A little folk, a little jazz, a lot of heart. SWS is pianist Bill Brennan and singer Andrea Koziol. They also have brilliant friends that join them from time to time…
Everyone who knows pianist/percussionist Bill Brennan will tell you he’s the nicest guy you’ll ever meet. He’s also pretty humble considering he’s contributed to over 140 albums to date. Born in St. John’s Newfoundland and Labrador, he comes from a family of singers & story tellers. He’s definitely an excellent addition to any kitchen party. Bill is a pillar of his community and a fearless performer, composer and arranger of contemporary classical, jazz, folk and world music. His original albums are devastatingly beautiful and include: Kaleidoscope – Music for Mallet Instruments (2024 ECMA and MusicNL Classical Album of the Year), Solo Piano 2 (MusicNL Instrumental Album of the Year), and Dreaming in Gamelan, with co-composer Andy McNeill receiving worldwide praise. 2026 brought his first Juno as orchestrator of Deantha Edmunds’ piece Angmalukisaa. He also directs the Jazz East Big Band and Gamelan Sagara Asih. Bill has toured globally, but it is a little known fact that he brings smoked meat to most driving gigs…and he’s always willing to share. God love him!
Andrea Koziol is an open hearted and visceral vocalist, performing songwriter, improvisor, poet and actor based in Toronto Ontario. She’s written and released 5 solo albums (Coming of Age, Songs, Simple, Mission:Bliss, Half Way Sweet) and performed in folk and jazz festivals, dive bars and concert halls all over North America. She has dug into brilliant music theater projects including The Cave (Tomson Highway/John Millard), co-written with dozens of young and established artists, sung with many lovely people in elder care, had a couple of beautiful kids and made a lot of pickles. Andrea has the (un?)fortunate disease of automatically singing harmonies to any song that’s playing…which is really only a problem for her family in local grocery stores.
