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As the frontman, guitarist and songwriter for the band The Lost & Nameless Orchestra, Patrick Conway has spent the last fifteen years gigging all over the U.S. and playing every major folk festival and songwriter friendly venue in Texas and beyond. Highlights from his travels with his band include performances at the Americana Music Festival in Chicago, Kerrville Folk Festival, Old Settler’s Music Festival, Folk Alliance International, Fischer Festival, Minnesota State Fair and The Wildflower Festival in Dallas, as well as House Concerts and all of the wonderful listening rooms and grocery stores in his hometown of Austin, Texas. Patrick never turns down a gig for a listening crowd and tirelessly works to entertain when given an audience and a microphone.
With years of working in recording studios and multiple releases under his belt, Patrick has currently finished a collection of songs to be released in January of 2024. The album is called "MERIDIAN" and is a celebration of and tribute to all that is important in his life. Love, Home & Family are some of the themes on “MERIDIAN”. It also touches on the inevitable, but beautiful... Loss. The album was produced mostly at home, late at night with everyone in the house sleeping, but features some amazing guest musicians on drums, violins, organ, backing vocals and saxophone.
Patrick also composes instrumental music for an electronic and ambient music-for-film project called ENDELØS. Selected compositions are available for licensing through MusicVine.com in the UK and all other commissions are available at endelosmusic.com.
When he’s not writing, recording and performing his own music, Patrick works as a freelance music producer and audio engineer. With over twenty seven years experience working in studios and performing as a singer, Patrick enjoys assisting other singer/songwriters and bands with their music and is always open to assist other dedicated artists.
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BettySoo’s vocal prowess is a thing of wonder. A world-class instrument of deft phrasing and purity, a voice that knows when to hold back and when to dive in. At her own live shows, taking a verse onstage with friends or singing harmonies in sessions with Austin’s finest, BettySoo sings with consummate loveliness and self-assurance. A voice that knows the roots of American music inside and out; coming from a most unexpected place – a diminutive Korean-American with a deceptively girl-next-door demeanor. Touring the unforgiving circuit of listening rooms, clubs and festivals, BettySoo has mastered the art of performance. A funny anecdote sets up a song of heartbreak and need; a witty rejoinder belies the dark truths that underpin much of her work.
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It's a long way from the steel mills of Ohio to the wide-open plains of Texas, especially if you get there via New York City. But that's exactly the circuitous route taken by singer/songwriter Michael Fracasso and it has worked quite well for him. Fracasso grew up amidst Italian, Polish, and Irish immigrants working for a better life in the mills of Mingo Junction, OH. The town's main claim to fame is that The Deer Hunter was filmed there, but with any luck, Fracasso will put it on the map in association with his career. Naturally outgrowing his roots, he ventured off to Washington State to finish college and eventually made his way to New York in 1979 to be a songwriter. For 12 years, Fracasso honed his craft by participating in open-mic nights and songwriter groups. His first stop was the Cornelia Street Café in Greenwich Village, which, at the time, was the chosen hangout for folks like , , and . Fracasso dove right in, contributing tunes to various compilations. By 1990, things were shifting in the New York folk scene, so Fracasso felt a change was in order. Once again, he packed up and headed out to find his place in the world. Next stop: Austin, TX.
With his high lonesome voice and urban sensibilities, Austin was a pretty good fit. Soon enough, Fracasso carved out a niche for himself and within a year was voted Best New Artist in the Music City Texas poll of local musicians. His first official release of Love & Trust came in 1992, along with tours of both coasts and abroad. And there he was, alongside , , , and others in a television special highlighting the Austin music scene. Founding Bohemia Beat Records with some fellow musicians, Fracasso issued When I Lived in the Wild in 1995. Being very well received critically, it also found (and held) a spot on the Gavin Report's newly established Americana Top Ten. Continuing to tour in support of his records, Fracasso has slowly built a national following for his literate, beguiling songs and captivating vocal style. World in a Drop of Water was recorded with the help of fellow Texan and offered up for public consumption in 1998. ~ Kelly McCartney, Rovi