Halie has been blowing away listeners for years with both her voice and her writing abilities as she steadily carves out a unique musical niche with her jazz-infused breed of intelligent piano-rock. Halie writes with a passion that’s carried along by her rich, dynamic vocals and piano-driven melodies, which has already garnered her multiple songwriting awards in almost every music genre.

I'm a Western New York kid, born in the year of the dog, 1982. 13 years later I
started spinning my dad's Dylan records on weekday afternoons. A guitar came
in the mail and the clarinet went away. Now I live in Oregon and play alot
of music, write songs, blow harp, play twangy lead in bar bands. My first album,
Oregon, is a bunch of the songs I wrote since I moved here.

Delivering Hybrid Rock it is highlighted by the slamming six-string bass and roaring guitar solos by Squank himself. The music of Squanky Kong explores many areas, showing many different influences. With various roots in jazz, funk, classical, reggae, blues, electronic, and more, two-thirds of the music stays close to the rock music styles that dominate overall.

 

Olen, formally of the band "The Dark", delivers his music with smooth vocals and original acoustic guitar playing. In this new direction he mixes various styles including country, folk, rock & roll, classic rock, and more. Coming from a rocky past and following his heritage in music he strives to express the beauty that can be found even in the dark

A gifted guitarist/composer whose albums incorporate many styles from giving jazz and blues a new direction with "Rue de Blues" to his eclectic solo acoustic selections, one which is a seasonal Christmas album. Also a veteran instructor having taught for over two decades at the University of Oregon he presents here several jam along CD's that can help you expand your personal playing.

Members of U.R.

A rare group of artists playing mostly a "spontaneous" fusion of jazz, blues, funk and more. This freestyle fusion explores the creative edge of improvisation. Featuring Joseph Wooten playing and composing along with Squankidonk and with several special guests including Don Latarski. This is Project Alpha, the first of many project albums to be produced by Squank Entertainment.

Members of Beard

Beard plays Munster Music. Descibing their own music as, "Tasting the inner reaches of your mind while smelting funk with circus confusion, lathering into a coat of pain". Beard, now disbanded, explored a creative edge of music fusing many styles with predominating inlfluence of rock, funk, and jazz. The music is psychaldelic and fast paced with a driven rhythm section coming from a diverse background of latin to progressive rock.

 

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