Dawn Landes, Thao Nguyen

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Bardens Boudoir presents the Winter Warmer

Dawn Landes

Part time sound engineer, full time alt-folk star, fresh from New York City, Dawn Landes is becoming a force to be reckoned with. Her bluegrass tinged, soulful folk, often love struck and gorgeously literate with lyrical zest is finally becoming well known. Adverts are using her songs, huge American television programmes are using her as soundtrack loveliness, and past shows with artists such as Feist, Jose Gonzalez and Midlake under her belt. 2008 really should be her year.

"A nostalgic mix of junk-shop pop, 10-dollar folk guitars, glistening glockenspiels and fuzzy, retroelectronica against which she delivers her odd, boho lyrics - many of which sound as if they've been made up on the spot - with an offhand insouciance" Uncut

Thao Nguyen

Indie folk from Washington DC, Thao and her band "the Get down Stay down" are already getting a large following in the USA and mainland Europe. It's self explanatory really when you hear the catchy sense of melody in the collection of gorgeous, quirky songs she shares with the audience.

"Her songs and the way she goes through them – barefooted and patiently – is a lot like a hot, living form of maple syrup. She oozes over you and coats you with a level of comfort that you can't shake as you would a pesky guilty party" Daytrotter



Catherine Anne Davies

Goth-folk, elegantly sang with profound and often dark lyrics about heartbreak and destruction, Catherine really is a star in the making. A chanteuse in the mould of PJ Harvey or Kate Bush but with added subtlety and intimacy, her voice has been described as "black honey". She is currently emerging artist in residence at the Royal Festival Hall.

"A very special voice... it would only need a lucky break for her to hit the big time. Beautiful and brilliant." -BBC.CO.UK

"Brilliantly sultry."- Time Out

Nic Dawson Kelly

Described as a modern day one man band, bringing his guitar, saxophone, harmonica and piano to the stage with him, the haunting folk of Nic Dawson Kelly is really summed up and highlighted by his gorgeous singing voice. Think Anthony and the Johnsons via Nick Drake, adding some hints of Devandra Banhart and you might get close. His moonshine soaked folk gives you the chills, and makes the entire room stop, look and listen.