NEWS FLASH – Andrea and Bill are thrilled to be returning to the studio in June 2025 to begin recording their next musical adventure. This time they have a delicious ensemble of some of Canada’s finest musicians and vocalists joining them. They promise an artful and rootsy collection of original songs that will absolutely give you the feels! Coming soon…
THE STORY SO FAR – Vocalist Andrea Koziol and pianist Bill Brennan met a very long time ago at a most illustrious birthday party for a one year old Newfoundlander. Early into their very first conversation they realized that they were a musical match made in heaven. It wasn’t long before they were booking gigs together in Toronto’s finest cabaret venues, playing festivals across the country, and making regular live appearances on the CBC. They gathered a loyal fan base, made a critically acclaimed independent CD, Mario Russell, collaborated with some of the city’s finest musicians, toured in borrowed cars, slept in bathtubs, wrote and arranged music together till all hours of the morning, and generally lived like kings. Eventually, their own musical careers carried them in different bright and beautiful directions, but despite their physical distance they continued to collaborate on projects whenever possible.
In 2019 they joined forces once again to create the album “I’ll Be Seeing You”, which won them MusicNL’s Jazz and Blues Artist of the Year. It’s a collection of music celebrating everything that brought them together in the first place, performed by musicians who are not afraid to explore, improvise and jump from any cliff they can find. (Buy it on Bandcamp!) The duo’s recent performance highlights include The Stratford Summer Music Festival (Stratford, ON), The Rochester Jazz Festival (Rochester, NY) LSPU Hall and the D. F. Cook Recital Hall (St John’s, NFLD and Labrador), Hugh’s Room (Toronto, ON), and numerous appearances on CBC Radio.