Hummingbird are Amy Wadge, Cathy Burton and Edwina Hayes. They met on the festival circuit in the UK over the last five years and decided in late 2005 that there was safety in numbers, and so formed a band. This is no collection of doe-eyed teenagers, whose mother sent them to stage school and who are now looking to marry a footballer: these are three professional musicians who have amassed 9 record deals, 11 lawyers and 14 managers between them. They could write the Beginners' Guide to the Music Biz if someone thought it would sell and if they could find a manager, lawyer, publisher and agent. They make a living (almost) from music as well as doing a multitude of other jobs - dog walking, working in a crouton factory, barmaid etc - anything that needs to be done to get a collection of battered Japanese cars to the next gig. Occupying a territory somewhere between Kirsty Macoll and a female Crosby Stills and Nash, the three teamed up with the Mighty Vibration production team in January 2006 to make their debut album They Dont Make Mirrors Like They Used To. According to Hummingbird this collection of 11 songs really does show that a combined thirty years on the road means practice makes perfect and that "there is no shame in believing Richard Thompson to be a sex symbol".