The BeeKeepers

3 woman + 13 instruments + rich “honeyed” vocals + "mesmerizing" vocal harmonies – "The BeeKeepers are the best buzz in town."

"The BeeKeepers's voice-forward production technique is perfectly conceived; their honest lyricality is impossible to resist, and their melodic instincts are well-articulated by the guitar as well." (Akademia Magazine)

Winners of the May 2017 Akademia Music Awards for Best Folk/Singer-Songwriter EP, Amanda “Mandy” Sullivan, Sylvie Abate and Phred Mileski “display dense and diverse instrumental ability”" on guitar, classical guitar, bass, u-bass, merlin, banjo, accordion, piano, hand-percussion, ukulele - everything in the kitchen sink!

"Stylistically, The BeeKeepers, billed as alternative folk music, amalgamate a variety of stylistic flavors into their sound, including folk, pop, alt rock, bluegrass and blues. This blending of genres, along with gorgeously tight vocal harmonies, results in a hearing-secret-harmonies effluvium that goes beyond delightful and enters the realm of fabulous." (The Huffington Post)

Each woman is a songwriter, arranger and producer in her own right and together The BeeKeepers write, record, produce and perform original music influenced by Americana, Acoustic-Rock, Folk and Blues. In addition to their original songs, The BeeKeepers also pay tribute to the female artists who influenced their careers, performing cover songs by Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Edith Piaf and Annie Lennox to name a few for a truly captivating musical experience."

"There’s something special about The BeeKeepers that sets them apart from other folk / singer-songwriter acts. In a musical generation characterized by manufactured pop acts, The BeeKeepers' originality and sincerity do more than stand out. They reveal qualities that cannot be engineered in the studio. There’s also an unpretentious realness to this group out of New London, Connecticut and judging by their growing fan base, they may be precisely what the new generation didn't know it was missing." (Global Marquis News)

What's all the buzz about?

Over 42,000 song plays on ReverbNation, The BeeKeepers are the #1 ranked indie group in Connecticut and the region, averaging 2500 plays a week. Their songs have been heard on over 70 radio college stations across the United States. In addition, The BeeKeepers have had over 20,000 spins on internet radio in the U.S.. and worldwide in the United States, South Africa, Nigeria, Egypt, Morocco, United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Brazil, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama. France, Germany, Australia, Switzerland, Peru, Chile, and Japan.

BeeKeeper Songwriter Sylvie Abate has synch licenses with several major networks including ETV! Network, the A & E Network, Oxygen, The Discovery Network, TLC Network, and VH1. Her songs have been licensed for several TV programs including Total Divas, Born This Way, Bunim Marray The Real World, Keeping up with the Kardashians, Dash Dolls, Bad Girls Club, I AM CAIT, Total Bellas, Tough Love, Road Rules, and Extreme Challenge as well as a three-year Multi-Sync License with Rudge Vision Films. The BeeKeepers video of “Indecision” has been picked up by Bongo Boy TV and will air nationally on 66 channels to 17 million viewers. ​

The BeeKeepers released their debut EP 'Songs from the Hive, Vol. 1 in 2017 with Rotary Records to critical acclaim. “The BeeKeepers deliver a beautiful bliss." – SKOPE Magazine (Boston). They have performed individually and as a group in major concert halls, festivals, colleges, churches and intimate coffee houses throughout New England in venues such as Sailfest (New London, CT), The BreadBox Folk Concert Series (Willamantic, CT); The Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts Center (Middletown), The Chestnut Playhouse (Norwich, CT), Fire in the Kitchen Series (Madison, CT), The Ridgefield Playhouse (Ridgefield, CT), The Cafe Nine Sunday Matinee Buzz Series Sponsored by Cygness Radio (New Haven) ,The Iron Horse (Northampton, MA), Greenfield Community College (Greenfield, MA) and many more.