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The Broken Family Band

The Broken Family Band rose from the ashes of ‘several crap indie bands and a pretty good post rock band’ in post-millennial Cambridge (i.e. around 2001). “The first nice thing outside our own little world was getting a call from John Peel on a Sunday morning saying he liked our first record. It was like a pat on the back from your favourite uncle,” says frontman Steven Adams. Their first mini-album The King Will Build A Disco appeared in 2002, to general bemusement and delight that East Anglia had produced its own leftfield Americana act.

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Ice Station Zebra

Band Members:
Steve Watson: Vocals/Guitar
James May: Guitar/Vocals
Neil Green: Bass
Michael Cockings: Drummer Genre:
Rock n’roll tinged with elements of Country Rock, Grunge and Americana. Influences:
The Band, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Bowie, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Who, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Nirvana, REM, Radiohead, Kings of Leon, My Morning Jacket, Fleet Foxes Introducing...

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DePedro

Depedro is the musical project of Spanish singer and guitar player Jairo Zavala, who is also front man and co-founder of rock band Vacazul. In its first album (also named Depedro, published in 2008) Depedro mixes latin music, border fusion, folk, african music, reggae and blues. Depedro's official site is at http://www.myspace.com/myspacedepedro

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The Tennessee Three

The Tennessee Three, is the backing band of Johnny Cash, they toured, and recorded with Cash from 1955 to 1997, providing the "boom-chicka-boom" sound found in many of Cash's songs. The Tennessee Three was originally The Tennessee Two, original members were LUTHER PERKINS, playing lead guitar, and Marshall Grant, on bass. The Two Became the Three, in 1960 when drummer W.S. Holland joined the group.

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Al Kent

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Cat Power

Charlyn Marie Marshall, also known as Chan (pronounced "Shawn") Marshall, was born in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. on 21 January 1972. After dropping out of high school, she started performing under the name Cat Power, while in Atlanta, backed by musicians Glen Thrasher, Mark Moore, and others. She soon moved to New York City, United States in 1992, then later opening for Liz Phair in 1994, she met Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth and Tim Foljahn of Two Dollar Guitar, who encouraged her to record, and played on her first two albums, 1995's Dear Sir and 1996's Myra Lee.

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Samamidon

Samamidon is a collaborative effort between Sam Amidon and Thomas Bartlet. Together they released one album called "But This Chicken Proved Falsehearted". Sam Amidon later released a second album under his own name ("All Is Well").
Both albums to date are modern interpretations of traditional folk songs (and one by Tears For Fears for good measure.)
Sam was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, June 3, 1981and currently lives near New York City.
www.samamidon.com

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Junior Johnson

Junior Johnson is an Americana/Folk singer/songwriter from Randalstown, Northern Ireland. He has shared the stage with Shane MacGowan, Sean Cannon (The Dubliners), Frankie Miller’s Full House band and Irish multi-platinum rockers, Ash. Junior was honoured with the title of L.A. Music Awards "Folk Artist of the Year" 2006 for his song The Fireside, an honest detailing of the life that a once unfortunate friend leads now.

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