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Roger Hodgson
Breakfast in America, Give a Little Bit, The Logical Song, It's Raining Again, Dreamer. These are songs that have become part of the history of pop music. Roger Hodgson, formerly of Supertramp, is the gifted composer and performer of these and many other classics, and is regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of our time. He will be appearing at Zermatt Unplugged with the saxophonist Aaron McDonald, and will play a mixture of old hits and songs from his solo albums that have appeared since 1983. His distinctive voice, says the Evening Standard, would sound stronger today than on the earlier recordings.
www.rogerhodgson.com
Is it any surprise that his albums always appear in the cold season? Seal, three-time Grammy winner for the Batman song Kiss from a Rose and multiple Brit Award prize-winner, breathes Soul and lives Pop. For two decades, the fans have adored this British singer with Nigerian-Brazilian roots, with his penetratingly positive lyrics and his velvety baritone. “Without exception, everything in my life has involved dedication“, says Seal, who has just published his sixth album Commitment, and has again appeared in the charts with the song Secret. Successful all over the world, this charismatic artist is especially revered by the Swiss. In no other country in the world are the songs of Seal so warmly appreciated.
www.seal.com
Zermatt Unplugged is very pleased to welcome the British songwriter David Gray. Since 2005, his songs have been heard all over Europe: The One I love, Babylon, Fugitive. Three number one albums in Great Britain, including the most-bought album ever in Ireland, White Ladder, one of the great album successes of the new millennium. He produced it himself, with the simplest of means, on the edge of his bed in his bedroom in London. David Gray goes even further with his new album Foundling: “I have left so much behind me from the way you usually produce. I believe that, in the end, you become braver and progress further by quite simply leaving things out and doing less.”
www.davidgray.com
Their songs are of a simple beauty, and their cinematographic touch accentuates the feelings of a complete generation. OneRepublic reached the Number One spot in 16 countries in 2007 with their global hit Apologize. The single went gold almost everywhere. Timbaland acted as a success accelerator – with the original on Myspace already having broken all records. The band from the Rocky Mountains is on tour with their second album, Waking up, and is looking forward to the concert in the Valais Alps, because they feel at home in the mountains. For one evening, Zermatt will sound like Denver, the home town of the band, the mile-high city. Great cinema a mile above sea level.
www.onerepublic.net
A garage, a hotel room, a living room and a loft: They’ve always wanted to play on a set like this, "great to sit on the floor, candles here and there, and so on," explained Mando Diao singer Gustav Norén in the laut.de interview for their MTV Unplugged appearance in September 2010. Together with the show, their latest acoustic album Above and Beyond was a turning point in the career of this Swedish band, well known for their full-bodied rock and roll attitude. Mando Diao are ripe for Zermatt Unplugged. Gustav, Björn, Carl-Johan, Samuel and Mats: We’ll make it comfortable for you! But we may have some problems with the garage!
www.mandodiao.com/site/main.php
New York 1999. After winning three “a cappella” competitions, the seven men found their very own style: Vocal Play. Naturally 7 consist of trumpet, guitar, harmonica, percussion and vocals. With unbelievable musicality and the virtuosity of their voices, they incorporate Rhythm & Blues. More than a million concert visitors saw Naturally 7 as a special guest of Michael Bublé, and every concert ended with standing ovations. Quincy Jones loves them, and Sarah Connor as well. They recorded Music is the Key with Naturally 7 in 2003. The result: Positions 1 and 2 in the German and Swiss single charts. Why unplugged, when it can also be done without any instruments at all?
www.naturallyseven.com
Pirate Jenny in the Zurich Schauspielhaus, “Mrs. Death” and musical director for Sibylle Berg’s “Helges Leben”, Annie, Swiss Sister, runaway or just simply: Sina. The most exciting female export from Valais with a musical CV that could make you dizzy: from Cross-over with the Zurich Symphony Orchestra up to Sina featuring a Chinese Underground band. Whatever she does: Sina is brilliant. Above all as a Swiss dialect singer. She has been on the road in Helvetia with her band for 15 years, and has published no less than eight Pop-rock albums, receiving seven gold and two platinum awards for them. Her new single, Ich schwöru, after the album of the same name, goes on the air in 2011.
