(Dave from The Babylon Cowboys answers some questions for the SoundClick interview.)
I didnt choose the name, it chose me. It popped into my head around about three years ago and began to fester.

Occasionally we perform locally as an acoustic act
at venues such as The Zodiac, Port Mahone and The Wheatsheaf in Oxford, England. It's fun. We find it's a great way of road testing new songs. Keeping active on the Oxford music scene is important to us.

Immensely. When I first started recording, it was a case of spending money on hours in a recording studio, then doing tape to tape all night to record your demo on to good ole cassette tape, and then addressing and posting countless envelopes just for most of them to go staight in to the record company's bin.

But I still haven't gotten over the potential of internet music. These days we record at our home, sometimes taking a week or more on one song-not having to worry about paying a studio.
So you have the luxury of time to fine tune your music, and then its just a matter of pressing buttons to get your music heard all over the world without licking a single stamp.

Yes.

The Babylon Cowboys formed in 2003 by the combined influences of Jenny May and Dave Tommo. Together they have created music that is unique to their originality and their passion for songwriting and performing.

Their sound is an evolving combination of haunting acoustic soul, folk influenced pop flavoured with ska, punk and the blues. Reconstructing simple steel strings and vocals to layered arrangements and incorporating drums, bass, strings and brass.

With her powerful voice, Jenny May was singing in bands in America since the age of seventeen. Originally from Texas, she spent most of her life growing up in New Hampshire and Vermont, performing in venues throughout New England, mainly singing covers by some of her influences such as Aretha Franklin, Jimi Hendrix, Bonnie Raitt, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Billie Holiday and The Allman Brothers and then eventually adding original material to the sets.

Singing with her last band in America, Jenny May has shared the stage with such acts as Toots and the Maytals, The J. Geils Band, NRBQ, 10,000 Maniacs and Rosanne Cash. They received radio-airplay, performed at festivals such as The Coors Light Balloon Festival in Syracuse, NY and The Ben and Jerry's Festival in Vermont, and one of their songs was featured in the movie Philadelphia starring Denzel Washington and Tom Hanks.

In 2000, Jenny May recorded and produced her studio album 'The May Sessions' along with former band mates as well as Jon Fishman from Phish on drums.

Jenny then took a short break from music and travelled to England, where she met her now husband, Dave Tommo.

Growing up in Portsmouth, England, Dave Tommo was influenced at a young age to pick up the guitar and write songs upon hearing the music of The Clash and the lyrical genius of Crass and Bob Marley. Dave has played the British music circuit as singer, bass player and contributing songwriter for punk band 4 Minute Warning; Brighton based reggae band The Jam Jaw Tree and more recently, was the founder of Oxford ska band The Drug Squad, who self released a debut album and played venues throughout England.

Since meeting Jenny, Dave's songwriting has been taken to a new level, challenging him to even more rewarding experiences by writing songs together. With their diverse background and musical influences, they have now come together to produce a sound all their own.

Based in Oxford, England The Babylon Cowboys have been playing venues as a full band as well as an acoustic act. They are currently writing and recording new songs to be released in the near future.

The Clash's song writing skills impressed me enough to bunk off school and follow them half way round the country on the Casbah tour. But then there's Frank Zappa who affects me in a totally different way.

All hard rockin Jamaican reggae(70's stylee) Burning Spear, Lee Perry and Bob Marley.

Top of South Parks in Oxford.

There is so much going on in music nowadays, there is this amazing explosion of sounds emanating around this planet and out into space,who knows where it is going. It is an interesting journey.