If you come to Kent, ask anyone about "One Day Elliott" (ODE) , you would be advised to go and listen to their music and create your own opinion!  Once you've heard their music, you will be impelled to go and hear this Band perform live, this is where they are most comfortable and at their best.  In 2008 ODE toured up and down the UK and the USA, produced an album “Rule Number One” that sold over 10,000 CDs and continues to get great reviews from the local and national media.  

This year, having seen ODE perform live and directing one of their music videos (“Never be content with average,” taken from their new Album “A Vital Something ”) you can only say these guys are destined for bigger and brighter things!  Their new album proves they are not your average Rock/Punk band; they are like a ticking time bomb waiting to explode onto the international stage.

We had the pleasure to catch up with Jonas at the Independent Music Show performing with anotherr talented and very busy Artist Kevin Mark Trail.  At a young age Jonas was inspired by Stevie Wonder’s music.  Years later he formed a band called the Jones and on their second gig they were spotted by Stevie Wonders manager (Keith Harris) and Peter Smith who produced music for the likes of Randy Crawford and Sting.  Eventual they were signed to Sony BMG for a world wide deal; sadly the deal only lasted for one album, when the deal ended Jonas decided to become an Independent solo Artist.  Jonas now has his own record label and a distribution deal to sell his music, he has never been more satisfied being able to create his own pathway as an independent Artist and feels it’s the way forward for a vast majority of Artists, enjoying what you are doing and making a living from it..  Throughout his time he has toured around the world and  2008 saw no change, Jonas clock up some mileage touring over in the USA, Africa, Europe and the UK; Now in 2009 he continues in the same mode, touring with the likes of Omar and producing a new Album "Waitt" which will be released this summer, one of the tracks entitled “Two time love as one” (co-wrote with the late great Lynden David Hall - BBC News ) has everything you would expect from the man Jonas, giving you a rich Soulful sound that is ideal for the summer while lounging in you house, driving your car or kicking back with your headphones on and keeping it personal.  Jonas is a Soulful accomplished artist; bring to you a mix of Jazz, a twist of Soul, a drop of blues and blended with Nu-Jazz, producing a sound that has the Jonas stamp on it.

One Day Elliott (Rock / Punk / Meta) Bar Mondo's, Dartford, Kent - 11th May 09

ambeR rubarth (Acoustic/Soul) Vespa, Cafe Du Nord 2170 Market St, California 94114 - 12th May 09

Louise Golbey (RnB/Soul) Ronnie Scott's, Frith St, Soho, London, W1 - 12th May 09

Urusen (Acoustic / Indie / Lyrical) Old Queens Head, 44 Essex Rd, London - 13th May 09

Artcha (Hip Hop/Other) - Thameside Theatre, Orsett Rd Grays, Essex - 14th May 09

Joe Allen Band (Acoustic/Indie/Alternative) - Cape of Good Hope - Oxford - 14th May 09

Paul Liddell (Acoustic/Alt/Folk) Chethams School of Muisc, Manchester, Northwest - 15th May 09

The Apostates (Punk / Ska / Reggae ) Woody's University of Kent, Student Union - 15th May 09

Catherine A.D. (Popular Song/Gothic) The Great Escape, Unitarian Chapel, Brighton - 16th May 09

Niamh McNally (Soul/Pop/Jazz) Du Maurier Festival, Fowey, Cornwall - 16th May 09

Kevin Pearce (Acoustic) Colchester Arts Centre, Colchester - 17th May 09

Maxfield (Electro / Rock / Alternative ) The Old Queens Head, 44 Essex Rd, London - 17th May 09

Matt Kebbell (Down-tempo / Acoustic / Blues) The Green Note, Camden, London - 17th May 09

Mondesir (Folk) The Green Note, Parkway, Camden, London - 17th May 09

Bianca Rose (Acoustic/Soul/Experimental) Pushboxer Single Launch, The Fly, London - 18th May 09

Morning Lane (Indie / Rock / Pop ) Waterats, Gray Inn Rd, London - 18th May

Katey Brooks (Alternative) St James Wine Vaults, St James Square Bath - 19th May 09

Gary Nock (Acoustic/Indie/Pop) The Flapper, Birmingham - 21st May 09

Jonas (Soul/Alternative) Barbarellah, Copenhagen - 21st May 09

Educated Animals (Indie/Rock) - Fringe Festival @ The Hope 10 - 12 Queens Rd, Brighton - 23rd May 09

The John E Vistic Experience (Rock /Alt/ Country) Bath SPA University, Bath - 28th May 09

J-FUNK (Jazz) The Jam House, St Pauls Square, Birmingham N1 - 29th May 09

Jay Nash (Folk Rock/Alternative/Acoustic) - Saint Roche, 142 Pacific Coast Highway, Caliornia - 29th May 09

Revere (Alternative / Rock) The Stables, Stockwell Lane, Milton Keynes - 29th May 09

David Mensah (Soul/RnB/Jazz) Harmonie, Grünwälderstr. 16-18 D - 79098 Freiburg - 30th May 09

Delphians (Acoustic/Indie/Rock) The Sand Dancer, Sea Rd, South Shields, N/E - 30th May 09

Kevin Mark Trail (Soul/Folk/Reggae) Smugglers Tavern, 28 Warren St, London - 30th May 09