Formed in 2005, Two Twenty Two is the magical combination of two established solo singer songwriters. Amanda Brewer and Warren Muzak have brought very different songwriting styles together to create a sound which ranges from traditional country, to folk and blues, to modern rock and jazz. Brewer’s sweet melodies are paired with Muzak’s driving rhythms and their powerful voices weave together to draw listeners in to stories of love, loss and life on the road.
“Warren and Amanda sing of hear...
Formed in 2005, Two Twenty Two is the magical combination of two established solo singer songwriters. Amanda Brewer and Warren Muzak have brought very different songwriting styles together to create a sound which ranges from traditional country, to folk and blues, to modern rock and jazz. Brewer’s sweet melodies are paired with Muzak’s driving rhythms and their powerful voices weave together to draw listeners in to stories of love, loss and life on the road.
“Warren and Amanda sing of heartbreak, yearning, and deliverance, harmonizing like they've been doing it together for years but with a certain spark of spontaneity and freshness, as though they're singing an old favorite for the first time. On the softer side, a story-song like "Alice" combines an Americana rootsiness with a touch of British folk chime in its descending guitar figure that is simultaneously hushed and urgent, while "Rambler" is pure old school country (featuring the lonesome wail of Warren's lap steel guitar), a tear jerker reminiscent of Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris. The higher energy numbers like "Bedroom" and "You Can't Know" are delivered with all the footstomping verve of an after-hours hootenanny, but the songs are more reflective of having grown up on Beatle and Who records: imagine if Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris - with Pete Townsend on acoustic guitar - were in your kitchen belting out British Invasion classics you'd somehow never heard before.”
– Kevin Kane, Canadian Singer-Songwriter, formerly of The Grapes of Wrath.
Muzak is a multi-instrumentalist influenced by classic rock, blues and the Manchester sound of the early to mid 90’s. In 1995, after having held the role of lead guitarist for the Hamilton Ontario based band The Misunderstood, Warren left the group to
re-invent himself as a solo artist. With 7 self released CD’s to his name, Warren found himself playing many roles
(and instruments!) to create his sound and promote his work world wide. After playing both Songwriterfest and Blues, Brews and BBQ’s festivals in Kitchener, Ontario in 2005, Warren decided to call Kitchener home.
Brewer spent years as a ‘dabbler’ in the music biz. Singing in a successful bar cover band for 10 years produced strong stage legs, which today make her a powerful performer of her own compositions. Always a writer, she accumulated shoeboxes full of scribbles on napkins, envelopes and sticky notes, which now step out as songs of exquisite simplicity and stunning reality. She wrote the lyrics for the acclaimed 1999 Soma Sonic debut album, Future, on which she appears with Katalin Kiss as a guest vocalist. “Soma Sonic...creeps through your speakers with a haunting melange...turning on most ears when vocalist Amanda Weiss (Brewer) whispers over the ambiance with her bittersweet lullabies" – Canadian Music Journal. Amanda began to play solo in 2005 & was quickly welcomed into the songwriting community in Southern Ontario. It was through this community that she and Warren met. A natural fit was found as Brewer & Muzak began to contribute to each other’s material, making it even stronger…even more listenable…even more enjoyable. Two Twenty Two was born.
As Warren says: “Its music for ears that are bored”.
And with the energy of Two Twenty Two….there is no chance of being bored!
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