The Chattanooga Market

Almost born on the airplane from Columbus, Ohio, where his family lived, to Philadelphia, because his mom, a native of Philly, only trusted one doctor. Then the infant Edelman was flown right back to Columbus. “I was a very serious kid, and I think that’s why. That’s a lot of stress for a baby.” His best friend in Columbus was a weeping willow tree. From there Paul’s family moved to the north shore of Long Island, one of the natural habitats to the privileged dirtbag.” There was a lot of money in that town, we stood out like sore thumbs.” His family was always musical. Paul’s uncle narrowly avoided success when he refused to sell one of his songs to Joe Cocker.” Everyone in the family had talent, my mom had a beautiful voice.”

Paul spent a year at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh before settling into Philly. Paul spent years hosting open mics all through town, meeting folks and drawing influence from his peers. ” My strongest asset is the ability to surround myself with people that are better than me.” Eventually, Paul began connecting with some serious players with real ambition and talent. Paul found himself being a sought after player in town. “One of my first bandmates insists that I invented the term Grunge as a musical genre.” He learned how to give other songwriters what their songs needed, and in so doing, was learning how to craft his own music with unique vision.

Paul was a Boxcar, a Butcher Holler Boy and lead guitar for Naked Omaha, three of the hottest tickets in town, simultaneously. It was no surprise then when Paul broke out on his own with the Jangling Sparrows, he was selling out the World Cafe and sharing bills with James McMurtry, Robert Earl Keen and Langhorn Slim.

Since relocating to the Blue Ridge Mountains The Jangling Sparrow’s heavy hitting songwriting has already been met with an outstanding reception at some of the most respected venues in the area and radio in the region. Tough and tender, from a holler to a whisper. from timeless, original, Soul, Folk and Country to ferocious twang rock.

Iowa native Wendy Jans took an early interest in performing, inspired by the soulfully full-voiced women in music like Aretha Franklin, Anita Baker and Karen Carpenter. Wendy still counts them as influences as she pursues performing and writing her own brand of percussive, soulful music out of Nashville, TN. Striving to exemplify the independent artist, Wendy co-produced her album “Today”, as well as creating the album artwork and writing 11 of the 12 tracks.

Wendy has garnered attention from the songwriting community as winner of the River Bluff Performing Songwriting Competition, a finalist in the International Song Search, winner of the Trowbridge Symposium and has received honorable mentions in the Billboard World Song Contest and Nashville Song Search. To support her album, in May 2008, Wendy shot her first music video in high definition. Directed by professional videographer, Joe Bertagnolli and produced by Alan McKenna, the video was shot in trendy East Nashville. In addition to a busy album tour the same year, Wendy was commissioned to write a campaign song for a rural revitalization effort presented by the Federal Home Loan Bank and, as part of the campaign, performed in towns throughout the Midwest. Wendy has received radio play in Nashville’s Lightening 100fm, Nashville Public Radio, XM satellite radio and various internet radio stations.

Capturing the unique musical flavors of west Africa, north Africa, the Caribbean, and Americana, Vagabon Tribe brings a funky fusion to the stage. Whether they are playing original compositions or unique arrangements of traditional music, audiences are immediately drawn to the unique instruments, African driven beats, new and familiar melodies from around the globe.
Vagabon Tribe includes the gorgeous multi-lingual vocals by Mauritanian native Djoba, 12-string west African kamel n’goni work by Rusty Eklund, , masterful latin and African percussion by Ryan Mullin, the nimble guitar work of Nate Finestead, and a selection of musicians from around the globe.

Nick Gill is an 18 year-old pop rock singer/songwriter from Fairhope, Alabama. In September of 2008 he released his second album “Through the Straight and Narrow.” In the following months Nick Gill received airplay on local radio stations and was featured on local news shows and in newspapers and magazines. His online presence soared as his single “Dawn” rose to the top of the charts on websites like Ourstage.com and Songvault.com. He also was forwarded multiple times on the worlds leading independent A&R company, TAXI.

In February, Nick embarked on a 50 show tour across the East Coast. He began honing his performance skills at night and coming home at three in the morning only to be at school by eight. As months rolled by, Nick began to see CD sales rise even more and began selling t-shirts, coffee mugs and bumper stickers.

After an insightful and inspiring tour, Nick teamed up with John Hamilton (drummer for Mobile, Alabama band “Peek”) to record several revised versions of songs off of his 2006 debut album “’Cause it’s True Love”. Some of these songs where later released on the bonus track edition of his EP. The revised version of “Crazy English Teacher” was released as a single in September 2009.

When production on the “’Cause it’s True Love” remake concluded, it was time for Nick to begin work on his EP. In August 2009, Nick Gill began recording his 3rd self-titled album. The five track EP was recorded at Fudge Recording Studio in New Orleans, Louisiana. Nick recorded the album with producers, Jack Miele (The Molly Ringwalds) and Jacques Delatour. The album carries emotion far beyond his years. In “How it Feels (to lose a friend)”, Nick tells what it’s like to lose a friend to suicide. “Breaking the Heart in” delves into the lack of understanding he has for love. In “That Life”, he explains how he will not conform into society’s flaws. The EP is the 3rd album he has released during high school years and is a turning point in his career.

Angela Easterling was raised in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Much of her childhood was spent on the farm that has been in her family since 1791, seven generations. Ironically, it wasn’t until she moved to Los Angeles, that the homespun musical calling in her soul became a siren’s song. A performer all her life, Angela had begun playing guitar and writing songs while studying at Emerson College in Boston. Angela embraced her heritage in a big way as a writer and an artist on her debut album, “Earning Her Wings”, chosen as “Americana Pick of the Year” by Smart Choice Music. She returned to tour the East Coast, having appeared on the bill with such artists as Lucinda Williams, Deana Carter, Dave Alvin, Victoria Williams and Michelle Shocked out west. She opened for the legendary Ray Price (at the Birchmere), Suzy Bogguss, Ellis Paul, Lori McKenna, Radney Foster and others. Angela’s music was featured in commercials (Southwestern Bell) and several of her songs were used in the series “Horsepower” on Animal Planet.
Angela released her second album, “BlackTop Road”, produced by Will Kimbrough in July ’09.The album was in the top 5 for adds to the Americana radio charts for several weeks and debuted on the Americana top 40 chart in September. It has been highly praised in the press and was chosen as a top pick in both Oxford American and Country Weekly. The title song tells of her family’s struggle to hold onto their farmland in the face of widespread development and represents a bold new step in her singing and songwriting. Angela was selected for an official Americana Convention Showcase and also named a 2009 Kerrville Hill New Folk Finalist. Roger McGuinn, founder of the Byrds, called her “a bright shining star on the horizon!” and went on to say, “Her gift is so special. Her CD BlackTop Road brought me back to the time the Byrds recorded “Sweetheart of the Rodeo” – tradition meets youthful exuberance.” For more info on Angela, including bio, tour dates, and audio downloads, please visit www.angelaeasterling.com.