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Roddy Hart

Described as “one of Scotland’s best kept secrets”, Glaswegian singer/songwriter Roddy Hart promises to shake off the tag with the release of his second studio album Sign Language on Vertical Records. Inviting comparisons with greats such as Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty, Hart has established himself as an artist in the classic mould, and is gaining a growing reputation for his live shows with his band, The Lonesome Fire.

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Edgar Meyer

Edgar Meyer (born November 24, 1960) is a prominent contemporary bassist. His styles include bluegrass, newgrass, jazz, and classical. Meyer has worked as a session musician in Nashville, part of various chamber groups, a composer, and an arranger.
Meyer grew up in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He learned to play the double bass from his father, the late Edgar Meyer, Sr., who directed the string orchestra program for the local public school system. Meyer later went on to Indiana University to study with Stuart Sankey.

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Jason Serious

Jason Serious made his songwriting debut in 2009 with the indie band Flea Market Poets. The album he wrote – Dirty Days – met with critical acclaim, won the Hot Press Single of the Fortnight in Ireland, and spent a good few weeks on rotation on American college radio. After touring the record for over a year in Ireland and Europe, Jason began recording “just for fun” a few of his orphan songs - old time country and folk tunes that didn’t quite fit into the indie rock world.

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Loomer

There are at least 4 bands known as Loomer: 1.A shoegaze outfit from Brazil that was formed in august 2008 (http://www.myspace.com/loomerband)
2. The Toronto, Canada alt/country band formed in 1999
3. The Brisbane, Australia indie/shoegaze band that was formed in 2008.
4. US, San Francisco shoegaze band Loomer (http://www.myspace.com/loomersf) with album World Tipped Blue 1998 (Evil Eye Records) Current Members: Lynda Mandolyn, Hugh Caley, Serge Vladimiroff
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The band are Stefano Fell (guitar, vocal), Liege Milk (bass, vocal), Richard La Rosa (guitar) and Guilherme F. (drums).

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Langhorne Slim

Langhorne Slim is a folk singer, born Sean Scolnick, who hails from Langhorne, Pennsylvania. They are currently based out of Brooklyn, New York and California. In August of 2006, Langhorne Slim and the War Eagles signed to V2 Records, who folded on the deal to release a 2007 s/t full length. The band then signed to Kemado Records, who released said album in 2008. In 2009 they released their newest record, Be Set Free, which includes guest vocals from Erika Wennerstrom of the Heartless Bastards.

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Ramblin Jack Elliot

Originally from Brooklyn, New York, Elliott grew up in a Jewish family[1] and had always wanted to be a cowboy, inspired by the rodeos he attended at Madison Square Garden, during his youth. Pressured by his parents to follow in his father's footsteps and become a doctor, Elliott resisted and instead ran away from home (at the age of 15) to join the then-famous J.E. Rodeo, the only rodeo ranch east of the Mississippi River. The rodeo traveled throughout the Mid Atlantic and New England states.

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