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<td valign="top" width="140"><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><font color="#FFFFFF">Artist Name:</font><br>
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<font color="#FFFFFF" size="2" face="Arial"><span class="viewcontent1"><span style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Songwriter
and lead singer </span><span style="font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Morgan
Ross</span><span style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">,
who is of Welsh decent, says, “I’ve always has a thing for
birds. I grew up with a cockatoo.” Originally a solo act from </span></span><st1:place>
<st1:City>
<span class="viewcontent1">Vancouver</span></st1:City>
<span class="viewcontent1">, </span><st1:State>
<span class="viewcontent1">British Columbia</span></st1:State>
</st1:place>
<span class="viewcontent1">, Morgan arrived in </span><st1:City>
<st1:place>
<span class="viewcontent1">Toronto</span></st1:place>
</st1:City>
<span class="viewcontent1"> during the fall of 2005 and formed the
current incarnation of<span style="font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">
Birds of Wales</span> (<span style="font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Morgan
Ross</span>-Vocals, Guitar;<span style="font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">
Mike Caputo</span>-Lead Guitar; <span style="font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Morgan
“Moe” Smith</span>-Bass; <span style="font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Paul
Barry</span>-Drums). </span>Despite only playing together since
October 2005, Birds of Wales has accomplished much. The band has
already signed with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><a href="http://www.theagencygroup.com/" target="_blank">The
Agency Group</a></span></b>, toured extensively throughout Canada
and the UK, sold thousands of their well-received, independently
released EP, sold out shows at coveted venues like Richards on
Richards in Vancouver, Lee’s Palace in Toronto and the Betsey
Trotwood in London, England, and received significant radio play on
Canadian commercial & college radio and on XM Satellite Radio.
In fact, their song <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic; mso-bidi-font-style: normal">“My
Lady; In July”</span></i> was <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">the
most played song on XM Satellite Radio’s new rock music station
“<a href="http://www.xmradio.com/programming/channel_page.jsp?ch=52" target="_blank">The
Verge</a>”</span></b> in June 2006<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic; mso-bidi-font-style: normal">.<span style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt" class="viewcontent1">
</span></span></i><span class="GramE"><i style="mso-ansi-font-style: normal"><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">Birds
of </span></i></span><st1:country-region>
<st1:place>
<span class="GramE"><i style="mso-ansi-font-style: normal"><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">Wales</span></i></span></st1:place>
</st1:country-region>
<span class="GramE"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-style: normal">
</span></i>is</span> currently recording their follow up disc in <st1:City>
<st1:place>
Toronto</st1:place>
</st1:City>
and <st1:City>
<st1:place>
Vancouver</st1:place>
</st1:City>
. Heavy touring is also in the works as Birds of Wales plays venues
all over <st1:State>
<st1:place>
Ontario</st1:place>
</st1:State>
and <st1:State>
<st1:place>
British Columbia</st1:place>
</st1:State>
before embarking on their second extensive tour of the <st1:country-region>
<st1:place>
UK</st1:place>
</st1:country-region>
, now with the help of their <st1:country-region>
<st1:place>
UK</st1:place>
</st1:country-region>
label, Invisible Hands Records, in November 2006. <o:p>
</o:p>
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<br>
16 <span style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt" class="epktxt1">November
2006</span></font>
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