Paul Davies - lead guitar on The Blushing Bride (Salt On Skin)
An endlessly creative soloist, with Panic Room Paul continues to display the electric magic that he first presented on stage with Karnataka.
Kate Belcher - vocals
Kate began singing with the band in October 2004 and has recorded with us periodically since then. She contributed vocals to two tracks on the 'Salt On Skin' EP and sings three songs on the Etarlis album.
Nigel Hooton - Lead Guitar
Guitarist Nigel Hooton has played music with Andy for longer than either of them care to remember. Nigel joined us for our live debut at the Rock Cafe 2000 in December 2003, but due to prior commitments he hasn’t had the opportunity to play with us since. However he’s recently played lead guitar on the track ‘Human Zoo’ and his effortless and lyrical playing will feature on a number of songs, both for American Images and the new Mermaid Kiss album.
Jonathan Edwards - Keyboards
Following his brilliant solo on Slide And Sway (Etarlis) Jon joined us to play keyboards. A third of the songwriting partnership and one sixth of the creative force that was Karnataka, Jon continues to stretch his songwriting imagination to encompass rock, folk, jazz and prog influences in the evergrowing palette of sound that is Panic Room.
Richard Northwood - Bass
Richard moved up to mer-country a couple of years ago. Before that he played Keyboards in a Pink Floyd tribute band and Bass in a few bands before that. He used to teach music (but now ICT - its quieter!) and has a degree in music. Richard played for a year with Mermaid Kiss after having jammed with a few people around Ludlow and last year played for several months with Band of Rain (on Keys). While currently pursuing other projects, Richard remains a friend of the band and we will keep you updated with his musical projects.
Colin Henney - Keyboards
A veteran keys player across a wide, wide range of music - jazz, funk and fusion; RnB, soul and rock; folk and 'world', Colin's real forte is live, in-the-moment, improvisation... He has played in every context: solo, duo, trio, band, jazz big band, guested with a major hard rock 'name', played live radio sessions, stage shows etc etc...
Peter West - Guitars
Peter’s musical journey has taken him through many styles of music, venues and countries around the globe via Europe, USA and Asia that includes festivals, Jazz at Park Lane hotels, to playing in an Indian Restaurant! Session work in the 90’s included some dubious pop hits whereby he decided he would get a real job. He was forced out of musical retirement 2 years ago to go touring.
Steve White - Drums
Steve started his drumming career in the 80s, in a small mining village in the North East of England. Think Billy Elliot, but with The Police and Blondie as the sound track, and with an aspiring young Jack Black instead of an aspiring young Rudolf Nureyev. In recent years Steve has been seen posing as a real musician, and pretending to play a variety of stringed instruments (mandolin, bouzouki, guitar, bass, banjo etc.) with rocking celtic ceilidh band The Quiet Men.
Evelyn Downing - vocals, flute
Evelyn is a founder member of Mermaid Kiss. She was with the band full-time until September 2004 when she stepped back from her band commitments to concentrate on her degree in Popular Music and Sound Recording at Salford University from which she graduated in 2006 with a First. Gainful employment in London allowed her the time to make the 400 mile London-Kington-London round trip during the recent live incarnation of the band but she will be handing over to Maria when the American Images Project comes to a close.
Maria Milewska - vocals, flute, piano
Maria will be taking over as lead vocalist with Mermaid Kiss as well as contributing to future songwriting. Maria took up flute at the age of seven and began her classical training as a singer at ten. She started formal piano lessons at seventeen although she'd already been playing the instrument for years. After gaining a Higher Diploma in Contemporary Popular Music, she went to the Royal Welsh College Of Music and Drama which at the time was the only Conservatoire to offer a Creative Music Technology degree. Her writing credits include pop-songs, classical pieces, film scores and experimental electro-acoustic music.
Wendy Marks - Woodwind
Wendy first met Jamie whilst studying music at the Guildhall in London. Along with two other friends they played together in CLOSE TO ZERO where she used instruments as diverse as double bass, oboe, recorder and Moroccan shawm!After several years making a living from teaching music and classical playing, Wendy was thrilled to be invited to play with Jamie again and join Mermaid Kiss on their latest album.
Jamie Field - Guitars
Jamie’s first band, formed in the sixth form at school, was called Oriole and was a guitar, keyboard, flute trio playing acoustic-prog. Following that he played in a punk band in Canterbury that, in the spirit of the age, didn’t even last long enough to have a name. He then moved to London forming the five piece rock band Close To Zero. He later took a few years out of playing to concentrate on writing before meeting Evelyn and taking up music once again.
Andy Garman - Production
Andy’s first outing was as a drummer in a three piece rock band in S.E. London called Jaffi before he switched to guitar and formed the five piece country-rock band Chester, which toured the country club circuit. He left the band only to re-join on bass for a tour of N.E. England in the early eighties. Later he got into jazz and played guitar in an excellent pubbing band called Jazz On Que. He gave up playing live in the early nineties to concentrate on recording his own material for fun. That was until Jamie and Evelyn wandered into the Goat Shed one evening....
Troy Donockley - Uilleann Pipes on The Running Tide (Etarlis)
Troy has built up a formidable reputation as both a Composer/Arranger and Musician/Performer and as a leading virtuoso of the Uilleann Pipes perhaps best known for his work with the band Iona. His latest album is "The Pursuit of Illusion" (2003)
