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Terry Hall

Terry Hall (born 19 March 1959, in Coventry, England) was the lead singer of The Specials, the Fun Boy Three, The Colourfield, Terry, Blair and Anouchka and Vegas. He released his first solo album, Home, in 1995. He has also worked with The Lightning Seeds, Stephen Duffy, Dub Pistols, Gorillaz and Tricky. Hall was an active member of the burgeoning Coventry music scene of the late 1970s, playing in local punk band Squad, and being credited as a composer on their single "Red Alert" / "£8 a Week". This scene also produced acts such as The Selecter and Hazel O'Connor.

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Chris Alastair

Chris Alastair (say "allister") is a singer/songwriter/guitarist from New York who's now based in London. Though best known for his funny spring-break anthem Spring (is Friggin' Awesome) (see Videos) he's a classically-trained, award-winning songwriter and performer whose recordings span a range of rock, pop, funk, and acoustic styles. Born in in North Africa to American and British parents, Chris was raised in the United States playing brass instruments in jazz bands and youth orchestras and singing a variety of choral work.

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Shawn Mullins

Shawn Mullins (born March 8, 1968 in Piedmont hospital, Atlanta, Georgia) is a singer songwriter who specializes in folk rock, Instrumental rock, and adult alternative music. Shawn's voice varies widely standing out along with his rythym acoustical, electric guitar strokes. Shawn travels with his sound man and tour manager, Big Kip Conner. Mullins's earlier work was influenced by acoustic and power-pop groups such as the Violent Femmes, The Producers and the Indigo Girls.

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Locust

There are at least 4 artists named Locust: 1) Locust is a project of Mark Van Hoen, a British artist who has been releasing electronic music since 1993. 2) The Locust is a grindcore/experimental band formed in 1994 in San Diego, California. Please correct your tags to The Locust. 3) Locust (로커스트) was a Korean popular music band, active in the early 80's. 4) Locust is an alias of Perry O'Neil, who runs the progressive trance label Electronic Elements.

Read more about Locust on Last.fm.

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Martha Rose

Martha Rose got a guitar in January 2007, wrapped up in Newspaper. She taught herself to play and wrote some songs, and then she met a banjo player called Ben. They play in Brighton, Oxford, London and Manchester, always looking for new friends to make music with. Martha sings about love, loss, sadness and beauty, and anything else that catches her eye. x www.myspace.com/martharosemusic

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Mark McCabe

Mark McCabe is a singer/songwriter from the North East of Scotland. He has played with many great acts and released an album in 2009. He plans to keep doing this for a long time to come. OR Mark worked as station manager and a Radio DJ, performing the drivetime slot on a pirate radio station (Pulse FM103) in Dublin for a number of years before producing Maniac. Due to Ireland's rather liberal treatment of pirate stations, he became the third most influential Radio DJ in 1998.

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