www.sina.li
A velvety groove from Bossa Nova, samba, R&B and soul, sometimes easy and beautiful, and then melancholic and resonant: these are the songs from Marc Sway, the Zurich musician with Brazilian roots. The artists switches effortlessly between English, Portuguese and Swiss dialect. Ever since Hemmigslos liebe, a duet with Fabienne Louves, Sway has conquered the hearts of the Swiss people and, with his guitar long jump onto the stage of the Swiss Music Awards 2010, with which he saved the show, he has become the darling of the media.For the Tuesday Songs album, Marc Sway has done without technical refinements and simply went into the studio together with his band, just like in the Motown days. That does something for the soul. And, after that, there is only unplugged.
www.marcsway.com
The Bernsteinbar, the Hafenbahnhof Cafe, the Freundenhaus and from there to the Vernissage. The British songwriter Duncan Townsend has found the greatest inspiration of his life so far in St. Pauli, the red-light area of Hamburg, with its many clubs and bars. He was discovered by Nena in 2006, who sang Caravan of Love with him, and he became well known as the support act of Katie Melua, Thomas Godoj and Xavier Naidoo. Skiffle, beat, soul – Townsend’s song writing is influenced by musical role models such as John Lennon, Nick Drake or Paul Weller. Now living in Hamburg, Townsend, who is often compared with the young Bob Dylan, released his second album in spring.
www.duncantownsend.com/
Martin Jondo brings Saturday Night Fever onto the set. Always in touch with the spirituality of Roots Reggae, this Berlin-born half-Korean succeeds in fusing together the lifestyle and content of the Rastafarian movement into stylish, but unerring successful pop songs. He is a popular support act for Gentleman, Erykah Badu and Raphael Saadiq, and his 2009 acoustic tours were a huge success. On his second album, Pure, adopts Jondo a reduced format: one acoustic guitar and a voice. The new Sky Rider album offers a danceable piece of art. Perfect vibes for an Unplugged club stage such as the Vernissage.
http://martinjondo.de/
April 12, 2011, Vernissage, 24.00
DJ Beestyle
Party from nidnight onwards in the Vernissage with DJ Beestyle and in the Broken Bar Disco (Hotel Post) with DJ so-project and Guest. Free entry!
The exception is the closing night on saturday in the Vernissage with DJ Michi Beck & Guest.
Beck to Beck
From midnight onwards, Michi Beck (Fanta 4) and his wife Ulrike will turn the tables in the Club Vernissage: The perfect night to close a week of great music at Zermatt Unplugged 2011. Concertgoers of Martin Jondo won't have to pay extra. Tickets for the party can be bought at the box office directly at the Vernissage - No advance sales.
Victory!
Steff la Cheffe – In the "DRS 3 Best Talent" final, the 23-year old beatbox vice-world champion from Bern won out against Alvin Zealot and Monotales, and picked up the Swiss Music Award in the category "Best Talent National". Her humorous, ironic, off-beat and cheeky songs convinced both the jury and the majority of the DRS 3 listeners. There’s therefore no way you should miss Steff opening the New Talent Stage in the Foyer Tent on the first day of the festival (12th April, 6.00 p.m.), when the marquee will really rock for the first time!
www.stefflacheffe.ch
April 13, 2011, Foyer Tent, 18.00
Playful piano sounds, a touch of Jazz, Folk and even Country. Four Acres and no Horse is the debut album of Anna Kaenzig from Zurich. "Have you ever thought of leaving without saying anything?"
www.myspace.com/annakaenzig
April 15, 2011, Foyer Tent, 18.00
47 Millionaires, 4 brothers and a street number are the call-sign of 77 Bombay Street. Their debut album Up In The Sky is an exciting collection of fresh and danceable folk-rock pearls.
www.77bombaystreet.com/
April 12, 2011, Blue Lounge, 13.00
Tomazobi, the guerrilla troubadours from Berne, describe themselves as presumptuously un-Swiss. Cheerfully self-mocking and in Bernese dialect, they dig deep into their musical bag of tricks.
www.tomazobi.ch
April 12, 2011, Cervo, 15.00
When Hej Francis! from Lucerne appear, their carefree mood soon transfers itself to their audience. Certains génies ne sortent jamais is their debut album.
