'The Independent Music Show Magazine' December 2019 | Page 15

Genre

Blues, Jazz, Blue Eyed Soul, Funk, Rock

Home Town London

Kareña K

With a voice and classic writing style reminiscent of torch singers past,

Kareña can belt out those blues or sizzle with smoky jazz vocals.

Hailing from the north of England originally, Kareña came up through

the big band scene there before embarking on what became an

international music career that has taken her far and wide, including an

appearance at Dubai Rock/Blues Festival with her blues band.

Payman Abdali

From

Tehran, Iran

We are not West meeting East, we define our own boundaries of geography, heaven

and hell and musical talent.

Psychelethno is the manifestation of the "Soul-man of the East" music that alters

the state of awareness, creates visual landscape in the minds of the listener, uses

synthesizers and a mix of electronic and ethnic instruments to identify the modern

age ethnicity of the composers (in IO's case Iranian) and players and has a blend of Eurocentric synthesizer-based music with various African American styles such as

Chicago house, funk, electro, and even electric jazz. So it is not completely Western

nor Eastern. It is a picturesque, visually psychedelic, acoustically ethnic, inherently

filled with electronic sound field and sometimes with a touch of jazz and blues.

Mark Regula

Musician, Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar, Songwriter: Ivory Tower Project ·

April 2004 to present · Long Island City, New York

Independent recording artist for Ivory Tower Project.

President Guerrilla Records + Rockamagula Music Publishing

Independent recording artists: Ivory Tower Project are a new breed of ‘old school’ rockers. New, original music (with a retro sound) inspired by the great Classic Pop/Rock artists of the 70’s 80’s. Ivory Tower Project (ITP) was founded in NY by songwriters: Johnny Jace, Mark Regula and Tony Novarro. They currently have 2 CD releases: 'Red Hot' (2008) and 'How Much More?' (2017). They are signed to an independent record label: Guerrilla Records-NY and published by Rockamagula Music + Muddy Sneekers Music and affiliated with ASCAP.