The Scuppermonkeys
The Scuppermonkeys are a Seattle-based Irish band inspired by the tunes of Ireland...but with a pirating habit they just can't kick! And now they've jumped on board an airship to join in the Brass Screw fun!
They perform traditional tunes and drinking songs, Irish rebel and folk music, roaring sea...er... air shanties and stirring ballads, and much, much more, all with a healthy helping of swashbuckling! Featuring strong vocals, acoustic guitar, bodhrán, fiddle, Irish whistle, and more, The Scuppermonkeys' sound is characterized by foot-stomping rhythm and melodies you just can't help but sing along to!
The Plastic Paddies
The Plastic Paddies are just a couple of fine young Ir...ish lads playing traditional Irish music. Well, maybe not young but we have been to Ireland. We play music and crack jokes about drinking, weird history, and high seas debauchery.
Ranger and the "Re-Arrangers"
Seattle "Gypsy Jazz" band Ranger and the “Re-Arrangers” evoke the spirit of a Paris cafe and the raucous energy of a Romani campsite with their version of Hot Club Swing. “At the heart of their sound is Ranger Sciacca's sweet violin playing… his sense of melody and daring improvisations” (World Rhythm). The band’s repertoire includes swing standards, traditional European melodies, the music of Django Reinhardt, and Ranger's unique originals.
Sound and Fury Morris dancing
Sound & Fury Morris has been dancing around Puget Sound and the rest of the west coast of North America since the waning days of last century. Morris is a street performance tradition, with dancers showing up, often outside a pub, to perform close to their audience. When the performance is over, the dancers will retire to the pub, where their grateful, adoring audience treats them to the finest ales and ciders on tap!
Escape the Clouds
A Cajun vampire hunter…. A female “Jack” the Ripper…. Vengeful airship pirates…. Survivors and revolutionaries…. A flying hitman…. The devil himself….
These are just some of the memorable characters that populate the vivid lyrics and soundscapes of Escape the Clouds’ steampunk-inspired original narrative songs. As Escape the Clouds, Mark Rossmore twists genre influences from industrial, world music, sea shanties, electronic music into an altogether new palette of sounds and rhythms.