Evelyn Downing - vocals, flute, harmonies, loops
Wendy Marks - harmony vocals, oboe, flute, recorders, double bass,
Jamie Field - guitars
Colin Henney - keyboards, piano
Richard Northwood - bass, cello
Steve White - drums, percussion, bouzouki, mandolin
Others in the Mermaid Kiss collective:
Andrew Garman - keyboards, piano, bass, drums, engineering, production
Nigel Hooton - rhythm and lead guitars
Guests on 'Salt On Skin'
Kate Belcher - vocals, harmonies
Kate Emerson - vocals
Paul Davies - lead guitar
Guests on 'Etarlis'
Kate Belcher - vocals, harmonies
Jonathan Edwards - keyboards
Troy Donockley - uilleann pipes
Discography
Etarlis (11 track CD album) (2007)
Salt On Skin (7 song CD mini-album) (2006)
The Mermaid Kiss Album (14 song CD album) (2003)
Available from the Mermaid Kiss website, CDBaby, Amazon, iTunes, etc
Groups:
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I don't know about influences exactly, but here are a few of the artists we listen to ....
3 Colours Red, 10000 Maniacs
Afterhours, Air, Najma Akhtar, Alfy Benz, Dot Allison, Allman Brothers Band, Altan, Altered Images, America, Tori Amos, Angelica, Any Trouble, Fiona Apple, Ash, Ashen, Autour De Lucie
Babe Ruth, Barclay James Harvest, Bat For Lashes, Beach Boys, Beangrowers, Beat, Beatles, David Bedford, Belles, Better Than Ezra, Biffy Clyro, Big Country, Bjork, Blank Space, Blowpipe, Colin Blunstone, Boykillboy, Billy Bragg, David Bridie, Holly Brook, Jonatha Brooke, Buffseeds, Kate Bush
Camel, Canon, Capercaillie, Caravan, Cardigans, Katy Carr, Catatonia, Catherine Wheel, Channel Light Vessel, Charlatans, Chicago, Chlorophyll, Ben Christophers, Clash, Clear Static, Bruce Cockburn, Coda, Coldplay, Lloyd Cole, Paula Cole, Colosseum, Shawn Colvin, Betsy Cook, Cordero, Counting Crows, Cowboy Junkies, Sarah Cranberries, David Crosby, Crosby, Stills Nash & Young, Sheryl Crow, Cure, Catie Curtis, Curved Air
Damnwells, Cathy Davey, Miles Davis, Deacon Blue, Dead Like Harry, Mercan Dede, Deep Purple, Delgados, Dexy’s Midnight Runners, Dhira, Rob Dickinson, Diesel Park West, Distant Dream, Divine Comedy, Melanie Doane, Tanya Donelly, Doobie Brothers, Florence Dore, Doves, Dropping Daylight, Dubstar
Eatliz, Echobelly, Editors, Kathleen Edwards, Electric Soft Parade, Electrum, Elk City, Eloy, Emerson lake & Palmer, Eva Trout, Eve’s Plum, Ezra
Julie Feeney, Catherine Feeny, Fields, Flower Kings, Focus, Marie Frank, Fuel, Full Fathom Five, Futureheads
Steve Hackett, Hansi, Hard-Fi, P.J. Harvey, Hatfield And The North, Kristin Hersh, Hollies, Hooverphonic, Hopper, Liz Horsfield, Horslips, Steve Howe, Alan Hull
It Bites
Jenifer Jackson, Joe Jackson, Jam, James, Jethro Tull, Jewel, Joy Zipper
Karnataka, Matthew Keating, Kemopetrol, Rose Kemp, Carole King, King Crimson, Knife In The Water, Kula Shaker
Avril Lavigne, Leaves, Led Zeppelin, Holly Lerski, Lindisfarne, Lisa Loeb, Lowgold, Tracy Lyons
Kirsty MacColl, Magenta, Magic Numbers, Magoo, Taj Mahal, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Majorie Fair, Manassas, Manic Street Preachers, Aimee Mann, Mansun, Marillion, Jennifer Marks, John Martyn, Massive Attack, Sarah McLachlan, Holly McNarland, Tom McRae, Medal, Mellow, Natalie Merchant, Mercury Rev, Pamela Miller, Leslie Mills, Joni Mitchell, Moist, Alanis Morissette, Moses Mayfield, Most Serene Republic, My Friend The Chocolate Cake
