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Holly Throsby

Holly Throsby is a Sydney-based singer-songwriter. Holly's songs are mostly set at night, and are built around finger-picked guitar and her distinctive, fragile voice. The arrangements, which incorporate double bass, piano accordian, melodian, clarinet and the barest of vocal recordings, are both delicate and painterly. She has released three full length albums- On Night in 2004, Under The Town in 2006 and A Loud Call in 2008. She was nominated for an ARIA award in 2006 for Best Female. In 2007 she released an EP called One Of You For Me.

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Tommy Ludgate

After winning a £10,000 recording contract on http://www.slicethepie.com/ Tommy Ludgate recorded and released her debut album, Wall of Words, which was made available on iTunes on the 6th October 2008. Also a limited number of hard copies were made available to family and friends, and attendees of the album's launch party, on the 2nd of October, at The Cobden Club, in London. Her song 'So Cruel' now has a video recorded also.

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Edie Carey

On her fourth studio album, Another Kind of Fire, Boston-based folk-pop singer-songwriter Edie Carey explores the myriad kinds of "fire" - romantic and otherwise - that keep us burning below the surface: old resentments, creativity, anger, lost friendships, lust, and, of course, love. The disc, released September 19th independently on Accidental Poet, maintains much of the organic, woody sound of its predecessor, When I Was Made (2004), touted by Harp Magazine as "a little country, a little adult-contemporary, and a lot of fine music.

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Fernanda Takai

Lead singer of Brazilian pop/rock band Pato Fu. In 2007 she released her first solo album "Onde Brilhem os Olhos Seus", with songs composed by people like Tom Jobim and Chico Buarque and first recorded by Bossa Nova singer Nara Leão.

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Blackalicious

Gift Of Gab (Tim Parker) and Chief Xcel (Xavier Mosley) met at John F. Kennedy High School in 1987 in Sacramento, California and formed the group in the early 1990s. They released their first recording, "Swan Lake", on . The Solesides Crew consisted of the duo, as well as other friends of theirs they had met at University of California - Davis, including DJ Shadow, Lyrics Born and Lateef The Truth Speaker. The single was an underground hit, but label trouble prevented the duo from immediately capitalizing on their fame.

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Sheila E.

Sheila Escovedo is the daughter of percussionist Pete Escovedo, with whom she frequently performs. Sheila E's uncle is Alejandro Escovedo, formerly with Delphine Neid's first-wave punk rock group The Nuns, Rank and File and The True Believers, followed by a solo career. The late Tito Puente was Escovedo's godfather. She is also niece to Javier Escovedo, founder of seminal San Diego punk act, The Zeros. Another uncle, Mario Escovedo, fronted long-running indie rockers, The Dragons. Escovedo is of Mexican, African American, and Creole heritage. Coke Escovedo was also her uncle.

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Heather Small

Heather Small began her music career in the band Hot!House before selling over 10 million records with M People and then releasing solo material. Her debut album 'Proud' enetered the album chart at number 11. In 2005 she returned with a re-release of the single 'Proud' as it was named the official Olympic song for the successful London bid. 2006 saw Heather return with a new record label, single - Radio On and album - Close To A Miracle. 2007 saw M People tour in the UK and Poland! For 2008 they are performing a gig in Denmark.

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