the felice brothers

the catskills, ny

In the spring of '07, the Felice Brothers released their first recording "Tonight at the Arizona" on Loose Records in the UK. They WOW-ed 'em across the pond playing festivals and gigs throughout the UK and Europe with the likes of the Waterboys, Blanche and David Grey. After making their way across America this summer for their first tour, they band hooked up with Bright Eyes for a string of rousing dates on the East Coast ?culminating in a performance on the venerated stage at Radio City Music Hall. The Felice Brothers also kicked it with Levon Helms for one of his classic Midnight Rambles upstate. Along they way, fans at shows were introduced to "The Adventures of the Felice Brothers Vol 1", only available at live dates.

The sound that emerges from their instruments is seeped with an instinctive authenticity that's rooted in tradition. While busking and impromptu subway performances filled their bellies, now their recordings and live performances brings the backwoods to the cities and concert Halls of America and Europe. Starting off '08 on the right foot, the Felice Brothers proudly announce their signing to Team Love Records.

Simone, Ian and James Felice are the three eldest boys from a family of seven, born carpenter's sons in the wilds of New York's Catskill Mountains. Less than a year ago, the Brothers adopted a runaway dice-thrower and chancer, a 19 year old called Christmas. They convinced him to quit his job and the motley quartet forsook all else but song and moved their Sunday BBQ sing-alongs from their dad's upstate house out onto the streets and subways of NYC.

After months of toil, living in a 1987 special education bus, with arrests, and genuine panhandler fun, a free-lance music writer named Gabe Soria (Mojo, Vice) stumbled upon the boys singing and barking their wares at a farmers market in Brooklyn and one thing led to another.

Now the Felice Brothers and blood brother Christmas all live, tour, sing, write and gamble together on their little bus. Their distinct brand of songwriting and the lawless sound they've forged has earned them comparisons to Woodie Guthrie, a young Springsteen to the Scorsese film Gangs of New York. The boys now travel the world performing homegrown and gritty Americana on the city stages as if they were hosting a sing-along on their own front porch surrounded by family and friends or playing the backroom of a dusty tavern.

To hear some of The Felice Brother's music and learn more about them, visit their myspace page.

edan (w/ guest dagha)

british indian ocean territory

EDAN PORTNOY WAS BORN IN 1978 , THE SON OF TWO LOVING PARENTS WHO, FROM ISRAEL, IMMIGRATED TO WASHINGTON, DC.

EDAN TOOK TO DRAWING & THE ARTS EARLY ON, & AT AGE 5 BEGAN PLAYING PIANO AND AFTER SOME FIVE YEARS, AT THE AGE OF 10, STUMBLED ONTO THE GUITAR. AROUND THIS TIME, HE ALSO WAS INTRODUCED TO THE SUBVERSIVE PROFANITY OF N.W.A. EXCITED BY THIS, HE BEGAN TO PUT CASSETTES BY THE LIKES OF SPECIAL ED & BIZ MARKIE ALONGSIDE HIS BEATLES & HENDRIX...

LONG STORY SHORT...
EDAN WENT TO MUSIC SCHOOL IN BOSTON TO STUDY PRODUCTION.
THEN HE PUT OUT A 12" SINGLE, SHOULDERING THE PRODUCTION, RHYMES, NOT TO MENTION CUTS & SCRATCHES.
THEN HE DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL.
THEN HE PUT OUT ANOTHER SINGLE.
THEN HE PUT AN ALBUM OUT THROUGH MIKE LEWIS IN THE U.K.
THEN HE RECEIVED CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR THE ALBUM.
THEN HE MADE SOME WELL-RECEIVED MIXTAPES & SOLD THEM.
THEN HE TOURED THE U.S. & THE U.K. AS BOTH A DEEJAY AND AN EMCEE.
THEN HE PRODUCED FOR SOME OTHER NOTABLE ARTISTS SUCH AS SOULS OF MISCHIEF, AKROBATIK, MR. LIF & DAVID HOLMES IN THE U.K.
THEN HE HOOKED UP WITH FELLOW VISIONARY, INSIGHT.
THEN THEY BEGAN PERFORMING AROUND THE WORLD.
THEN EDAN TOOK PART IN A SHORT FILM THAT INCLUDED HIP-HOP ICONS LIKE LORD FINESSE, PERCEE-P, & SHOW & A.G.
THEN HE LICENSED SOME MUSIC TO VARIOUS TV SHOWS LIKE HBO'S "THE WIRE".
THEN EDAN RELEASED AN ALBUM ENTITLED 'BEAUTY AND THE BEAT' WHICH RECEIVED HIGH PRAISE FROM FANS AND CRITICS ALIKE FOR ITS CHARISMATIC BLEND OF HIP-HOP, SURREALISM, AND PSYCHEDELIA.
THEN EDAN TOURED THE WORLD WITH THE INVALUABLE ASSISTANCE OF FELLOW ARTIST DAGHA.
THEN EDAN WORKED WITH CUT CHEMIST.
THEN EDAN WENT INTO HIDING AND POSSIBLY GOT A HAIRCUT...