www.hejfrancis.ch
April 14, 2011, Cervo, 15.00
James Gruntz refers to his music as post-popular: pop that has been slept over. He recorded his unplugged album Down to Earth/Up in Hills in the Lötschental valley in 2008.
www.jamesgruntz.com
April 15, 2011, Cervo, 15.00
Welcome to Central Switzerland! Ivo Amarilli, aka Baby Genius, has lately become calmer, more pensive and experimental. Mothers Pride from Lucerne were his heroes. We are more than curious!
www.babygenius.ch
April 12, 2011, Elsie's Bar, 16.00
One voice and one guitar, that’s all it takes. Max Luck plays rock, folk and Latin American, and is one of the most exciting talents of the singer-songwriter scene in London.
www.maxluck.co.uk
April 12, 2011, Alex, 21.00
Passionate, but dark. Fragile, but brutal. Whether ARTE, the FAZ or «Rolling Stone» – all of them fall head over heels for Kat Frankie, who is mentioned in the same breath as PJ Harvey.
www.katfrankie.com
April 14, 2011, Alex, 21.00
A high musical quality and her incomparable charm: Lina Button wraps everyone around her finger. The singer won the Acoustic Song Contest in Wetzikon in August 2010.
www.myspace.com/linabutton
Known primarily through their appearances at the Paléo or the Montreux Jazz Festival, K.O.L.O are no longer an unknown quantity, and are enjoying plenty of airplay with their songs.
www.myspace.com/kolomusic
April 12, 2011, Pink, 24.00
Mo Blanc is a pearl that we have found at the bottom of the deep blue waters of Lake Zurich. Melancholy but powerful songs of wild beauty, with breathtaking modulations.
www.myspace.com/moblanc
April 12, 2011, Pink, 22.00
Songs that seem to float in the air, and then sound like summer thun- der in the mountains – with trombone, guitar and the voice of Brandy Butler – that is Chamber Soul from Zurich.
www.chambersoul.ch
April 13, 2011, Pink, 22.00
After two successful albums and more than 300 live appearances, Stevans are ready for the transition to the larger stage. A trio with plenty of energy to achieve more.
www.stevans.net
James Walsh
April 13, 2011, Mont Cervin, 24.00
It is a friendship that connects Zermatt Unplugged with James Walsh. In 2007, the British musician was here as the lead singer of the Britpop band Starsailor. He was then on the road for two years as a soloist, and appeared at the Matterhorn again in 2010. James Walsh is currently working on his debut solo album, and will present his new songs for the first time in Switzerland. The singer and songwriter invites to a special showcase and jam session with surprise guests at the Mont Cervin Palace.
Tickets and Tables on request.
www.jameswalshmusic.com
April 14, 2011, Montreux Jazz Boat, 22.30
www.bastianbaker.com/
Musicians from 2011 Zermatt Unplugged:
Roger Hodgson
"Voice of Supertramp"
with Aaron McDonald
April 12, 2011, Marquee Stage, 20.30
Breakfast in America, Give a Little Bit, The Logical Song, It's Raining Again, Dreamer. These are songs that have become part of the history of pop music. Roger Hodgson, formerly of Supertramp, is the gifted composer and performer of these and many other classics, and is regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of our time. He will be appearing at Zermatt Unplugged with the saxophonist Aaron McDonald, and will play a mixture of old hits and songs from his solo albums that have appeared since 1983. His distinctive voice, says the Evening Standard, would sound stronger today than on the earlier recordings.www.rogerhodgson.com
Seal
April 13, 2011, Marquee Stage, 20.30
Is it any surprise that his albums always appear in the cold season? Seal, three-time Grammy winner for the Batman song Kiss from a Rose and multiple Brit Award prize-winner, breathes Soul and lives Pop. For two decades, the fans have adored this British singer with Nigerian-Brazilian roots, with his penetratingly positive lyrics and his velvety baritone. “Without exception, everything in my life has involved dedication“, says Seal, who has just published his sixth album Commitment, and has again appeared in the charts with the song Secret. Successful all over the world, this charismatic artist is especially revered by the Swiss. In no other country in the world are the songs of Seal so warmly appreciated. www.seal.com
David Gray
April 14, 2011, Marquee Stage, 20.30
Zermatt Unplugged is very pleased to welcome the British songwriter David Gray. Since 2005, his songs have been heard all over Europe: The One I love, Babylon, Fugitive. Three number one albums in Great Britain, including the most-bought album ever in Ireland, White Ladder, one of the great album successes of the new millennium. He produced it himself, with the simplest of means, on the edge of his bed in his bedroom in London. David Gray goes even further with his new album Foundling: “I have left so much behind me from the way you usually produce. I believe that, in the end, you become braver and progress further by quite simply leaving things out and doing less.” www.davidgray.com
OneRepublic
April 15, 2011, Marquee Stage, 20.30
Their songs are of a simple beauty, and their cinematographic touch accentuates the feelings of a complete generation. OneRepublic reached the Number One spot in 16 countries in 2007 with their global hit Apologize. The single went gold almost everywhere. Timbaland acted as a success accelerator – with the original on Myspace already having broken all records. The band from the Rocky Mountains is on tour with their second album, Waking up, and is looking forward to the concert in the Valais Alps, because they feel at home in the mountains. For one evening, Zermatt will sound like Denver, the home town of the band, the mile-high city. Great cinema a mile above sea level.
