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This week we are happy and privileged to bring you a selection of York and the surrounding areas’ finest up and coming musical talent. Lend an ear to these musical grafters, check out their pages, further validate their brilliance by slipping them some change and, above all, enjoy the product of many hard spent hours.

Sam Griffiths

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Sam is a third year English student with a way with words, sharp dress sense and ovulation inducing voice. A regular on the York open mic night scene with a BBC York session and 6Music air time under his belt, the Essex man will be spending his summer writing his debut record and making himself near impossible not to know.

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Blue Laurel

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Blue Laurel are a Leeds College of Music four piece who have been bringing a beautiful blend of shoe gaze influenced indie-rock to North Yorkshire for the last two years. Made up of George, Willem, Rich and Matt, the band are looking to go full time following the end of their degrees.

 

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Blue Laurel’s Web Page

Capua Collective

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The second and last of the contributors from York’s nearest city cousin, Capua Collective are Jack Beattie and Francis Bavetta. A mixture of house infused electronica and slower, ephemeral numbers baring similarities to geographical rivals Submotion Orchestra, Capua Collective are, in their own words, “making experimental, electronic, spice infused live music.”

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Capua Collective Facebook Page

Harry Jones

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Currently studying for an MA in music production and working as a freelance musician, Harry Jones is the man behind a fair proportion of York’s student run nights. Housey, funky and pushing some afro-beat/minimalism boundaries, Jones has some big songs.

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Boss Caine

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Boss Caine (aka Daniel Lucas (aka G.T.Turbo)) sings, plays guitar and writes the songs. Well known locally and worthy of praise from the likes of Radio 2’s Bob Harris and anyone with a deep love of blue-grass Americana, Boss Caine has, amongst his many strings, a simply incredible voice.

 

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Boss Caine’s Bandcamp Page

Jim Dee

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Vision’s very own food man, Jim Dee does three things very well. Write about restaurants, own truffle honey and play guitar. A softer sound but with as much finger picking flair as Mexican rumba gods Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Dee packs his songs with OC finale amounts of heartbreak, silence and fretboard percussion.

 

Jim Dee’s Youtube Channel

Xavier Darcy

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Introduced to York Vision as “big in Germany”, Xavier Darcy is a former resident of Munich, CML- Studio worker and, by all accounts, big in Germany. Darcy delivers a one man singer songwriter show with tenderness and ear worms.

 

Xavier Darcy’s Youtube Channel
Xavier Darcy’s Facebook Page

MissDeeds

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MissDeeds are a York based alternative funk-rock band specialising in up-tempo live numbers; with, as one would expect from a saxophone heavy quintet fronted by the impeccably named Yoana Padeshka, a serious ska twist.

 

MissDeeds’ Facebook Page