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Adrian Legg

Talented fingerstyle guitarist. Born May 16, 1948, in London, England;
Addresses: Home--London, England He can play many, many different genres of finger style and plectrum guitar. Impossible to categorize as a player, Adrian Legg incorporates virtually every genre on his guitar in a virtuosic instrumental style with effects. He brought electric approaches to acoustic playing, creating a modern cross-over amalgamation in the tradition of eclectic folk playing that goes back to the 1960s."
- Guitar by Richard Chapman, 2000

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Michael Cretu

Michael Cretu, also known as Curly M.C. (born May 18, 1957 in a suburb of Bucharest, Romania), is a Romanian musician best known as the creator of the Enigma project. His original name, Cre?u, means "the curly-haired". He has worked with many producers, musicians, and artists in his long career. These include Sandra Cretu, Frank Farian, Boney M, Goombay Dance Band, Peter Cornelius, Manfred "Tissy" Thiers and Mike Oldfield in his pre-Enigma days, and Jens Gad, Frank Peterson, David Fairstein, ATB, Jam & Spoon, Peter Ries, Ruth-Ann Boyle and Andru Donalds during the course of the project.

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Tim Clark

There are 3 performers named Tim Clark: Tim Clark is a neo-pagan musician whose releases include Akkordeon Up To Date and Tales of the Sun People. The same Tim Clark is also the name of a musician from North Carolina whose electronic compositions include the soundtrack to Ruby the Galactic Gumshoe and The Android Sisters Greatest Hits. Another performer with the name is the lead singer of the Tim Clark Band from South Carolina.

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Lindsey Stirling

Lindsey Stirling (b. 21 September 1986 in Orange County, California) is a violinist, dancer and composer based in Utah. A former member of the rock band Stomp on Melvin, Stirling began releasing videos on Youtube in 2007 and in 2010 competed on "America's Got Talent". Her appearance on "America's Got Talent" gained the attention of cinematographer Devin Graham, with whom she has collaborated on several videos since 2010. Her YouTube channel has become extremely popular and has received upwards of 100 million views.

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Chris Conway

Hailing from Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA Chris Conway has built his music career in Leicester, UK. Getting a handle on Chris Conway's music can seem tricky for the casual observer - because he does so much! You might know him as ...
1. a singer and writer of acoustic songs.
2. a jazz pianist and singer.
3. a world fusion musician.
4. a producer of many ambient and new age recordings.
5. a thereminist, creating cosmic electronic music.
6. a player of jigs and reels in a Celtic band.
7. a singer space songs at a filk convention.

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Callisto

There is more than one artist with this name. 1) Callisto is a Finnish experimental metal band (Turku, Finland 2001-present). Trying to fit the post-metal outfit Callisto into one single category hardly does the band justice. Founded in 2001, the sextet play a timeless, downbeat yet melancholic style of music that is rich in nuances, draws from numerous sources and doesn't really have any obvious fellow creatures or points of comparisons.

Read more about Callisto on Last.fm.

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Tim Hecker & Daniel Lopatin

Instrumental Tourist, by Tim Hecker and Daniel Lopatin (Oneohtrix Point Never), is the first chapter of SSTUDIOS (Software Studio Series), a new venture in the Software Recording Co.’s expanding catalog. SSTUDIOS invites artists in the field of electronic music to create collaborative works of quality and vision. With a deliberate focus on source material of a synthetic and mimetic nature, Hecker and Lopatin designed a sound palette from the acoustic resonance of digitally-sourced “Instruments of the World.

Read more about Tim Hecker & Daniel Lopatin on Last.fm.

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