The Refugees is a new "super group" of seasoned female singer-songwriters which consists of Cindy Bullens, Deborah Holland, Wendy Waldman, and Jenny Yates... these four are veterans of rock, folk/acoustic, country and the road... together they represent an array of American and West Coast music songwriting and high-level performing... they are also award winning and critically acclaimed as soloists and in bands.

Deborah Holland was introduced via the critically acclaimed albums, tours, MTV videos, and television appearances with the seminal trio Animal Logic, with ex-Police drummer Stewart Copeland, and jazz bassist Stanley Clarke, where she wrote most of the group's songs... in addition to making records, Holland scores music and writes songs for film and TV, is a full-time professor of music at Cal State La, and is a mother of two boys.

Wendy Waldman has a distinguished career as an artist (solo on major labels and part of the cult band Bryndle)... her list of songwriting and producing credits is extensive and impressive, and includes the Grammy-winning "Save the Best for Last," recorded by Vanessa Williams... her first album, Love Has Got Me, on Warner Bros. Records, was proclaimed by Rolling Stone Magazine to be the "singer-songwriter debut of the year."

Cindy Bullens' career was jump-started by a stint in Elton John's band, has already included five major label and national indie releases... her debut solo album, Desire Wire (United Artists), scored a breakthrough hit with her song Survivor, which earned her a Grammy Award nomination for best rock vocal performance... Bullens was also nominated for a Grammy Award for her vocal performances on the Grease movie soundtrack... her latest release is Dream #29.

Bonnie Hayes has been a Bay Area favorite since the 1980's when Bonnie Hayes and the Wild Combo played Bonnie's bright, intelligent, hook-filled pop-rock songs to packed crowds... Bonnie released three albums during the 1980's: Good Clean Fun (1982), Brave New Girl (1984), and Bonnie Hayes (1987), all long out-of-print, and vinyl albums which I have and treasure... she then moved to southern California and continued to write, releasing Empty Sky in 1996, which is still available... she moved back to northern California a few years ago, and has frequently appeared in several local small-venue gigs... in November 2003 she released her fifth album,  Love In The Ruins.

19 Nov 2007, latest news...  Bonnie's first three albums have been out of print for many years, I had to scour used record stores to find my copies, and it took me about four years to find all three albums... but her first album Good Clean Fun has finally been released using the original master and faithfully reproduced original art, this CD can be obtained at any of her shows, or write her for details about getting a copy mailed to you.

Some of the cities this site focuses on are:   San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland, Fremont, San Jose, Santa Cruz, Ben Lomond, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Palo Alto, Mill Valley, Fairfax, San Rafael, Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, Sacramento, Davis, Winters, Chico, and Paradise.

Some of the artists this site especially focuses on are:   Pamela Means, Melissa Ferrick, Danya River, Patrice Pike, Chris Pureka, Jonatha Brooke, Catie Curtis, Ani DiFranco, Veda Hille, Lorna Hunt, Patty Larkin, Martine Locke, Mary Lou Lord, Rose Polenzani, Kinnie Starr, Chris Webster, Gillian Welch, Susan Werner, Laurie Anderson, Joy Askew, Bonfire Madigan, Edie Carey, Marca Cassity, Shawn Colvin, Susie Davis, Kris Delmhorst, Stacey Earle, Holly O'Reilly (Figueroa), Fruit, Trina Hamlin, Bonnie Hayes, Anne Heaton, Judy Henske, Danielle Howle, Janis Ian, Indigo Girls, Jess Klein, Christene LeDoux, Erica Luckett, Erin McKeown, Colleen Sexton, Sam Shaber, Megan Slankard, SONiA, Patti Smith, Ember Swift, Deb Talan, Louise Taylor, Noe Venable, the Waifs, and Dar Williams.