Artist Info: Maggie8

Maggie8 are an indie folk band from Leeds, UK whose sound juxtaposes Eastern harmonies with Western sensibilities.

By adding banjo, melodica, violin and trumpet - as well as Hindi influences - to an 'indie pop' sound they have prompted listeners to describe them as a 'Hindi Housemartins' or a "Bhangra Belle and Sebastian".

The band's singer, Niv, says Maggie8 are 'a little bit pop, a little bit folk, Hindustani classical with some old Bollywood tinges'. [read more...]