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Bruno Merz

Alternative folk, indie, singer/songwriter Bruno Merz was born in New Zealand. He has lived in France and the Netherlands and currently resides in the United Kingdom. Bruno Merz started posting a few home-recorded songs online and word quickly began to spread thorughout the world. He has been compared to the likes of Nick Drake, Iron and Wine and Sufjan Stevens due to the breathy, intimate nature of the vocals and the deeply personal songs. Notably, the song, 'Nine Sixteen' was chosen as Starbucks Pick of the Week and was distributed throughout the U.S. as a free iTunes download.

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Madam Laycock and Her Dabeno Pleasures

Madam Laycock and her Dabeno Pleasures are a Leeds based band who play a kind of dark cabaret music with Romany and Eastern European influences. Band members include Franz (the mutated freak), Sparrow (Madam's one and only child), the Voodoo Grandma and Our Solicitor who play (in no particular order) accordian, trumpet, glockenspiel, violin and drums. Their debut album "Come My Pretties" was released in May 2009.

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Vincent Black Lightning

Stephen Hartley flunked school to form a punk band which at the time he thought was infinately more worthwhile - during their hectic four years the band (called NOTSENSIBLES) made an album and four singles and earned themselves a worldwide cult status for their refreshing humour and irreverent approach to punk. After the band split & after completing his engineering apprenticeship, Hartley took off hitch-hiking round Europe - not wanting to be in the rat race and inspired by friends in Bordeaux who made a living busking, he decided to become a busker on his return to England.

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