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Pop music at Aardvark Records
Great pop songs are not accidents. Great pop songwriting is a craft. Equally great arrangements bring those lyrics to life. Music and lyrics are the eternal equation for memorable pop tracks – those songs that get stuck in your head…the ones you start to hum or sing almost immediately. In a world awash with pop music and pop star wannabees, our pop artists have an honesty, an integrity to the craft of music making, that make them stand-outs in our eyes. They are true musicians, first and foremost. They’re storytellers. They have stories and experiences they strive to share through their music...stories that they hope you’ll appreciate, respect, understand, experience – and even come to love.Callel
Callel
"Young, talented revelations Callel are a four-piece with a refreshing urge to sound that bit different...Callel look to a super future." - The Scotsman
The four members of the indie Rock - Britpop crossover band Callel grew up in the same area of Granton in Edinburgh; they went to the same school, played in the same football team, caught the same nits…but it wasn't until years later that they got together as a band.
They soon found their feet on the live scene and supported Paolo Nutini, Rooney, Asobi Seksu, The Hip Parade, The Bluetones and The Holloways among others. Read the Full Story
The four members of the indie Rock - Britpop crossover band Callel grew up in the same area of Granton in Edinburgh; they went to the same school, played in the same football team, caught the same nits…but it wasn't until years later that they got together as a band.
They soon found their feet on the live scene and supported Paolo Nutini, Rooney, Asobi Seksu, The Hip Parade, The Bluetones and The Holloways among others. Read the Full Story
Everett Young
Everett Young
Pop artist Everett Young is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, sound engineer, producer, and professor of political science. And he’s serious about pop.
"I love Simon and Garfunkel. I love the melodic stuff from the eighties. Paul McCartney’s melodies … everybody complains about how nobody’s doing that kind of thing anymore. It seems as if creating those songs is a lost art."
Except of course, it's not. The art of the intelligent pop song is alive and well and living in Atlanta, Georgia, as Young’s LP "The Ground" is currently proving across the airwaves. 8 years after its release - this album is still one of our best sellers. Read the Full Story
"I love Simon and Garfunkel. I love the melodic stuff from the eighties. Paul McCartney’s melodies … everybody complains about how nobody’s doing that kind of thing anymore. It seems as if creating those songs is a lost art."
Except of course, it's not. The art of the intelligent pop song is alive and well and living in Atlanta, Georgia, as Young’s LP "The Ground" is currently proving across the airwaves. 8 years after its release - this album is still one of our best sellers. Read the Full Story
Riveraire
Everett Young
Riveraire
Pop artist Everett Young is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, sound engineer, producer, and professor of political science. And he’s serious about pop.
"I love Simon and Garfunkel. I love the melodic stuff from the eighties. Paul McCartney’s melodies … everybody complains about how nobody’s doing that kind of thing anymore. It seems as if creating those songs is a lost art."
Except of course, it's not. The art of the intelligent pop song is alive and well and living in Atlanta, Georgia, as Young’s LP "The Ground" is currently proving across the airwaves. 8 years after its release - this album is still one of our best sellers. Read the Full Story
"I love Simon and Garfunkel. I love the melodic stuff from the eighties. Paul McCartney’s melodies … everybody complains about how nobody’s doing that kind of thing anymore. It seems as if creating those songs is a lost art."
Except of course, it's not. The art of the intelligent pop song is alive and well and living in Atlanta, Georgia, as Young’s LP "The Ground" is currently proving across the airwaves. 8 years after its release - this album is still one of our best sellers. Read the Full Story
Steal away with Riveraire...
'Let's pack our bags and make a run for it' dare Riveraire with Brand New Day - a heavenly hum of escapist pop.
A love of great pop melodies pulled Riveraire's Caroline Loftus, Paul Carr and Paul Nolan together. Their early writing sessions crafted a collection of timeless tunes that became Riveraire's anthemic debut album, Down to the Ground.
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Satya Graha
Benny Tetteh-Lartey
Satya Graha
Steve O'Connor
Scottish folk singer-songwriter & Reggae artist Benny Tetteh-Lartey played bass guitar & was vocalist in top Edinburgh band Makossa from 1987 to 1991. He's toured Scotland, recorded film tracks for short film "Salome" by Lucy Enfield (sister of screen writer and comedian Harry Enfield). He's also played bass guitar and backing vocals for Dave Robb & The Filmmakers from 1991 to 1992.
He's also toured in Berlin and northern Germany and fronted BTL as bass playing vocalist 1992 to 1994 along with Phil McGowan, Killian Steele and John Mathieson.
Benny became a solo artist in 1995. He adapted the 12 string acoustic guitar bought for him by his father into an 8 string and coined the phrase "Afro Scot Rock". He completed his first BTL album "Don’t be Sad" in 1998, sharing centre stage with acclaimed singer songwriter Nick Harper (son of legendary Roy Harper) at London's Twelve Bar in 1999. Read the Full Story
He's also toured in Berlin and northern Germany and fronted BTL as bass playing vocalist 1992 to 1994 along with Phil McGowan, Killian Steele and John Mathieson.
Benny became a solo artist in 1995. He adapted the 12 string acoustic guitar bought for him by his father into an 8 string and coined the phrase "Afro Scot Rock". He completed his first BTL album "Don’t be Sad" in 1998, sharing centre stage with acclaimed singer songwriter Nick Harper (son of legendary Roy Harper) at London's Twelve Bar in 1999. Read the Full Story
Every band says they grew up with a passion for music. American folk rock/ pop band Satya Graha understands the It factor with music. The Chicago-based band loves music enough to give it space and life of its own. They don’t fill every second with sound and action…they give the music enough openness to invite listeners into it and go their own way. There is no grandstanding, no pontificating and it’s all ego free; just bare boned melodic folk rock sounds with a slight twist of americana with a touch of an old country roots vibe that gives this music such an intimate feel. It's a mix of old and new that sits so comfortably together.
It's the intimacy that's the key. Playing large stadiums isn't what Graha is all about. The energy and connectedness of smaller venues is where Graha is at its best. The ability to genuinely make contact with the crowd is one of the keys that make Graha the growing success that it is. The live performances are simple magic effortlessly delivered. Read the Full Story
It's the intimacy that's the key. Playing large stadiums isn't what Graha is all about. The energy and connectedness of smaller venues is where Graha is at its best. The ability to genuinely make contact with the crowd is one of the keys that make Graha the growing success that it is. The live performances are simple magic effortlessly delivered. Read the Full Story
Steve O'Connor was born and raised in Liverpool, a cultural, charismatic city with a rich and famed musical heritage.
Steve has travelled extensively in his life, which has helped him to understand and appreciate the diverse cultures and traditions of the world.
With musical influences such as Dan Fogelberg, Jackson Browne, the Eagles and, of course, The Beatles - to name but a few - this held him in good stead for the musical journey that lay ahead.
It wasn't until he moved to the highlands of Scotland, however, that his natural gift for song-writing began to manifest. This ancient land steeped in a music legacy all its own provided inspiration, both visual and spiritual. It was here that Steve taught himself to play guitar and subsequently write his own music and lyrics.
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