www.onerepublic.net
Mando Diao
April 16, 2011, Marquee Stage, 20.30
A garage, a hotel room, a living room and a loft: They’ve always wanted to play on a set like this, "great to sit on the floor, candles here and there, and so on," explained Mando Diao singer Gustav Norén in the laut.de interview for their MTV Unplugged appearance in September 2010. Together with the show, their latest acoustic album Above and Beyond was a turning point in the career of this Swedish band, well known for their full-bodied rock and roll attitude. Mando Diao are ripe for Zermatt Unplugged. Gustav, Björn, Carl-Johan, Samuel and Mats: We’ll make it comfortable for you! But we may have some problems with the garage!www.mandodiao.com/site/main.php
Naturally 7
April 12, 2011, Vernissage, 22.30
New York 1999. After winning three “a cappella” competitions, the seven men found their very own style: Vocal Play. Naturally 7 consist of trumpet, guitar, harmonica, percussion and vocals. With unbelievable musicality and the virtuosity of their voices, they incorporate Rhythm & Blues. More than a million concert visitors saw Naturally 7 as a special guest of Michael Bublé, and every concert ended with standing ovations. Quincy Jones loves them, and Sarah Connor as well. They recorded Music is the Key with Naturally 7 in 2003. The result: Positions 1 and 2 in the German and Swiss single charts. Why unplugged, when it can also be done without any instruments at all? www.naturallyseven.com
Sina
April 13, 2011, Vernissage, 22.30
Pirate Jenny in the Zurich Schauspielhaus, “Mrs. Death” and musical director for Sibylle Berg’s “Helges Leben”, Annie, Swiss Sister, runaway or just simply: Sina. The most exciting female export from Valais with a musical CV that could make you dizzy: from Cross-over with the Zurich Symphony Orchestra up to Sina featuring a Chinese Underground band. Whatever she does: Sina is brilliant. Above all as a Swiss dialect singer. She has been on the road in Helvetia with her band for 15 years, and has published no less than eight Pop-rock albums, receiving seven gold and two platinum awards for them. Her new single, Ich schwöru, after the album of the same name, goes on the air in 2011.www.sina.li
Marc Sway
April 14, 2011, Vernissage, 22.30
A velvety groove from Bossa Nova, samba, R&B and soul, sometimes easy and beautiful, and then melancholic and resonant: these are the songs from Marc Sway, the Zurich musician with Brazilian roots. The artists switches effortlessly between English, Portuguese and Swiss dialect. Ever since Hemmigslos liebe, a duet with Fabienne Louves, Sway has conquered the hearts of the Swiss people and, with his guitar long jump onto the stage of the Swiss Music Awards 2010, with which he saved the show, he has become the darling of the media.For the Tuesday Songs album, Marc Sway has done without technical refinements and simply went into the studio together with his band, just like in the Motown days. That does something for the soul. And, after that, there is only unplugged.www.marcsway.com
Duncan Townsend
April 15, 2011, Vernissage, 22.30
The Bernsteinbar, the Hafenbahnhof Cafe, the Freundenhaus and from there to the Vernissage. The British songwriter Duncan Townsend has found the greatest inspiration of his life so far in St. Pauli, the red-light area of Hamburg, with its many clubs and bars. He was discovered by Nena in 2006, who sang Caravan of Love with him, and he became well known as the support act of Katie Melua, Thomas Godoj and Xavier Naidoo. Skiffle, beat, soul – Townsend’s song writing is influenced by musical role models such as John Lennon, Nick Drake or Paul Weller. Now living in Hamburg, Townsend, who is often compared with the young Bob Dylan, released his second album in spring.Interview with Duncan Townsend:
