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The daughter of two musicians & raised in a recording studio, its no surprise that Casey Desmond shares her bedroom with many vintage synths & keyboards, guitars and recording gear, and converted her living room into a practice space for her band.  Home is where the music plays any time of night or day.  Writing and recording with multi gold and platinum producer Anthony J Resta (Elton John,Collective Soul, Shawn Mullins, Duran Duran), Grammy winner Will Ackerman & bassist Tony Levin, her music has collectively garnered her over 2 dozen songwriting awards & prizes, film & TV placements, composition work with a major TV network and music library as well as 2 tracks on a compilation with Amy Winehouse & Duffy.

Drawing from her education in illustration and fashion design, she incorporates the style and dramatic flair of rock's electro-pop icons like David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, Cyndi Lauper, & Blondie & contemporaries Bat for Lashes and LaRoux into her newest music,stage show, and even her hand made stage attire.

Casey has shared the stage with David Cook, Johny Lange, Ed Kowaszyk (from Live), The Motels, Luka Rossi, Kate Voegel & performed at dozens of colleges & venues all over the country as well as CMJ, NXNE, Sundance Film Festival, Virgin College Mega Tour, South Park, London Calling, MMS, MPMF, Head of the Charles Regatta, NACA, COCA, DBMC, Chickfest, Collegefest, Intl. Folk Alliance, NAMM, & DFEST.

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by Kristin Anderson

Pleasantly surprised with a preview of this dynamic new addition to the independent music scene, I got to taste test Tedaberry's debut album "Am I still ILLmatic?"
Initially I could not decide if there were too many chefs in the soup or if this was some brave new combination of my favorite ingredients,but as fate would have it, I found myself being tossed around by the suggestion of decades of punk pounding, soul shaping sounds, that disorient you straight out the gate.
This is not your momma's music.

Listening to "Am I still Illmatic", I found myself caught up in a groove of ska-hoppin, metalhead shakin, 80's arm slingin' and a beat box knee raise that almost threw out my back. This album tests your ability of free thinking like listening to jazz music. Being that it seems to move in loosely formatted waves, without fear of the mind that demands a repetitive and continuous rythm to follow.
Unorthodox in their ability to throw caution to the wind and just plain do what feels right.

Lead singer, Jonathan Merenivitch's confidence far outweighs his expierence, as Tendaberry was formed in the spring of 2004.
His brazen lyrics and post punk moody wail seems extracted from a evening at CBGB's.
Seeming forced for just a moment, Johnathan's range and unexpected vocal bravery are an independent
sound that you have wanted to hear released into the now since Robert Smith of The Cure.

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