The New Parish

Too $hort
b. Todd Shaw, 28 April 1966, South Central, Los Angeles, California, USA. Diminutive rapper from Oakland, California, where he moved at the age of 14. His first introduction to rap, not a familiar form on the west coast at this time, came after hearing the Sugarhill Gang and Melle Mel....

Dead Winter Carpenters
With feet firmly planted in the Northern California music scene Dead Winter Carpenters is a newly formed quintet emerging on the shores of North Lake Tahoe, CA. Boasting members of San Francisco’s Montana Slim String Band and Lake Tahoe’s Rusty Strings, Dead Winter Carpenters are poised with an arsenal of original and an unyielding tour schedule (rolling across the country in their 1997 15 passenger green Ford van named Willy The Pimp)....

Delhi 2 Dublin
Based in Vancouver, Canada, Delhi 2 Dublin is rapidly emerging as one of the brightest new bands on the west coast festival scene. As their name implies this multi-ethnic, genre bending band creates a heady and energetic mash-up of Bhangra, Celtic, Dub, Reggae and Electronica....

Joe Claussell

Midnite
The brainchild of brothers Ron and Vaughn Benjamin, Midnite formed in the Virgin Islands island of St. Croix in 1989. The quintet members have included Dion Hopkins (drums), Joe Straws (bass), Trippa (guitar), Ron (keyboards), and Vaughn (lead vocals)....