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Curtis Eller

Curtis Eller is an American musician. Eller and his band, The American Circus, perform and record in New York City. Eller is a noted banjo player. His music is diverse; he sings about pigeon racing, performing elephants and Jesus. He started his show-business career at the age of seven as a juggler and acrobat in the Hiller Olde Tyme Circus in Detroit, but has since turned to the banjo. According to the bio posted on his website, Eller's band has appeared at funerals, horse races, burlesque shows and vaudeville revues.

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Nathan Salsburg

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Bob Meyer

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the harrisburg family band

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Dave Alvin

Dave Alvin (born November 11, 1955, in Downey, California), is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He has been one of the leading proponents of 'roots' or 'American' music, bringing together elements of rock-and-roll, blues, rural and tejano music. Alvin and his older brother Phil Alvin grew up loving Americana, country and blues. In 1979 they formed The Blasters with friends Bill Bateman and John Bazz.

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Pine Hill Haints

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Steve McCormick

Formed in 1975, although not actually born until 1976, Steve McCormick is the result of a night of passion (or, quite possibly, a perfunctory fumble) between his parents. Just over thirty years on this planet, and over half of them with a guitar in his hand (although not constantly - going to the toilet, bathing, driving, etc. would be difficult). Steve McCormick is a singer/songwriter based near Carlisle, Cumbria, England who wears his musical influences on his sleeve and doesn't try to fit into an idealised image of what any genre should sound like.

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The Low Anthem

The Low Anthem are a folk rock trio from Providence, Rhode Island, United States. They formed in 2003 and consist of multi-instrumentalists Ben Miller, Jeff Prystowsky and Jocie Adams. The Low Anthem formed as a contemporary folk duet from Providence, RI. Member's Ben Miller and Jeff Prystowsky met playing in the wood-bat leagues of rural Connecticut in 2003. They began a collaboration with classical composer Jocie Adams in November 2007.

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Krista Detor

Krista Detor is a performer out of Bloomington, Indiana, whose album, Mudshow was released in 2006 to international critical acclaim, garnering an average of 4+ star reviews, and reaching the #1 spot on the Euro-Americana Chart. Signed in Europe with Corazong Records, Detor’s follow-up album, Cover Their Eyes is making similar waves in the European musical world and will be released in the U.S. in 2008.

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Hanif

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Curtis Eller's American Circus

Angry folk-country-punk-blues, whatever, banjo wielding showman Eller sings dark and ageless tunes.
An excellent and highly intriguing singer/songwriter who is based in New York City, Curtis Eller has successfully brought a variety of influences to his unorthodox folk-rock vision. The banjo-playing Eller's work has an old-time feel, drawing on an abundance of direct or indirect influences from the '20s, '30s, and '40s (including country singer Jimmie Rodgers, cowboy icon Gene Autry, and Mississippi Delta bluesman Robert Johnson).

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