Ragz Nordset: Vocals, Guitar, Piano & spelling mistakes
Malcolm Lunan: Guitar, Tongue Rolls & Haggis
Brian Rice: Bass, helium bros & old peoples web sites
Paul Champs: Drums, Double cheek Dancing & Twigglets
Influences
Joanna Newsom, Feist, Joni Mitchell, Eva Cassidy, Emiliana Torrini, Vashti Bunyan, Cherry Ghost, Nikka Costa, Dave Mathews, Ani DiFranco, Tom Waits, Martha Wainwright, Beirut, Ben Harper....:-)
Sounds Like
'Baring her soul through beautifully crafted songs delivered with such a powerful and evocative voice, Ragz is always special, tonight she is spellbindingly magnificent.'
- The Fly, www.the-fly.co.uk
"Gorgeous, dark and spellbinding folk" - Howard Byrom, Lancaster Guardian
Ragz is a singer/sonwriter born and raised in a land coloured by northern lights and fairytale creatures.
With her rich, sustained voice, skilled musicianship and gorgeous,
occasionally dark, tunes, Ragz has gained many fans and favourable
comparisons to Joni Mitchell, Feist and even Jeff Buckley,
amongst others.
She has cemented herself into the musical folklore of her current home town
and developed her craft on stages across the UK, supporting the likes of
Laura Marling, Mumford and Sons, Wild Beasts, Noah and the Whale, Karima Francis, David Ford and Ian McNabb.
'Baring her soul through beautifully crafted songs delivered with such a powerful and evocative voice, Ragz is always special, tonight she is spellbindingly magnificent.'
- The Fly, www.the-fly.co.uk
'Siren with star quality.'
- Jade Wright, Liverpool Echo
'Ragz is well known for her ability to bring a dark hush over the
lairiest of audiences - thanks to her sweet, rich voice and beautiful
back catalogue of (Joni Mitchell-hued) songs'
- Diesel U-Music
'Startlingly original'
- Liverpool.com
'Watching her live is fantastic, she made people cry'
- Phillip Harvery & Joel Ransom, PureFM
'she has one of the most incredible voices I'd heard in a live setting & the crowd were held rapt in her sway'
- Andy Von Pip, The Von Pip Musical Express
'the night is stolen by Ragz. The darker side of acoustic as she sings about the turmoil of voices in the head'
- Stuart Glossop, Leedsmusicscene.net
“The epitome of beatitude of appearance and voice” - Alicia Rose
“The songstress is breathing new life into her craft with the rest of us looking on in amazement. A great girl and a fine composer ladies and gentlemen” - International Online Music Magazine
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Plast-c photographs by Ged Doyle
Vinyl Image Productions Shots by Laura Pearson
Big thanx to Jon Withnall Studios for great mixes
Thank you to to Andy at the Zanzibar, for great live sound experiences
Acoustic Live Lounge this Monday (9th November) we've got the beautiful Karen Cleary and Liverpool duo The Lees performing. Acoustic Live Lounge takes place at the Bar 3345 on Parr Street in Liverpool and starts at 8:30pm and also features open mic aswell. Hopefully see you there!
Yeah I saw him yeaaaars ago supporting Tegan and Sara in London. I must have been 16, and I haven't seen him since. I really want to try and get down there but my friend is visiting so it depends on what she wants to do. I'll try my best :)
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 162 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): TEES TO TYNE: FIRST IMPRESSIONS - SUMMER 2001
Where traditions are not so rare; Sea, country and works scent the air; A multitude of monuments, Planted tubs and patterned pavements.
The longish pedestrian malls; The remnants of defensive walls; Historic buildings are a gauge Of the respect for heritage.
Wheat, rape and pines in the fields; Estuaries guarded by shields; Long sandy beaches and wide scenes; Romantic-ruin go-betweens.
Rivers in parts licked by trees, Or fringed by boat clubs, wharfs, gantries, And crossed by practical delights - Varied spans, forming pleasing sights.
Fine churches headed at Durham; Football kits ad infinitum; Kept castles - one for study; Masonry behind masonry.
And, with moulding-works out that way, It’s somewhere for a longer stay..?
well let me just say that you are sooo beautiful! haha i look at your pictures and i just think to myself, is she for real!?!? haha your beyond a beauty! thank you for your light and love sweet soul! hope your day is full of loving and caring moments sugar!
I'm currently out of the country & working on my first album, but I'm back soon and will probably be playing on friday night, so I'll pass on more gig details when I get them :) Let me know about you gigs too and I'll pop down.
This Monday (2nd November) at the Acoustic Live Lounge, Bar 3345, Parr Street, Liverpool we have Rachael Dunn and Avant Gardner performing. Night starts at 8:30pm and there will be plenty of open mic spaces if you fancy coming down and giving us a song on the open mic.
Hope to see you tomorrow night Barry ACOUSTIC LIVE LOUNGE
Thanks for the kind comments Ragz - I think the photographic moments belong to the performer. If there is anything there, then I'm not the one that makes it; I can only do my best not to lose it.
As for Todd - well it's not surprising that you've not heard of him. He only did his first live gig in London a very few months ago (before that it was high school). He's a big fan of musicianship - Dave Matthews and people like that, and something of a perfectionist. He's got a real talent. I'm not sure what he'll do with it, but it's always nice to come across people like that.
Nb. there are a couple of live clips of Todd on my YouTube pages plus a whole bunch of Karima and much else. However, for something completely different have a look at Anna Phoebe & Byron Johnston. It's purely instrumental, but some brilliant stuff and having been there when they first met, I have a bit of an interest. Anna is something of a force of nature.
Hi Ragz - lovely to say hello on Monday. You looked and sounded beautiful.
You can find my photos on the following link. As always, please feel free to use them if they are of any use to you. You can download them via the all sizes icon and pick the size that suits you best. If you need anything higher resolution, then let me know,
I think I mentioned a guy called Todd Kuffner to you. Well he combines doing a PhD in matths at my old college in Kensington with being an amazing guitarist and song-writer. He's an American, but has lived in London for the past four years. Take a look if you can. This is him solo followed by a collaboration he'd done with another American, currently over in London recording her first album.
Acoustic Live Lounge @ 3345, Parr Street, Liverpool kicks off this Monday 26th October with two fantastic booked acts. The wonderful Vinny T Spen and the very cool and energetic Stuart Todd will be performing. Both local Liverpool lads and not to be missed and if that wasn't enough you can come down and get up on the open mic if you so wish.
Night starts at 8:30pm, so get down early to get booked in on the open mic to avoid missing out.
Hello...Ragz.....thanks for friendships your music sound beautiful great voice.I' will be coming out with an new album ...one of the is my solo album with Grammy bassist "Stuart Hamm who is Jeff Beck bass player.the next one me and my good friend "Romanowski...it to will be a very beautiful album so be on a look out,I hope that u stay in touch with your friend,fan like i do ...so take care..peace,blessing..always
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