Artist description wendy can bring any of her cd players with her for distance dates. currently Wendy is playing with Merkley-Cornell, a Bowen Island based group of songwriters devoted to fun. Songs are of Shakespeare, Native legends, novels and other eclectic blends. for distance performance, merkley-cornell will consist of wendy and les and we'll pick up other players. merkley@imag.net . this includes michael creber (keyboards, k.d. lang, raffi, the rankins) buff allen (canda's foremsot jazz drummer) wayne kozak (saxaphone: tina turner, gladys knight, bryan adams), hugh mcmilland (bass: spirit of the west) moritz behm (fiddle: barney bentall, irish rovers, the paper boys) robbie stienengar (any instrument with a neck, including a chicken, played with anyone in vancouver or l.a.)

Music Style Folk/Alt.Country

Musical Influences too many to name

Artist History Not yet in the Smithsonian.

Group Members Wendy Jones Merkley, Les Cornell, Rose Wall, Brian Hoover, Shasta Martinuk. merkley@imag.net

Albums calling card

Press Reviews Music Reviewer Stavros Moschopoulas of the United Nations Magazine, CASA (Rome) says: "..Wendy's "nicotine-tinged, but caffeine- free", sultry, husky, sexy voice flows out of the speakers like a lovers' letter from the past, enticing you into her private thoughts and stories....Then, all of a sudden, you realize that you have become intimate with a woman that is on the other side of the world....Magical and Scintillating. From station owner Jeff Johnston of KREC (Utah): ...I listen to your c.d. as much for my personal pleasure as I do for air time on the station. I would highly recommend this c.d. to any leading edge FM station wanting to broaden their play list. Thanks again for the great music. Ted Davidson, SEEN Magazine, http://www.seen.com (Oshawa): It's pretty hard to find fault with this first CD from British Columbias Wendy Jones Merkley. From the opening strains this offering is thoroughly engaging. It reaches out and pulls you in. What follows is a sonic experience that runs the gambit from blues to jazz to folk music...The lyrical style is reminiscent of Leonard Cohen in descriptiveness. Imagine if you can a woman with a voice that is a cross between Kate Bush and Marian Faithful. That's Wendy. The lyrics are delivered with a relaxed enthusiasm that makes you feel that she is singing just to you...If this woman doesn't "make it big" it will be because she is too good.-------- The album song "Cruising Down the Cove for a Second Look" was used as the theme song for Hank Renshaw's award winning "Healthquest" show on Vancouver's AM-1040 radio. This album is now catalogued with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, on the playlist of KBBI, Alaska, and songs from her album are being played on CKUA, Alberta's province wide station,CFRO Vancouver, KREC Utah, WUNC-FM North Carolina , KUNM New Mexico, WLRN Miami, KVRX Austin, WPKN Conneticut and songs are being heard in Whitehorse, Yukon and Spokane, Washington . Jimi Schutte a long time blues drummer (Lonnie Brooks, Luther Allison, Jonny Winter, Stevie Ray Vaughn) loved the album so much he has designed a web site at http://www.imag.net/~merkley. FREE TIBET!

Location Bowen Island, B.C. - Canada

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