Leona Naess, Graham Nash, Nectarine No.9, New Order, Heather Nova, Number One Cup
Oasis, Mike Oldfield, Oom, Beth Orton
Paloalto, Panic Room, Pentangle, John G. Perry, Anthony Phillips, Pierces, Pink Floyd, Police, Polite Force, Pooka, Porcupine Tree, Pram, Prayer Boat, Pretenders, Psychedelic Furs
Radiohead, Deepak Ram, Rare Bird, R.E.M, John Renbourn, River City People, Carina Round, Ruts, Ryehollow
Rachael Sage, Saint Etienne, Surinder Sandhu, Santana, Peter Searchy, Bree Sharp, Maia Sharp, Jane Siberry, Sigur Ros, Judee Sill, Silverheel, Carly Simon, Simple Minds, Megan Slankard, Sleeper, Small Victories, Sound, Sparklehorse, Squonk Opera, Jennie Stearns, Steely Dan, Al Stewart, Chris Stills, Stephen Stills, Strawbs, Suede, Sugarcubes, Sugar Ray, Summer Obsession, Suncatcher, Sundays, Super Furry Animals, Sutherland Brothers & Quiver, Astrid Swan
Tarras, Teardrop Explodes, Tenderfoot, Tenfold Loadstar, Jennifer Terran, Toad The Wet Sprocket, Toyah, Transmissionary Six, Travis, Trespassers William
U2, UB40,Unamerican, Uriah Heep
Van Der Graaf Generator, Suzanne Vega, Laura Viers, Veronicas, Vertical Horizon
Waterboys, Carla Werner, Amelia White, Sarah White, Holly Williams, Wishbone Ash, Without Gravity, Jah Wobble
XTC
Yes, Neil Young
Sounds Like
Oh, heavens, this is so subjective!!! A recent review said:
"... a band moving in its own direction and refusing to sound like any of the countless other outfits with female singers." (Sea Of Tranquility)
....but if you really want to match us up, go to www.mermaidkiss.co.uk, give the music a listen and then you can decide for yourselves...
ETARLIS
Etarlis was released on June 18th 2007 and features guest appearances from Troy Donockley (Iona) and Jonathan Edwards (Panic Room & ex-Karnataka).
Buy the CD here for £9.95
"To describe this album as astonishing would be an understatement… there are bands who toil for many a year before producing a masterpiece of this quality… it is absolutely stunning."
Paul Jerome Smith, Fireworks music magazine, UK
“Ranks right up there with the very finest prog releases of the past few years.”
Joel Craig, Interstellar Overdrive USA
"Elemental rock on an epic scale." David Randall, Get Ready To Rock UK
“A stunning, epic album… absolutely spellbinding.”
Larry Kolota, Kinesis Progressive Rock, USA
“Vocalists Evelyn Downing and Kate Belcher are new stars in the music scene.”
Nick Gielkins, Mostly Pink, Netherlands
“A killer album.”
Gordon Tanner, Distant Early Warning, Canada
“One of the best albums of 2007.”
Artur Chacklowski, Metal Hammer Magazine & Radio Alfa, Poland
“A rich, varied, melodic and multi-layered album.”
Ian Fairholm. Progressive Ears, UK
“Mermaid Kiss has made one of the year's best albums.”
Anna Maria Stjarnell Collected Sounds USA/Sweden
2007 Awards:
Epic Prog named Etarlis the 6th best album of the year in its annual Top 10 list, and Kate won the Best Female Vocal Performance of the Year award for "Shadow Girl."
Interstellar Overdrive placed Etarlis even higher, at 5 in the annual Top 11 list and Evelyn won the Top Female Vocal Performance of the Year award for “The City Of Clouds.”
In addition, the Norwegian programme ‘Glasshuset’ listed Etarlis at 3 in their Top 10 albums of 2007
The band have released two previous CD's "The Mermaid Kiss Album" (2003) and "Salt On Skin" (2006).
