Kate Fowkes - Sax,
Mark Cardwell -Drums,
Ben Le Grice - Bass,
Tom Hackwell - Guitar and Vocals
Influences
Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Radiohead, Pink Floyd, Muse, Elvis Presley, John Coltrane, Fleetwood Mac, The Beatles, Courtney Pine, Rage Against the Machine, The Cat Empire, Easy Star All Stars, Dire Straits, Eric Clapton, Nirvana, Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, Blur, Oasis, Damien Rice, Razorlight, Ry Cooder, Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, The Who, Air, Beach Boys, Tenacious D, Art Blakey, Buddy Miles, Robert Johnson, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Queen, Supergrass, Sly and the Family Stone, Semisonic, Supertramp, Zutons, Thin Lizzy, John Williams, Sting, The Police, Stone Roses, Smashing Pumpkins, Smiths, Rolling Stones, REEF, Neil Diamond, Nat King Cole, Andrea Bocelli, Michael Buble, Neil Young, Mott The Hoople, Manics, Lynryd Skynryd, Libertines, Lighthouse Family, Kings of Leon, Captain Beefheart, Jurassic 5, John Mayer, Johnny Cash, RHCP and John Frusciante solo, Jimmy Cliff, Incubus, Hives, Guns 'N' Roses, Bedouin Soundclash, Commitments, Foo Fighters, Elton John, The Doors, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, David Bowie, The Cure, Athlete
Sounds Like
'Sunflower, a Leicester funk/jazz/rock band playing its own original songs. Vocalist Tom Hackwell's vocals are tightly backed by the Sax and Flute of Kate Fowkes and the drum and bass of Mark and Ben. A band playing solidly good performances and an enchantingly different style of rock...Jazzy melodic songs with atmosphere. Wonderful.'
- Arts in Leicestershire
Hey,
we're Sunflower - a four-piece jazz, funk and rock band from Leicester, England. We formed in October 2007 at the University of Leicester and have been writing, recording and gigging in the Leicester area ever since.
We'll be a playing a lot of gigs after the Easter period so watch this space and we hope to see some happy faces at some shows!
hey beautiful mark and Tom, thanks for sharing in the sunflower songs launch, im still high from it!! Thank you also for your words they will be on a wall in The hind, like a gallery of Stars in their words
love you guys lots, Looking forward to you performing at the heats on 15th May At the Hind
love and sunflower smiles
Paula
xxxxxxx
Evening all, We played with you guys at the charlotte I think. How's it going now anyway? Hopefully hook up again sometime soon. Give us a holla if you're up for it. Peace. Pluto?
JRB dont have that many gigs tbh, but there always so good to play, i session for a decent few other bands so i have lots of gigs this year! :) haha yeh il get some promoters on your case! x
