The Soundmen

Gorgeous, heartfelt, soulful singing. Listen to Sammy Volkov and be transported. He graduated from SUNY Purchases Acting BFA Conservatory where he performed & trained under the direction of Tony-Award winning Trazana Beverley &many other leaders in the theatre, film & music industries. Lucky enough to be chosen by Matt Masters as a featured performer for an Americana Music Festival in Calgary, a featured artist at Edmontons Big Dreamer Jam, he has opened for artists like Dana Wylie, Doug Hoyer, Cayley Thomas, Amy Van Keeken. Ayla Brook (pronounced Ey Lah) makes music as raw and vast as the Canadian Prairies. From his beginnings in Lily Plain, Saskatchewan, to successful records recorded with AA Sound System, to now his solo work, Ayla has never wavered from his original vision of honest roots rock. That vision is brilliantly captured on Desolation Sounds, the new album by Ayla Brook & The Sound Men, produced by Terra Lightfoot and mixed by Jon Auer of The Posies and Big Star Fame.