheart energy, Adam Weiner (aka Ladyfingers) frantically strums his guitar while stamping his boot on his patented electric stompbox. Throughout the set, he morphs from a menacing carnival charlatan, to a yelping rockabilly hoodlum, to a smarmy cabaret crooner. Drawing from such artists as Tom Waits, Cab Calloway, and the Cramps, Ladyfingers' live shows are a rush of nervous energy and dark humor.


Alpha Rev is a journey into the depths of the human experience. Frontman Casey McPherson's "supremely gifted songwriting" and rock inspired vocals mix with the classical instrumentations of an emotionally gripping cello and
violin, creating a multi-layered sound that "simply explode[s] with unrestrainable power." (Soundcheck Magazine's SXSW coverage). Self-described as a mixture of "Beethoven and Buckley," their sound is like picking all of the good parts off of your favorite rock CDs and blending them together with a powerful orchestral element. What Alpha Rev brings is realness reminiscent of such groundbreakers like Led Zeppelin, The Stones, Radiohead and other greats. ATX magazine called Alpha Rev "easily the most accomplished and polished artist that the Heart of Texas has to offer, offering something unique to many bands these days - a real soul and simultaneously a radio friendly presence. It can only be a matter of time before they're all over mainstream media and everyone is claiming to have seen them first."


Tenor ukulele, drums, guitar, and voice create a sparse sound that lives somewhere between Sean Paul and free jazz. Compact and percussive, with moments of intoxicating volume, Suvi can seem light and gay on the surface, but their humour is a thin veil for more macabre themes. Members are: Merrill Garbus, a Vermontian puppeteer, also known for her Dancehall uke project tune-yards; Patrick Gregoire, bass clarinetist/guitarist for Islands, has performed with the Bell Orchestre and Patrick Watson; Nico Dann, a Toronto progressive jazz drummer, involved heavily in that city's music scene.

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