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COLUM : vocals, acoustic guitars Having spent the last 6 years genre and country-hopping, Regan has settled in the UK and come up with a confident self-produced debut album. From the riff-based “Don’t think about it” (which was a semi-finalist of the International Songwriting Competiton) to the delicate “Your Voice” GO captures a broad emotional range and showcases Regan as one of the brightest new singer/songwriters to come out of Ireland and the UK in the last few years. Released for download in March 2007, GO immediately went into the top 5 most downloaded on Wippit and easymusic download sites and stayed there for four weeks. It is now also available on iTunes. Over the past few years Colum has proved his worth as a performer playing all over the UK, Ireland and USA, supporting acts such as Charlotte Church, The Frames, Tom Baxter, John Spillane, and Tom Pacheco amongst others, and in 2006 standout performances at Shepherds Bush Empire, London, The Spiegel Tent, Cork city, and the Summer Sundae Festival, Leicester helped to raise his profile, as has the inclusion of his songs on the Welsh Music Foundation's International Sampler, and Ireland's Southern Fried compilations. As a song writer, arranger and performer Colum has been involved in innovative musical projects, including theatre productions, (notably a mobile self-contained drama “Glastonbury” which starred Keith Allen, art design by Damien Hirst and musical direction by Nick Lloyd-Webber) working with Grammy-nominated dance act K-Klass, storytellers and spoken word artists, as well as developing music programmes with educational foundations and co-authoring a new educational music book for students of English.
IOLO WHELAN: drums Iolo is one the most sought after session drummers and percussionists in Wales, Iolo has been a collaborator with Colum for many years. He is experienced in rock, jazz, and traditional and also has a penchant for funk and world music. He also plays with traditional band Mabon and jazz band The Cherubs.
Donal Whelan: sax and flute Long-term co-conspirator Donal Whelan is an experienced player who has extensive experience as a session flautist and sax player, while also working as a principal mastering engineer for online mastering service Mastering World. Over the years he has mastered for Embrace, David Sylvian, K T Tunstall, to name a few.
LAWSON DANDO: piano, lap steel, keyboards, harmonium, and more Lawson is a musician and producer with 30 years experience, and is multi-instrumentalist with The Incredible String Band. Lawson runs Albany Studios in Cardiff, where Colum’s album GO was recorded.
GAZ WILLIAMS: bass Founder of Cardiff based progressive experiMentalists RocketGoldStar, Gaz is the profoundly telented and energetic bottom end to the band's live gigs. He works as a producer, mastering engineer and general studio guru as well as performing live.