They've also written and recorded the soundtrack for a short horror film and the score for a stage production of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" and have appeared on a number of compilations of cover songs including discs dedicated to the music of The Doors and The Catherine Wheel.
Hear the music and find out more at: www.mermaidkiss.co.uk
From reviews of "Salt On Skin"
"It's pretty damn perfect." Dave Randall, The Music Index/Get Ready To Rock (Album Of The Month - March 2006)
"Stunning!" Russ Elliot, Musical Discoveries
"'The Blushing Bride' is one of the best pieces of music I've heard all year!" Michael Popke, Sea Of Tranquility
From reviews of "The Mermaid Kiss Album"
"To say this is an emotionally charged album replete with gorgeous melodies, stunning vocal work and beautifully conceived ideas, would be an understatement." Greg Cummins, Sea Of Tranquility
"Haunting, sexy and compelling... this is the closest to music nirvana that one can get. One of THE releases of this or any other year." Michael Sullivan, The Here & There
"Outstanding.... an album of incredible depth and strength." Russ Elliot, Musical Discoveries
"An album of rare emotional quality.... makes what most other artists are doing seem insignificant. Nigel Messenger, Phase9 Entertainment
TO BUY THE CDs:
If you'd like to purchase any of our albums, please go to the shop page on our website: www.mermaidkiss.co.uk/shop/cds.htm
Our music is also available from Amazon, iTunes, Sony Connect and many other stores and sites.
Hello, after an unfortunate hiatus, the reasons for which are probably best not gone into here, we finally have some new music on the AUK MySpace site. For your listening pleasure this month we offer Nathan Oliver, Conrad Ford, the irrepressible Todd Snider and the delightful Beccy Owen. Don't forget too, for those of you within striking distance of Leicester, Electric Dustbowl 2 on 19 September.
Hi Jamie & Evelyn, Thinking of you and hoping your recording is going well. One of these days I must send you a letter. Much has been happening so I keep pretty busy! Wanted to say hi. Cheers, Cindy
Thank you for connecting! If you're interested, I'm offering one free original MP3 download to my new MySpace friends, just go to my profile and let me know the name of which track would you like to get and I'll tell you where to download it for free.
Hello dear friends, Jamie and Evelyn, I trust your new CD is going well. I am sure it will be brilliant and offer much inspiration. Thinking you always, Cindy
Hey there!! Thanks ohhhh soo much for your friendship!! How are you?! Don't hesitate to drop a comment and take a listen I'll be sure to respond! Have an awesome week! ~Hilary saunders
message continued, the day comes soon when everyone will be living in freedom, prosperity, peacefulness, and victory. May God richly Bless you all, your families, and friends, may you all keep on smiling forever, and ever, may you all receive all the wants, and desires of your hearts, I wish you all a fantastic weekend.
Hi everyone at Mermaid Kiss how are you all doing, how are your families, and friends doing hope you all are doing very well, and enjoying the incredible life. I must tell you all that you all are composing some breathtakingly stupendous melodies it's marvelous, many people will love the exquisitely delightful sound quality of your remarkable musical tracks it's very special, you all are exceptionally talented musicians, I'm sure many people will be very supportive all of your musical projects, I have great admiration, and gratitude towards wonderful musicians, I know wonderful musicians such as yourself's are touching the depths of people's hearts, and souls through your precious anthems, may you all keep on spreading the positivity of music throughout this world, may all of your musical projects become superhits, I wish you all the very best in all of your life's journeys that you all wish to embark upon. I know most of us are very depressed by seeing so many negative events happening in this world which is affecting many people's livelihoods in a very miserable way, so many of this world's innocent children, and people are dealing with massive difficulties, hardships, and troubles because of the wars, violence, poverty levels, oppression, natural disasters, and injustice it's very heartbreaking, it's time for this world to take all necessary actions to put a stop to all the wars, violence, genocide, and discrimination, because wars, hate, and cruelness only brings negativity into this world, but through love, peace, and compassion we can generate an atmosphere of positivity globally, our world's communities must be united together in complete harmony, humans must show their positive compassionate side, and love each other unconditionally, wouldn't it be wonderful to see all the nations, and people through our planet earth celebrating the spectacular life together in this glorious world,. lets all hope, and pray that
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