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Ashley Hutchings

Ashley "Tyger" Hutchings first achieved recognition as a co-founder of Fairport Convention in 1967, but his work and his musical influences predate Fairport Covention by several years, and he has since gone on to found and lead numerous other notable groups, including Steeleye Span, and the various Albion Bands. In many respects, he is to English folk-rock the rough equivalent of what John Mayall is to British blues, except that his recordings have remained interesting for far longer.

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Louis

There are at least 5 artists called Louis: 1. A Serbian ethno-pop artist, whose real name is Ljubiša Stojanović.
2. A French pop singer.
3. Louis Schefano, also of Regia.
4. A German ambient and chillout musician from Berlin
5. A band called Louis! (aka Little Louis), from Holland.
6. A Korean k-pop singer. Biographies in more details: 1) Ljubiša Stojanović Louis was born in Leskovac on June 25, 1952.

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Luka Bloom

Luka Bloom (born 23 May 1955 as Barry Moore) is an accomplished Irish folk-rock singer-songwriter. He is also the younger brother of Irish folk singer Christy Moore. In order to avoid the pressure of being related to Christy Moore, Bloom adopted his pseudonym. "Luka" is taken from the title of Suzanne Vega's song "Luka" about child abuse and "Bloom" refers to the main character in James Joyce's Ulysses. Bloom is, however, very forthcoming about being Moore's brother and does not hide behind his stage name.

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Richie Syrett

Richie is a singer/songwriter currently plying his trade in Manchester, UK. His style, like his personality is characteristically laid back; blending mellow melodic guitar tones to distinctive vocals and harmonies. Richie’s music manages to maintain an accessible originality of it’s own whilst saluting a wide range influences across the Folk/Rock and Roots genres in particular, and has a novel lyrical quality that avoids well-worn clichés and subject matter.

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Sarah Hughes

Singer/Songwriter Sarah Hughes is a local favorite, playing the bars and venues in the college town of Fayetteville, Arkansas. The powerful Southern voice anchoring her folk-rock style has drawn comparisons to Janis Joplin, Bonnie Raitt, & Lucinda Wiliams. She draws from such diverse influences as Gillian Welch, Neil Young, Willie Nelson, & Widespread Panic, resulting in a sound that houses traditional country storytelling in steady rhythms & strumming with some southern jam-rock on the side.

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Great Big Sea

Great Big Sea (often shortened to GBS) is a Canadian folk-rock band from Newfoundland and Labrador, best known for performing energetic rock interpretations of traditional Newfoundland folk songs. The band also performs original material. On March 11, 2010, Great Big Sea celebrated their seventeenth birthday as a band. And like almost every one of their many anniversaries spent together, they celebrated it by playing a concert, this one in Omaha, Nebraska.

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Rhiannon

there are 2 Artistes with the name Rhiannon. 1) Rhiannon - [http://www.rhiannonmusic.com/] Rhiannon is a vibrant, gifted singer, composer and master teacher who has been bringing her potent blend of world music, jazz, improvisation and storytelling to audiences for over three decades. Her journey took her from a South Dakota farm to New York, where she studied theater and earned her MFA from Cornell University.

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Mike Bruno

Mike Bruno has been devotedly writing and recording simple yet powerfully evocative songs for over a decade now. He also plays in the warped, doomish folk group the Black Magic Family Band Armed with only an acoustic guitar and a general naivety towards what one can accomplish with such an instrument, he began playing to basement dwellers and living room wall-flies alike, spreading his delicate, raw songs across the barren fields and turbulent cityscapes of New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Read more about Mike Bruno on Last.fm.

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Roshi ft Pars Radio

Roshi is a welsh born singer of Iranian descent. She sings individual interpretations of Iranian folk as well as her own evocative songs. They are encapsulated in sparse electronic and cello arrangements produced by Gagarin. Her debut EP And Stars was experimental ep of the month in Mixmag, has been well reviewed in the Wire and elsewhere and she has performed live on Radio Three.

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pj bond

lot's changed and now i'm a free man. i live out of my car, travel, write songs, sing with full and happy lungs. i'm writing about it all and eventually will turn my scratchings into a book. you can follow my journey at year of a thousand roommates. if you want me to come sleep on your couch or play songs in your town, drop me a line. i've dropped out of "real life," and am living a real life. i want to live, laugh and love. i hope you're doing the same.

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