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FUNKY FOLK

 

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Victoria songwriters Paul Mowbray and Tracy Mills delight audiences with their original upbeat acoustic pop.  Guitar, violin, and vocals.

 

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Victoria songwriting duo Paul Mowbray and Tracy Mills play upbeat original music that travels wide and touches many.  Pop/funk grooves mix with classical melodies, blues/jazz riffs, and distinctive vocals. Guitar, violin and vocals.

 

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 GAME

Mowbray and Mils

CD released October 2007

What began as a 3-song performance in 2005 has blossomed into a fully engaged writing and performing team.  Victoria songwriting duo Paul Mowbray and Tracy Mills present GAME, their debut CD.  The 10-original songs showcase their musicality and love of lyrics.  The songs range from luxurious to playful and feature Paul’s acoustic guitar stylings, Tracy’s lush violin licks, and distinctive vocals from both.

 

 

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[Cool, jazzy] Christmas Songs

Mowbray and Mils

EP released December 2008

Victoria songwriters and performers Mowbray and Mills  deliver a cool, uptown collection of four new and original Christmas Songs for the season.  Embracing their jazz muses, Mowbray and Mills deliver sparkle and sentiment without the sap.  They've brought in some talented jazz musicians to warm the airwaves:  Jan Stirling on piano, Steve Sutton on bass, and Mike Wall on tenor sax.  The album is available as a download at BullFrogMusic.com and iTunes.

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Victoria performers and songwriting duo Paul Mowbray (guitar/vocal) and Tracy Mills (violin/vocal) play upbeat original music that entertains and delights.  Drawing from lyric-based folk, sophisticated blues, Pac-Rim funk, and classical sensibilities, their music moves and changes.  Just when you think you know what to expect – you’re surprised.  Just when you think you know what’s coming next – they’ve moved.  So grab hold and hang on!

 

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Mowbray and Mills - What began as a 3-song “first date” in 2005, has blossomed into a fully engaged writing and performing team.    Paul Mowbray (guitar/vocals) and Tracy Mills (violin/vocals) deliver upbeat original songs that draw from contemporary pop, blues, Pac-Rim funk, and classical sensibilities – a pretty wide influence, but it‘s reflected in the way their music moves and changes.  Just when you think you’ve got them pegged, they’ll surprise you with a tango, or some heart-melting nylon guitar, then they'll dash off into a driving funk violin groove.   Their love of music and performance is paramount as energy explodes off the stage and their interactions draw you in.

 

Paul Mowbray - comes from Saskatchewan via Afghanistan and Java, but has called the West coast his some since 1985.  He is a prolific songwriter, a gifted guitarist, and a caring and effective teacher. (In a funny six-degrees-of-separation kind of way, he taught Tracy’s cousin guitar in Saskatoon over 15 years ago, long before Paul and Tracy met).  Paul draws musical influence from the great pop songwriters of Tin Pan Alley to today.  He has been passionate about writing songs since high school, and believes pop music is the soundtrack to our lives. Previous releases include "Prairie Stop", a gorgeous instrumental disc of solo acoustic guitar reflecting his prairie roots, and "The Wave Project",  a world jazz CD of original instrumentals with Mike Wall on sax.  Paul's 2001 release, "A Sweet Kind of Blue", which featured three Salt Spring vocalists interpreting his songs, received national airplay on "Discdrive" and Ross Porter’s jazz show, ”After Hours".

 

Tracy Mills

Tracy Mills comes from Edmonton.  She grew up on classical Suzuki-violin training (one of Canada’s “original 26 Suzuki kids”), then developed her improvisational and songwriting ear playing pop/blues/rock. Tracy’s classical background fuses with her love of pop music to give the guitar/violin sound that defines much of the Mowbray and Mills material. Her vocal influences tend to blues/jazz stylings and her strong improvisational abilities lead to much excitement live.  Tracy released a CD of original material, "Passion and Pain" with James Ross in 2003.  Always into music, but never exclusively so, Tracy competed for Canada's National Volleyball team in the 1980’s and later played professionally in Europe. An athletic highlight was competing in the Olympic Games in 1984.

 

As Mowbray and Mills say, “art makes sense of what will never make sense, it dances, it sings, it is beautiful, it is shocking, it tells us who we are, it is an essential part of our many lives.  Hope you like the tunes.”  www.mowbrayandmills.comd

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