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Mumzy Stranger

Mumzy was born and raised in Plaistow, East London, he is of Bangladeshi origin, raised in a traditional Bengali Islamic home. He is the second youngest of the six in his family. He started to be interested in music at the age of 11. He was influenced by music by his brothers' music collections. His development of his music however was not supported by much of his family and developed it secretly, but did have support from his mother. His music roots are from the underground sounds of UK garage.

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Maxi Priest

Maxi Priest (born Max Alfred Elliott on June 10, 1961) is a reggae singer from England. Career Of West Indian descent, and the second youngest of nine children, he was born in Lewisham, London. He is known as the 'King of Lovers Rock'. His music is sometimes closer to R&B, and pop, than to reggae music itself. His first major album was the self-titled Maxi Priest (1988) along with his cover of Cat Stevens' Wild World established him as one of the British reggae top singers this internationally acclaimed vocalist, is the only UK reggae act to score an American Billboard Number One.

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Katie Sutherland

Based in Kirkintilloch, Scotland, Katie Sutherland is an up and coming singer-songwriter with a gift for delivering cheekily sentimental lyrics with a smoothly singular - and often eccentric - charm and charisma, much like her musical influences Damien Rice, Pete Doherty and Regina Spektor. ...and all that nonsense. Just listen to her, she's proper brilliant.

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Darkane

Darkane (formerly known as Agretator) is a Melodic Death / Thrash Metal band formed in Helsingborg, Sweden in 1998. The name Darkane is a portmanteau of the words "dark" and "arcane". The first album featured Lawrence Mackory, who had a much more death metal influenced voice. After 1998's Rusted Angel, Andreas Sydow was recruited, and handled vocals on the next three albums, Insanity, Expanding Senses, and Layers of Lies. He decided to leave the band in 2007 and Jens Broman (Construcdead, The Defaced) took his place for Demonic Art.

Read more about Darkane on Last.fm.

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Frank Yamma

Frank Yamma is one of Australia's most talented contemporary performers. He also happens to be a traditional Pitjantjatjara man from Australia's central desert and speaks five languages. An extraordinary songwriter and an exceptional guitarist, Frank Yamma also has an incredible voice, rich, deep and resonant. When Frank sings about standing on a sand dune watching over the landscape, it is if you are standing with him. When he sings about the plight of Aboriginal children born into a world of chaos and alcohol, Frank wrenches the heart.

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The Scarecrows

The Scarecrows 1982 till 87..

The Scarecrows were formed in December 1982. Dave Twist (Drums) and Mandy Darlington (vocals), (then his girlfriend) They had both been in a band called The Bible Belt along with myself, this band also consisted of Dave Kusworth. Dave K went on to form a band called The Rag Dolls with what was the other remains of The Bible Belt but with a new Drummer (Carl Bevan). I took some time out to consider my options.

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