ALL IN ALL,
EDAN'S CREATIVE PATH HAS STIRRED THE INTEREST OF JOURNALISTS AND DISCERNING MUSIC LOVERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD & HE IS ONLY JUST BEGINNING. HE HAS SHARED STAGES WITH ARTISTS SUCH AS KRS-ONE, BIZ MARKIE, DJ CRAZE, DOUG E. FRESH, AMP FIDDLER, DJ Z-TRIP, JURASSIC 5, GWEN MCRAE, GARY BARTZ, PHAROAH MONCH, DANIEL JOHNSTON AND MANY MORE...

AS A SELF-CONTAINED VISIONARY WHO IS CAPABLE OF BREAKING GROUND IN THE STUDIO AS WELL AS GARNERING PRAISE FROM LIVE CROWDS THROUGHOUT THE GLOBE, EDAN CONTINUES TO MAKE A REFRESHING MARK IN AN INDUSTRY THAT IS OVERLY-SATURATED WITH PREDICTABILITY AND MEDIOCRITY. THANKS FOR READING.

To hear some of Edans's music and learn more about him, visit his myspace page.

DAGHA Original Boston Chapter Zulu Nation Member and emcee Dagha has substantially contributed to Hip Hop over the past 15 years. From his popular guest appearance on Edan's latest LP, the critically acclaimed "Beauty and the Beat" to numerous features on many Insight projects, Dagha has proven himself a versatile veteran with seasoned style and delivery. Dagha has performed and collaborated alongside pioneers of the culture and keepers of the sword. Sharing stages with KRS-1, Big Daddy Kane, Mad Skillz, Mr. Lif, Mobb Deep, Lyrics Born, Capone-N-Noreaga, Poor Righteous Teachers, Wycleff, Joe Buddens, Common and Cut Chemist and have helped to solidify Dagha?s status as an international Hip Hop heavyweight.

Dagha?s debut solo album 'Object in Motion' gained a 5-star review in Hip Hop Connection magazine and called "as sharp as his moniker" in Elemental magazine. To help support his debut solo LP, Dagha teamed up with Edan and crafted a wonderfully skilled and entertaining Hip Hop show. From the Jazz Cafe in London to the Bowery Ballroom in NYC, "The Humble Mag and Dag" have packed historic venues and rocked some of the biggest music festivals in the world; Big Day Out (Australia/New Zealand), ATP Festival (U.K), Flow Festival (Helsinki, Finland), Meredith Music Festival (Australia), Trans Musicales (France), Triptych Festival (U.K), BAM Festival (Barcelona) and the Electronic Music Festival (Madrid).

Dagha's sophomore album "The Divorce" is his latest and most powerful work to date. With productions from DJ Real and Insight, Dagha tells the story of his own divorce. His voice gives rhyme and reason to the head bop as he addresses many issues surrounding relationships. This concept album is a cohesive, intelligent, truthful, and well-produced essential Hip Hop classic.  The Divorce will be out this month on the U.K.'s Lewis Recordings.

wild light

new hampshire

Founded in High School, then going separate ways for college, Wild Light reunited in Southern New Hampshire in 2005 and quickly began playing club dates in and around Boston MA. In early 2007 the band started recording in the basement of Timothy Kyle, Seth Pitman, Jordan Alexander's single family house in Quincy with the help of Engineer Bob Logan?the results of which can be heard on their recently released self-titled EP. Though unsigned, the band is receiving International accolade, thanks in part to their recent tour with Arcade Fire.

"Watching Wild Light in the thick of their performance, its not a far stretch to see why one of the world's biggest rock band chose to invite the little known quartet along for their latest North American and European tours. Stripped of the violin, auxiliary instrumentation, and church blast pipe organ that lie at the aid of their new found Canadian friends, Wild Light go for broke with what they have?epic story lines, love sick, three-party vocal melodies, and piano pounding songcraft. It's a serious mix they sport. But most meaningful music is?just ask Arcade Fire." - David Pitz

To hear some of Wild Light's music and learn more about them, visit their myspace page.