FAUN
We are proud and excited to announce FAUN as our headlining band for the FaerieCon 2009 Bad Faeries Ball. Making their premiere East Coast performance at FAERIECON, FAUN is one of the most acclaimed medieval bands in the world, delivers dynamic performances to sellout crowds throughout Europe.

Founded in early 2002 in Munich, FAUN combines Influences of Celtic folk and medieval music fused with driving beats, using medieval & ancient instruments with modern influences to create an enchanting and powerful atmosphere. The band's performances can incorporate many different instruments, including the Celtic harp, nyckelharpa, various lutes, the bagpipes, large Japanese taiko drums, cister, the violin, flutes and even Arabic instruments like dombra, rebab, riq, oud, darabukka and bendir.

These are complemented by vocal harmonies ranging from solo folk-like and often ambient melodies to chant-like and mesmerizing performances by vocalists Oliver, Fiona and Sandra to create something truly magical and not to be missed. Be there for history:

See FAUN at FAERIECON!

For more on the band visit faune.de

PRISCILLA HERNANDEZ
We are happy to anounce the return of Barcelona, Spain's evocative singer/songwriter Priscilla Hernandez to the Bad Faeries Ball. Priscilla Hernandez is a singer-songwriter and composer from the Canary Islands now living in Baercelona, Spain. Her music has been described as ethereal gothic music, weaving deep mythic lyrics with bitter and meaningful lullabies. She explores the spectral spellbinding dark side of fairytales, with melodies that weave a fantastic and unknown landscape. The light, the shade, the fairy, the ghost... A journey full of contrasts through an angelic voice that explores genres that range from new age to celtic pop.

Priscilla's debut CD, Ancient Shadows, was nominee as best new age song in Los Angeles Music Awards and was awarded Best New Age album at the IMA awards. In 2008 Priscilla was a headlining performer at Faerieworlds in the Pacific northwest as well as FaerieCon in Philadelphia.

Priscilla is also an illustrator of fairytales and comics as well as an "ethereal gothic" singer-songwriter and composer, and she is currently working in her next album, "The Underliving". Priscilla's Bad Faeries set will feature Spanish composer and pianist Hector Corcin, as well as guest appearances by members of Woodland and Trillian Green.

GYPSY NOMADS

New York duo, The Gypsy Nomads, channel the spirit of the gypsy sound, lacing it with a cabaret, celtic and neo-medieval flavor rooted in punk, folk and the vineyards of southern France. The duo features bilingual French-born British chanteuse Samantha Stephenson on vocals, percussion and drums and songwriter and veteran of the punk scene Scott Helland on guitar, drums, and guitar loops. Together Samantha and Scott create a compelling onstage chemistry and their music is a lively and animated tribute to the free spirit lifestyle. The show is all about feeling
good and their flair for the theatrical makes them hypnotic to watch.

Favorites at faerie festivals across the U.S., their artwork as well as their music has been featured in Faerie Magazine and Samantha writes a column of touring anecdotes called The Nomadic Notebook for the British-based online mag Faezine.com. Their music has been licensed for Indie films and TV including the Oprah Winfrey show and WE TV's Gothic Wedding Show.