"The duo exudes sexiness on stage, no matter what the setting, giving their dreamy ballads and punkish pop tunes a lasting and sweet aftertaste."

Since the fateful night six years ago when Cregan and Danielle met in a Boston bar, the duo has lived up and down the east coast and spread their unique harmonies throughout the country. Maine was the birthplace and home of divineMAGgees until 2004, when the duo sought to expand their touring base by moving south. After a year in Athens, GA, Cregan and Danielle settled in Asheville, in the heart of the North Carolina mountains.

divineMAGgees (pronounced "Maggies") has been building a strong national presence over the past four years, 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 On-Demand cable music channel, Publik Music. In summer of 2006, the duo signed with Shelly Weiss of OUTmedia (who is also a source for Melissa Etheridge, Margaret Cho, Michele Balan, KD Lang, Indigo Girls and more).

NEWEST CD: LOVE ME LIKE THE ROSES

"divineMAGgees deliver one of the best albums I've heard all year. Cregan and Danielle make sweet, dreamy alt-folk rock that draws on everything from bluegrass to punk to jazz, intertwining acoustic and electric guitars and fiddles with their perfectly matched, harmonious vocals." Curve Magazine

Soon after moving to Asheville, Cregan and Danielle began production on their first studio album, "love me like the roses," released September 2005. The duo teamed up with three world-renowned Asheville musicians on percussion, drums and bass, to create an intoxicating alt-folk rock album. All eleven tracks on the cd (including their unique version of Cole Porter's "Begin the Beguine") reflect and build on divineMAGgees' dynamic live show: featuring their provocative vocal harmonies blended with unusual combinations of their acoustic and electric guitars and fiddles. 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 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.

Curve Magazine review

posted December 11th at 8:46pm

"divineMAGgees deliver one of the best albums I've heard all year. Cregan and Danielle make sweet, dreamy alt-folk rock that draws on everything from bluegrass to punk to jazz, intertwining acoustic and electric guitars and fiddles with their perfectly matched, harmonious vocals."