Gerard & The Watchmen
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The Fox and the Bramble
Chaotic and twee, this charming duo are from Reading in England. Armed with acoustic guitars, a ukulele named 'Eliza Little' and an array of toy instruments, The Fox and the Bramble create lo-fi bedroom songs which veer from delicate finger picking to shouty mayhem.
Their lyrics are as much inspired by fables and animals as loss and heartache.
Their influences range from the warm hiss of Leonard Cohen's early records to Bon Iver's self-produced debut via Dinosaur Jr, Joanna Newsom and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy.
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Rocky Votolato
Rocky Votolato is an American musician. He was born in rural Texas in 1978, though was raised in the Pacific Northwest. When his former band Lying on Loot disbanded in 1996, Rocky Votolato, along with friends Rudy Gajadhar (drums) and Andrew Hartley (bass), started playing under the name Waxwing. Rocky's younger brother Cody (The Blood Brothers) soon joined the band on second guitar, and the band recorded their debut 7" for Henry's Finest Recordings. In 1999, Second Nature Recordings released their first full-length, entitled 'For Madmen Only'.
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John Martyn
John Martyn OBE, born Iain David McGeachy (11 September 1948 – 29 January 2009), was a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. Over a forty-year career he released twenty studio albums.
He grew up in Glasgow and attended Shawlands Academy. John Martyn moved to London from Glasgow in the mid 1960s. He made his initial recorded impact in 1967, at the age of 19, with his debut album London Conversation. Since then he has become an integral part of the British music scene, incorporating folk, blues, jazz and even reggae into his unique sound.
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A Hawk and a Hacksaw
A Hawk and a Hacksaw is a band from Albuquerque, New Mexico. The band mainly consists of percussionist Jeremy Barnes (formerly of Neutral Milk Hotel) and violinist Heather Trost (formerly of Foma). The music is mostly instrumental, usually centred around Jeremy's accordion. There are occasional unintelligible vocals, shouts and cheers, although the latest album, 2006's The Way The Wind Blows, has more vocal pieces.
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Paula i Karol
Paula+Karol are a young band based in Warsaw, Poland. Their creativity draws from Paula's home town in north Ontario, and Karol's Warsaw street cred. They are perhaps the only Polish representatives of folky DIY pop and released their debut LP Overshare on Polish top indie label LADO ABC . The team tour with a magical crew of musicians including Staszek Wrobel on drums, and Krzysiek "Pozar" on bass and keyboards.
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Churchfitters
http://www.churchfitters.com/
http://www.myspace.com/churchfitters The group Churchfitters was founded in 1978 by singer/songwriter Anthony McCartan from Belfast and multi-instrumentist Geoff Coombs from Essex. Rosie Short joined soon after its formation having previously been playing in a London-based traditional Irish outfit. During the years that followed, the group frequently changed its line-up making a point of always including members from diverse musical backgrounds in order to maintain a fresh and original approach to Irish music.
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Laveer
Laveer, (vrb) - to beat against the wind. "That's what the dictionary says it means", explains the band, "it's like we see ourselves as sailors, sailing into the wind and riding the waves against all adversity......that or something like that. Would you like another biscuit?" Laveer are four, tea spilling musicians who favour acoustic instruments and like making songs together.
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Maartin Allcock
Maartin Allcock (born 5 January 1957), also known as Martin Allcock, is an English multi-instrumentalist musician and record producer. Born in Middleton, Lancashire, Allcock studied music at Huddersfield and Leeds. He began playing professionally in January 1976, playing in dance bands and folk clubs. His first tour was in 1977 with Mike Harding as one of the Brown Ale Cowboys. In 1981 he joined the Bully Wee Band, a Celtic folk group, which led to an 11-year stint as lead guitarist with the electric folk band Fairport Convention from October 1985 to December 1996...
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North Mississippi Allstars
North Mississippi Allstars is an American rock/blues jam band from Hernando, Mississippi, founded in 1996. The band is composed of brothers Luther Dickinson (guitar, vocals) and Cody Dickinson (drums, keyboards, electric washboard), and Chris Chew (electric bass guitar). Duwayne Burnside, who formerly played second guitar in the band, is a son of R.l. Burnside (who has also played on some of the band's tracks).
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