Tucson, AZ based Sweet Ghosts is the new project of Katherine Byrnes and Ryan Alfred. Started as an outlet for their original music on breaks from their day jobs (Katherine sings background vocals with Amos Lee‘s touring band and Ryan goes on the road with bands like Okkervil River, The Jayhawks, and Calexico as a sound engineer), Sweet Ghosts is now putting the finishing touches on their first recording and starting to play gigs around the Southwest. Their debut 7″ + digital EP, Certain Truths, features 7 tracks recorded with Jim Waters (Sonic Youth, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion) at Waterworks West, and is due out late spring 2012.
"The gentlemen from Diamond Down String Band are all about two things: silly antics and playing music. Started earlier this year by CJ Constantopoulos (banjo/vocals) and Lance Santos (guitar/vocals), the multi-genre outfit has bounced around town relaying their acoustic, bluegrass and blues, folk/funk sound to just about anyone who likes a good time and will lend an ear, maybe two. Check them out, along with band mates, Charlie Williams (bass/vocals), Andy Kano (percussion) and Felipe (guitar/vocals)" -FlagLive
The Great Collision is a dreamy alternative-rock music project by singer-songwriter and guitarist Ryan David Green. Citing a wide range of influences including film-composers Yann Tiersen and Jon Brion, and pop artists John Mayer and Coldplay, Green has sought to infuse a cinematic sound to his compositions, often including orchestral string players.

Born in Tucson, AZ, Green first picked up a guitar at age 12, and went on to attend Boston’s prestigious Berklee College of Music (he was classmates with alt-rock starlet Annie Clark of St. Vincent). After graduating, he began street performing with high school classmate Cameron Hood, under the name Ryanhood. Green began writing material for what would become The Great Collision in 2010, while his acoustic-pop duo Ryanhood was on hiatus after a successful run opening for acts such as Jason Mraz, Matt Nathanson, and Train.

‘Running in Circles’, the debut album from The Great Collision will be released in late 2012.