3 November (Monday) - KAZ MILLS, ED LAURIE, PHOENIX WILLIAMS

Kaz Mills, based in London, is making global waves across the internet community with her extraordinary voice. At 20, Kaz uploaded her music first video on to youtube.com – and was welcomed to the site with a flood of praise and appreciation from internet users across the world. Now, with over 2 million hits and more than 11,000 subscribers, the time has come for Kaz to meet the real world. Her exciting sets will consist of some or her unique and popular covers as well as original material which the world is dying to hear. See her for the first time on October 6th at Source Below in Soho. 
 

Already a cult hero in the digital realm, London-born Ed Laurie draws upon his colourful heritage to produce a new English sound with an international flair. Ed and his band blend elements of gypsy, flamenco, and 70's psych-folk creating magical realism for the ears. Ed's made the Top Ten in the iTunes European album charts and is quickly making his mark on the US thanks to repeated airplay of his most recent demos on Chris Douridas' LA-based KCRW New Ground show, which has half a million listeners daily. And word is traveling fast - Ed boasts over 80,000 song plays and 50,000 profile views on myspace.com/edlaurie!

Ed paints an exotic landscape with his unmistakable baritone and Mediterranean-tinged rhythms picked out on a nylon-stringed guitar accompanied by cello, double bass, trumpet, piano and percussion. Think the child of folk singer Cesaria Evora if she was involved in a bizarre love-in with Sufjan Stevens, Leonard Cohen and novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

Touring nationally and internationally, Ed has been promoting the release of his iTunes-released mini-album Meanwhile In The Park while supporting Mercury nominee Lou Rhodes, Teddy Thompson, Sophie Barker of Zero 7, Candie Payne and Kid Harpoon. He is currently working on his debut full-length LP Small Boat Big Sea and is planning European and US tours for 2008. Ed will be making his In The City debut in October after being handpicked to perform at the renowned music industry showcase by the In The City panel themselves!

Here's what the critics have to say:

"When people talk of 'modern classics,' this is the kind of thing they mean. Outstanding." -Play Music Magazine (Demo of the Month) 
 

Since the release of Phoenix Williams three track EP in September, her emotionally charged acoustic rock has captured the imagination of all who have listened to her making her recently released album Wait And See… one of the most eagerly anticipated by a female artist in years. Highlights in Phoenix Williams career so far include:



-Invited by the BBC to perform on their stage at this years Great Escape Festival in Brighton



-Invited to play at this years Pride Festival in Brighton in August



-Live acoustic set and interview on BBC Southern Counties broadcast to over 250,000 people



-30 minute interview and acoustic set on local Brighton radio station Radio Reverb



-A-Listed and interviewed on a number of radio stations across the world


-Material included on feature films



Further information on Phoenix Williams can be found on her website www.myspace.com/phoenixwilliams