Redmarley is the recording name of Grahame Beresford, a singer/multi-instrumentalist/songwriter out of Minneapolis. The name of the band comes from a small village near the Welsh border. Beresford was contemplating a move abroad for work, and the town of Redmarley, England was very close to where he’d have been working. The move abroad didn’t pan out, but the name stuck, and thus began the musical voyage.

Beresford has been playing music since an early age, when he began playing the violin. At age 13 (after discovering his parents’ Beatles records) he dropped it in favour of bass, and soon picked up guitar in addition. Over the years he added drums, piano, banjo, melodica, organ, and other percussion to his arsenal. “It’s not a control thing,” he says. “I just really love playing different instruments. The different tools allow you to express yourself so differently. Each thing you play has its own unique way of communicating with the listeners.”

After playing in a few bands during high school and university, Beresford formed The Blues Benders with his father, brother and a couple of friends of theirs. The band played an eclectic mix of songs, and the fact that each member of the band was a multi-instrumentalist allowed them to play just about anything. More recently, Grahame was a member of the rock band In Overflow, first as a bassist, then moving to percussionist/banjoist/backup singer, and finally taking over as the drummer until the band’s demise in 2009.

Grahame continues to perform around the Twin Cities area, and has played as far out as Chicago. One can sometimes find him busking along Nicollet Avenue in Downtown Minneapolis.

“I've had to unlearn what I've learned with regard to production,” he says. “The songs aren’t perfect, which is alright because neither am I. Maybe you can find something meaningful in the mess.”