www.duncantownsend.com/
Martin Jondo
April 16, 2011, Vernissage, 22.30
Martin Jondo brings Saturday Night Fever onto the set. Always in touch with the spirituality of Roots Reggae, this Berlin-born half-Korean succeeds in fusing together the lifestyle and content of the Rastafarian movement into stylish, but unerring successful pop songs. He is a popular support act for Gentleman, Erykah Badu and Raphael Saadiq, and his 2009 acoustic tours were a huge success. On his second album, Pure, adopts Jondo a reduced format: one acoustic guitar and a voice. The new Sky Rider album offers a danceable piece of art. Perfect vibes for an Unplugged club stage such as the Vernissage.http://martinjondo.de/
Official After-Show-Party
The Party where the Artists Party
April 12, 2011, Vernissage, 24.00
April 13, 2011, Vernissage, 24.00
April 14, 2011, Vernissage, 24.00
April 15, 2011, Vernissage, 24.00
DJ BeestyleParty from nidnight onwards in the Vernissage with DJ Beestyle and in the Broken Bar Disco (Hotel Post) with DJ so-project and Guest. Free entry!
The exception is the closing night on saturday in the Vernissage with DJ Michi Beck & Guest.
Official After-Show-Party
The Party where the Artists Party
April 16, 2011, Vernissage, 24.00
Beck to BeckFrom midnight onwards, Michi Beck (Fanta 4) and his wife Ulrike will turn the tables in the Club Vernissage: The perfect night to close a week of great music at Zermatt Unplugged 2011. Concertgoers of Martin Jondo won't have to pay extra. Tickets for the party can be bought at the box office directly at the Vernissage - No advance sales.
Steff la Cheffe
Winner of the Swiss Music Award "Best Talent National"
April 12, 2011, Foyer Tent, 19.15
Victory!Steff la Cheffe – In the "DRS 3 Best Talent" final, the 23-year old beatbox vice-world champion from Bern won out against Alvin Zealot and Monotales, and picked up the Swiss Music Award in the category "Best Talent National". Her humorous, ironic, off-beat and cheeky songs convinced both the jury and the majority of the DRS 3 listeners. There’s therefore no way you should miss Steff opening the New Talent Stage in the Foyer Tent on the first day of the festival (12th April, 6.00 p.m.), when the marquee will really rock for the first time!
www.stefflacheffe.ch
Anna Kaenzig
(CH)
April 13, 2011, Foyer Tent, 18.00
April 14, 2011, Blue Lounge, 13.00
April 15, 2011, Elsie's Bar, 16.00
Playful piano sounds, a touch of Jazz, Folk and even Country. Four Acres and no Horse is the debut album of Anna Kaenzig from Zurich. "Have you ever thought of leaving without saying anything?"www.myspace.com/annakaenzig
77 Bombay Street
(CH)
April 15, 2011, Foyer Tent, 18.00
April 16, 2011, Cervo, 15.00
47 Millionaires, 4 brothers and a street number are the call-sign of 77 Bombay Street. Their debut album Up In The Sky is an exciting collection of fresh and danceable folk-rock pearls.www.77bombaystreet.com/
Tomazobi
(CH)
April 12, 2011, Blue Lounge, 13.00
April 13, 2011, Cervo, 15.00
Tomazobi, the guerrilla troubadours from Berne, describe themselves as presumptuously un-Swiss. Cheerfully self-mocking and in Bernese dialect, they dig deep into their musical bag of tricks.www.tomazobi.ch
Hej Francis!
