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Sally Anthony

The media have been overrun lately with stories of YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, etc., and how the Internet has changed the way we communicate with others around the world. Singer-songwriter Sally Anthony has taken this theory to the next level, using the power of the Internet to drive her incredible success. That online success set the stage for the October 23rd release of her new album, GOODBYE (Gracie Productions/EMI). In its first week, the album quickly shot to the Top 10 of the Billboard Heatseekers Chart, landing at number 9 and has since stayed on the chart for 4 consecutive weeks.

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Bruce Cockburn

Bruce Cockburn, (pronounced "CO-burn"), has had a long and distinguished career with much success in his native Canada. His first albums were fairly straight ahead folk music spotlighting his brilliant guitar playing. In fact, there were a good number of instrumental guitar numbers on those early recordings. A Christian element came into his music around the time of the album Salt, Sun And Time, and over time his writing has taken on a stronger and stronger political orientation.

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Tom Williams and The Boat

Tom Williams and the Boat are... Tom Williams - vocals/harmonica/acoustic
Ant Vicary - vocals/electric
Geri Holton - violins
Josh Taylor - bass
Dave Richardson - drums
Chris Stewart - piano Releases... The Penguin EP (2007)
The February EP (2008) http://www.myspace.com/williamstommusic
http://www.tomwilliamsandtheboat.co.uk
http://www.wireboatrecordings.co.uk
http://www.myspace.com/wireboatrecordings

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Yusuf Islam

Cat Stevens became a convert to Islam in 1977, after a near-death experience. He adopted the name Yusuf Islam in 1979, and became an outspoken advocate for the religion.
Recently in Nov. 2006, his first pop album after 28 years, "An Other Cup", was released under the name Yusuf.
He currently lives in London with his wife and children, where he is an active member of the Muslim community. He founded, and is chairman of, the Small Kindness charity, which initially assisted famine victims in Africa and now supports thousands of orphans and families in the Balkans, Indonesia, and Iraq.

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Jono McCleery

I grew up hearing my father and brother playing on our piano but I'm not sure how much I actually heard because I was intermittently deaf up until the age of 9 and my father died when I was about of 5/6 but I still got to absorb the beautiful sounds of my bro's playing most nights when I was in bed dreaming. Throughout my childhood Stephen, my brother, would encourage me to sing when he played, the first songs I remember singing with him were: 'Change is Gonna Come' Sam Cooke, Lean on Me by Bill Withers and Tracks of My Tears by Smokey Robinson.

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Serafina Steer

Serafina Steer (born 1982) is an English harpist, pianist and singer-songwriter from Oxford, United Kingdom. Serafina Steer graduated with a First Class Honours degree in Music from Trinity College of Music, London, where she was awarded the String Faculty Silver Medal. In 2007 she released a 7" single and an album entitled Cheap Demo Bad Science on Static Caravan Recordings. Both were recorded and produced by Mike Lindsay of folktronica band Tunng. The album opens with a simple cover of Brian Eno's By This River but all other songs are her own.

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