After blazing their way through New England in 2002 & 2003 (while based out of Rockland, ME), this progressive, electrified duo -- Cregan Montague on acoustic and electric fiddles and Danielle Tibedo on acoustic and electric guitars -- spent the year of 2004 based in Athens, Georgia, before settling in Asheville, NC, in 2005. Throughout the east coast, divineMAGgees (pronounced "Maggies") have attracted the attention of a consistently diverse and devoted audience for their provocative, yet surprisingly accessible music. The duo has also created a strong national presence, with a performance at this year's Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, yearly showcases at premier Hollywood venues including The Hotel Cafe and Genghis Cohen, and a feature on the upcoming On-Demand cable music channel, Publik Music.

Soon after moving to Asheville, Cregan and Danielle began production on their first fully-produced studio album, Love Me Like The Roses, released September 2005 (divineMAGgees' previous three releases were recorded live). Combined with the talents of engineer/co-producer/musician Chris Rosser, drummer/percussionist River Guerguerian and stand-up bassist Eliot Wadopian, they created an urban-slick folk-rock album that "takes the Indigo Girls' sound and gives it a swift kick in the ass" (Mountain XPress). All eleven tracks on the cd (including the duo's unique version of Cole Porter's "Begin the Beguine") reflect and build on divineMAGgees' dynamic live show: featuring provocative vocal counter melodies and harmonies, in a rich texture of acoustic and electric fiddles, guitars, piano, bass and percussion. Voted by WNCW listeners as one of the top 100 new albums of 2005, Love Me Like The Roses and divineMAGgees are emerging as one of the South's most provocative new musical acts.

Individually, Danielle and Cregan bring years of musical training and experience to this mutual labor of love. Danielle, born into a family of professional jazz musicians (Lovey Ann Bosteels), began writing songs with her guitar when she was 16. Before she picked up her first guitar, she had become a self-taught pianist and received intense education in jazz trumpet and musical theory. Danielle earned a BFA in sculpture from the Maine College of Art, Portland, in 1996, and continued on to Graduate Studies in multi-media performance art at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The art world gave her the foundation for her spirituality and music, leading her straight to her voice, back to her guitar, back to her childhood filled with music, back to her inspirational source.

Cregan has played violin/fiddle since a young child, her talent taking her overseas to Ireland, England, France and Japan, where she shared stages, street corners and pub sessions with the likes of Martin Hayes and Ani DiFranco (she hopped on stage with her fiddle to join Ani on a couple tunes in Central Park and Providence). As a child, Cregan witnessed the passion that music can express through connections with Pete Seeger, Raphael Rudd and Pete Townshend. While Cregan was attending Berklee College of Music, Boston, (she is also an alum of Wellesley College) she joined forces with Danielle as divineMAGgees, and their fate was sealed.

Discography
(BUY)	LOVE ME LIKE THE ROSES 2005 01. Little Black Crow (mp3) 02. Hole In The Wall 03. Bridges 04. Sweet Johnny (Rise) 05. Trouble (mp3) 06. Silver Bullets 07. Love Me Like The Roses 08. Riverlady (mp3) 09. Londontown 10. North Carolina (mp3) 11. Begin The Beguine
(BUY)	IN THE MEANTIME... 2003 01. Lift Me Up 02. Brother Song 03. White 04. Old Brick Wall 05. Drown In You 06. Tonight 07. Black Fire Remedy 08. War 09. No End to Begin