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Gwen

A better world begins in the micro cosmos

About Me

The Band was formed in the Autumn of 2005, and played its first concert in the Spring of 2006, comprising Gwen plus Andreas Hecht (guitar), Aurel Bantzer (percussion) and David Cohen (bass).
Excerpts from that concert can be heard here.
Later the band was joined by drummer Cesar Ferreira, and bassist Martin Drees, after David left to pursue his solo projects.
Concerts have been well-received so far and shall become more frequent as the process of recording a first studio EP draws to a close. The EP is due to get finished very, very soon...!

Meine Songs stellen die Erfahrung des Menschseins in den Vordergrund. Sie sprechen Herz und Seele an, wollen wiedererkannt werden, zur Zuversicht anregen, und - so wie ein winziger Stein der in den großen See geworfen wird - kleine Wellen schlagen.
Gwen

"...auf eine so angenehme Art eindringlich, dass sich das Herz unversehens und so ganz wie nebenher öffnet. ...Gwen Leo-Allens musik gibt der Vergänglichkeit alles Irdischen einen neuen Klang, und sie geht weit über die englischen Folktraditionen hinaus..."
Katrin Dorn (Hamburger Autorin)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/5/2006
Band Website: Under construction" Under construction
Band Members: The current line-up is:
Gwen Leo-Allen(voice, guitar)
Andreas Hecht (guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, voice)
Aurel Bantzer (percussion, voice)
Martin Drees (bass guitar)
Cesar Ferreira (drums)

These tracks were recorded live in Hamburg in April 2006 by Klaus Walter, assisted by Thomas E. Martin. They were written by Gwen Leo-Allen.

Alex Leo made the "chairs" slide show, for which Bernd Rittmeier took the photos.


Influences: Billie Holiday, Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, Bob Dylan, Donovan, Cassandra Wilson, Haris Alexiou, Simon and Garfunkel, Mark Knopfler, Sting, India Arie, Souad Massi and lots of others...some of them not at all well known
Sounds Like: Unpretentious folk-pop
Record Label: Not Yet
Type of Label: None

My Blog

"europAkustika" festival of European Cultures

What a great gig that was on Tuesday, 2nd October in the "Fabrik".To anyone who happened to be there, thanks so much, you were a fantastic audience as they say...Let's hope the "europAkustika" festiva...
Posted by Gwen on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 05:59:00 PST