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Tanya Hladik with Meghan Yates

Tanya Hladik was born in Northwest Washington State and raised on an eclectic mix of music from classical to motown. A musician from early on, she came to guitar playing and songwriting about ten years ago. Her melodies and her voice are sweet, soulful and enchanting. Her songs are influenced by her love of the natural world around her and her fascination with the deep mystery of life.

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Meghan Yates has been singing and writing songs for a very long time, but her solo career started in 2002 in Portland, ME -- walking past a local club on Congress street, apparently humming loud enough for the club owner to run out, grab her by the arm and ask her to sing right there on the spot for his guests. Stunned and unprepared, she sang an a capella tune she had finished writing earlier that day. The club owner asked if she would be willing to play a real set sometime, so she returned about a month later and sang all of the a capella tunes she could fit into thirty minutes. Eventually, she picked up the guitar and through the support of the local scene in a small port city in Maine, Meghan developed a distinctive guitar playing, songwriting style and performance that captures and often stuns her audiences. She recorded a few solo albums before she Mordechai Rosenblatt, and together they started The Reverie Machine in 2009.

Many wonderful musicians have worked with Meghan Yates, adding to the cultivation of the rich, full sound the band produces. Meghan now lives in the Pacific Northwest (for the milder winters and the mystic landscape) and is re-building her band. Whether solo or with other players, the music created often uplifts, penetrates and inspires the listener.