(CH)
April 12, 2011, Cervo, 15.00
April 16, 2011, Blue Lounge, 13.00
When Hej Francis! from Lucerne appear, their carefree mood soon transfers itself to their audience. Certains génies ne sortent jamais is their debut album.www.hejfrancis.ch
James Gruntz
(CH)
April 14, 2011, Cervo, 15.00
April 15, 2011, Alex, 21.00
April 16, 2011, Foyer Tent, 18.00
James Gruntz refers to his music as post-popular: pop that has been slept over. He recorded his unplugged album Down to Earth/Up in Hills in the Lötschental valley in 2008.www.jamesgruntz.com
Baby Genius
(CH)
April 15, 2011, Cervo, 15.00
April 16, 2011, Pink, 22.00
Welcome to Central Switzerland! Ivo Amarilli, aka Baby Genius, has lately become calmer, more pensive and experimental. Mothers Pride from Lucerne were his heroes. We are more than curious!www.babygenius.ch
Max Luck
(GB)
April 12, 2011, Elsie's Bar, 16.00
April 13, 2011, Blue Lounge, 13.00
April 14, 2011, Elsie's Bar, 16.00
One voice and one guitar, that’s all it takes. Max Luck plays rock, folk and Latin American, and is one of the most exciting talents of the singer-songwriter scene in London.www.maxluck.co.uk
Kat Frankie
(D) & (AUS)
April 12, 2011, Alex, 21.00
April 13, 2011, Elsie's Bar, 16.00
Passionate, but dark. Fragile, but brutal. Whether ARTE, the FAZ or «Rolling Stone» – all of them fall head over heels for Kat Frankie, who is mentioned in the same breath as PJ Harvey.www.katfrankie.com
Lina Button
(CH)
April 14, 2011, Alex, 21.00
April 15, 2011, Blue Lounge, 13.00
April 16, 2011, Elsie's Bar, 16.00
A high musical quality and her incomparable charm: Lina Button wraps everyone around her finger. The singer won the Acoustic Song Contest in Wetzikon in August 2010.www.myspace.com/linabutton
K.O.L.O
(CH)
April 16, 2011, Alex, 21.00
Known primarily through their appearances at the Paléo or the Montreux Jazz Festival, K.O.L.O are no longer an unknown quantity, and are enjoying plenty of airplay with their songs.www.myspace.com/kolomusic
Mo Blanc
(CH)
April 12, 2011, Pink, 24.00
April 14, 2011, Pink, 24.00
Mo Blanc is a pearl that we have found at the bottom of the deep blue waters of Lake Zurich. Melancholy but powerful songs of wild beauty, with breathtaking modulations.www.myspace.com/moblanc
Chamber Soul
(CH) & (USA)
April 12, 2011, Pink, 22.00
April 13, 2011, Alex, 21.00
April 14, 2011, Pink, 22.00
Songs that seem to float in the air, and then sound like summer thun- der in the mountains – with trombone, guitar and the voice of Brandy Butler – that is Chamber Soul from Zurich.www.chambersoul.ch
Stevans
(CH)
April 13, 2011, Pink, 22.00
April 14, 2011, Foyer Tent, 18.00
April 15, 2011, Pink, 22.00
After two successful albums and more than 300 live appearances, Stevans are ready for the transition to the larger stage. A trio with plenty of energy to achieve more.www.stevans.net
James Walsh
& Friends
Special Show Case & Jam session
April 13, 2011, Mont Cervin, 24.00
April 15, 2011, Mont Cervin, 24.00
It is a friendship that connects Zermatt Unplugged with James Walsh. In 2007, the British musician was here as the lead singer of the Britpop band Starsailor. He was then on the road for two years as a soloist, and appeared at the Matterhorn again in 2010. James Walsh is currently working on his debut solo album, and will present his new songs for the first time in Switzerland. The singer and songwriter invites to a special showcase and jam session with surprise guests at the Mont Cervin Palace.Tickets and Tables on request.
www.jameswalshmusic.com
Bastian Baker
CH
April 14, 2011, Montreux Jazz Boat, 22.30
April 15, 2011, Montreux Jazz Boat, 22.30
April 16, 2011, Montreux Jazz Boat, 22.30
Bastian Baker, born in Lausanne on 20 May 1991, is an other example of the rich and diverse Swiss music scene. Songwriter, composer and performer, he has a strong inclination for "songs you can play around a fire with your friends on a summer's evening". He released his first single 'lucky' last month and is already playing on twelve Swiss radio stations. He is definitely an artist you should not miss when he plays at the Montreux Jazz Boat at Zermatt Unplugged 2011.
www.bastianbaker.com/
