Stella Hensley & Chris Newman

Stella Hensley is a powerful singer songwriter. She is often compared to Stevie Nicks and Alison Moyet. She has a smoky, sultry, velvet voice which draws the audience in.
 

She trained at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts in Wandsworth, studying Acting, Film and Radio. She has had a few cameo film parts and began singing professionally at 21.

She has worked with Mark Shaw (then Jericho), Ricki Wilde and worked as a session singer.
 

She was the opening artist for Uriah Heep at The Shepherds Bush Empire at the Magicians Birthday Party Tour.
 

Stella has been co-writing songs for many years. Her words are heartfelt, personal and able to move even the coldest of hearts.

Blues, slide, ragtime guitarist Chris Newman has an extensive musical CV having worked with The Climax Blues Band and then going on to form The Mississippi Houndogs with Climax front man Colin Cooper. This band also featured Pick Withers (Dire Straits), Roger Innis (Chaka Khan) and Terry Butters (Sutherland Bros).

Chart success came in the early nineties with The Soul Survivors. Their recording of 'Woolly Bully' featured the infamous Vinnie Jones leading to various TV shows and appearances. Later in the nineties Chris toured with Russell Gilbrook (Uriah Heep) on a Mapex Drum Clinic tour.
 

The recording of An Acoustic Tribute to Rory Gallagher went on to see him performing the length and breadth of Ireland, including at the International Tribute Festival in Ballyshannon. He was then asked to perform at the Rory Gallagher Tribute Festival in Philadelphia PA.
 

Chris composes music for Film, TV and Radio and is the UK demonstrater for Collings Guitars and Kudos Mimesis pickups by Mike Vanden.

After being taught to play the piano by his tone-deaf father, Art Toper attended the Royal College of Music and later the Royal Academy of Music in London, studying classical piano.

In order to make ends meet as an impoverished student, he started to pick up jazz and function band work. After graduating, he increasingly focussed on funk and fusion, particularly drawing inspiration from the 60s and 70s Herbie Hancock repertoire, but also Bill Evans and Chick Corea.

He has performed in venues such as the Royal Festival Hall and the National Theatre, and with musicians such as Orphy Robinson and Cleveland Watkiss. More recently he has been studying the work of Duke Ellington and Teddy Wilson. He now lives just outside Stamford with a Fender Rhodes, a Yamaha piano, and too many keyboards.

Myke Clifford can get a tune out of anything.

Jeff hits things.

Jon plays the bass guitar.