Fly My Pretties - Closer (featuring A Girl Named Mo)

Here is one of the latest live recordings from a very eclectic independent collective of musicians from New Zealand known as Fly My Pretties from their latest album titled String Theory. The group played 9 shows in Auckland and Wellington to record the String Theory album. This particular song, titled Closer, personifies The Quiet Storm sound with lead vocals on this track by a rising New Zealand artist known as A Girl Named Mo.

Fly My Pretties - Closer (featuring A Girl Named Mo)

Connect direct with Fly My Pretties at FlyMyPretties.Com and at Facebook.com/FlyMyPrettiesNZ

The 14 member Fly My Pretties cast from the String Theory album are:
Barnaby Weir
Bailey Wiley
A Girl Named Mo
Ills Winter
Miloux
Ria Hall
Iraia Whakamoe
James Coyle
Jarney Murphy
Laughton Kora
Mike Fabulous
Nigel Patterson
Ryan Prebble
Tiki Taane

The Quiet Storm sister websites The Indies at TheIndies.Com and MusicLoad previously featured classic songs by Fly My Pretties at the links below:

http://www.theindies.com/2012/01/fly-my-pretties-ever-changing.html

http://www.musicload.com/2012/03/fly-my-pretties-this-music-kicks-ass.html

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The Funky Knuckles

Here is a tasty jazz act from Dallas, Texas, that features the quintessential improvisational contemporary jazz sound that represents what The Quiet Storm is all about.

The Funky Knuckles band, which is signed to the New York based independent label GroundUP Music, consists of Wes Stephenson on bass, Cedric Moore who composes for the group and plays drums, Caleb Sean McCampbell on keyboards, Frank Moka on percussion, Phill Aelony on guitar, Ben Bohorquez on saxophone and Evan Weiss on trumpet.

The first performance below features a song song titled New Birth, which is also the title of their most recent album.

The Funky Knuckles - New Birth

Funky Knuckles - Me Too

The Funky Knuckles - Arise

Funky Knuckles - Moorish

Connect direct with The Funky Knuckles at TheFunkyKnuckles.com and on Facebook.Com/TheFunkyKnuckles, Twitter.com/Funkknuck and on Instagram.com/thefunkyknuckles

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LIVE FILMING AND AUDIO PRODUCTION CREDITS TO THE ABOVE FILMS
Andy LaViolette - director of photography
Ben Bohorquez - director/editor
Andrew Conway - camera operator
Julie Garcia - camera operator
Jason Hess - camera operator
Andy LaViolette - camera operator
Chad Windham - camera operator
Tye Robinson - audio engineer
John "Bear" Arispe - mixing engineer
Recorded at January Sound Studio