FaerieCon

Music:

QNTAL
Founded in 1991, QNTAL presents a unique melding of traditional music with contemporary electronica, creating compelling music of exceptional beauty, emotional power and depth. With the soaring vocals of Syrah at the center supported by the accomplished musicianship of founder Michael Popp and Phillipp Groth, QNTAL musically explores classic, poetic and mythic themes of love, beauty, mystery and wonder. Each of the bands four albums to date are amazing achievements of theme and lyric married perfectly with music, with number 3, “Tristan” as a personal favorite.

Very popular in Germany and Europe with a passionate US fan base now aggressively expanding, QNTAL evokes respectful comparisons to Dead Can Dance while maintaining their own unique identity. It is no coincidence that the cover artwork for their latest album, “Silver Swan” created by Brian Froud is reminiscent of a magically charged mirror that opens into a mystical, parallel universe. Brian’s remarkable images marry perfectly with the lush, dramatic tones of songs, as exemplified in Brian’s first music video for the single, “Von Den Elben.”

WOODLAND
Woodland is an original mythic ensemble featuring the songwriting and poetic harmonies of Kelly and Emilio Miller-Lopez. For more than seven years Woodland has enchanted audiences throughout the US and Europe with a unique blend of original and traditional melodies woven with ornate and meaningful bardic poetry. Woodland’s debut album Twilight, which features the Faerie artwork of internationally best-selling artist Brian Froud, is a musical exploration of the realm of Faerie.

Kelly Miller-Lopez is featured on the harp, flutes, percussion and lead vocals, with principle songwriter Emilio Miller-Lopez featured on guitar and harmony vocals. Fiddler Kimmy Smith joins Emilio and Kelly to enhance the melodic power of the group, weaving harmonic patterns with Emilio’s electric and acoustic guitar melodies. Woodland’s powerful rhythm section includes bassist and didgeridoo player Donald Brodsky and drummer and percussionist Rountree Woodland is currently working in the studio on their new album, entitled Seasons in Elfland, which will be released in two parts over the next two years.woodlandmusic.net

OMNIA
OMNIA draws upon the traditional roots that have brought forth all music to bring an otherworldly and deeply moving performance to the stage that is unique in this age of bland pre-programmed commercialism. OMNIA's nature-religious songs and fascinating stage act are a veritable feast for your eyes, ears and soul as interwoven voices and intricate melodies lead you through Pagan Heaven to Pagan Hell and back again... with a smile on your face. Playing self-composed 3rd-millennium Folk and world-music with a sprinkling of traditional melodies and dance tunes from places like Brittany, Ireland, Scotland and Afghanistan, OMNIA's music is 100% acoustic - no synthesizers, no electric instruments, no programming, just pure honest music.

Dressed in graceful black neo-Celtic clothing adorned with the bronze age holy symbols of our Celtic/Pagan heritage and surrounded by an amazing amount of hand made beautifully decorated traditional instruments OMNIA takes the audience along into a world of living nature, humour and earth magic. OMNIA's music is very hard to compare with any other band or genre.

OMNIA's sound is an artful mix of the deep earthy tones of didgeridoo expert Luka Aubri-Krieger (East-Indies), the virtuoso harp, hurdy-gurdy and bodhran playing of Jennifer Evans-van der Harten (Holland), the unmistakable "DADGAD" guitar-groove of Joe Hennon (Ireland) and the flutes, bouzouki, drums, and ironic dialogue of front man Steve "Sic" Evans-van der Harten (England).

All of this is entwined and bound by the haunting and powerful voices of all four band members who sing in English, Gaelic, Breton, Latin, Finnish, German, Flemish and Hindi...

PRISCILLA HERNANDEZ
Priscilla Hernandez is an ethereal gothic singer-songwriter, composer and fantasy illustrator born in the Canary Islands and now living in Barcelona (Spain). Her beautiful and evocative debut album, Ancient Shadows, recently won the Indepent Music Awards "New Age Album of the Year." Ancient Shadows is a collection of 19 illustrated song-tales that take the listener through the haunting and spectral realms of her sorrowful and eerie, yet sensuous music.

Wistful, evocative, pure and meaningful, Ancient Shadows is made up of two thematic elements, "The Ghost" and "The Fairy", which will each be performed at the Bad Faeries Ball. Priscilla will be backed by pianist Hector Corcin(Spain), and special guests Emilio and Kelly Miler-Lopez of Woodland, and members of Trillian Green. FaerieCon is proud to be the first major event to present this amazing european talent on the east coast, whose music is sure to reach a broad worldwide audience in the coming years.