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Darden Smith

Field of Crows is the latest song collection from a man who is living one of the most fascinating and beautiful artistic evolutions in American music. During his 20-year career, Texas singer-songwriter Darden Smith has recorded in folk, country and pop settings. He has co-written songs with a British rocker, released 10 critically acclaimed albums, created works for dance theater, done symphonic collaborations and taught music to children.

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Theatre Royal

Medway's Theatre Royal were formed after a day spent breaking into a derelict Chatham theatre in 2009 with Billy Childish and Lupen Crook, they have since recorded and released a debut album and EP on fledgling label The Preservation Society Presents. Their songs range from hurtling Garage clatter through to straight up Pop, taking in Alt Country, Psychedelic West Coast Pop and Punk/New Wave along the way. Inflluences include classic British bands such as The Smiths, Echo and The Bunnymen and The Beatles to iconic American groups such as The Velvet Undergound anf Buffalo Springfield.

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Bosque Brown

For all intents and purposes, Mara Lee Miller is a solo singer songwriter but has chosen the moniker Bosque Brown as the vehicle for her recordings. Her lyrics are simple and full of "truth-telling" and "woe." Bosque Brown Plays Mara Lee Miller was released May 2005 and was backed by a wonderful handful of musicians from Seattle. The latest release is a vinyl one-sided LP which consists of four songs and an etching on the b side. A cd version is also included with the LP for portability.

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Rose's Pawn Shop

It may come as a surprise to hear the foot-stomping strains of Appalachian bluegrass channeled through a rock band here in Los Angeles, but heartache, loss and regret have always been the cornerstones of great music and this city has its share. In a town better known for porn stars and face lifts, anything as authentic and heartfelt as Rose’s Pawn Shop, is a pleasant surprise. With an arsenal of banjos, guitars, mandolin, fiddle, pedal steel, upright bass, and thundering drums, their sound is a wholesome mishmash of creek mud, rusty nails and your mom’s cookin’.

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Jinski

JINSKI is a band featuring the work of songwriter STEVE JINSKI and guitar player DAVE KENNEDY. Their musical territory spans acoustic roots and rugged country blues.
JINSKI’s new album ‘HURRY HOME’ offers ‘a consistently appealing brand of intelligent songwriting’ (Rock ‘N’ Reel magazine) with ‘an uncanny knack of nailed on brilliant tunes...a collection of carefully crafted and beautifully sculptured songs’. The Crack magazine (July ’08)

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Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts

::Guillaume & the Coutu Dumonts: !!! me no dj !!! Ever an energetic actor in the electronic music scene, Montreal based artist Guillaume Coutu Dumont maintains numerous collaborative projects, performing regularly in his hometown and around the world. Driven by his passion for hybrid forms of musical expression, Guillaume continues on his quest for the ultimate ham bone funk recipe with his solo project: Guillaume & the Coutu Dumonts a special blend of funk, house, techno, gospel, swing, barbershop quartet and afro-beat.

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Forest Sun

San Francisco Bay Area troubadour and award winning songwriter, Forest Sun has regaled audiences around the globe with his wealth of songs and stories, all sung and told with back porch ease and bonhomie. Sun's music has been compared to everyone from Jack Johnson and John Mayer to Van Morrison and Bob Dylan but his unique style is entirely his own.
He's opened for Bonnie Raitt, The Beach Boys, Steve Earle, Lyle Lovett, Jackson Browne, Keb Mo and Brett Dennen among others and collaborations on his many records include the likes of such musical luminaries as Jolie Holland...

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