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Jim McShee

Jim McShee is a singer/songwirter from Stoke on Trent, UK. He started writing music at age of 15. At the start of his musical career, He relsead instrumental guitar tracks as a way of expressing his musical thirst. It wasn't until a couple of years later that he decided to put pen to paper and express his feelings through lyrics. His first single, Bad Blood, was released as a part of the NULC Unplugged compilation album. From there, he has moved around the local gig circuit, performing in top local venues The Old Brown Jug and The Sugarmill, to name a few.

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The Wilders

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Educated Hillbillies, The Phantom Drummer, and the Relentless Acoustic Decibels of a Commando Jam: The Wilders Live Up to Their Name on Someone’s Got to Pay When hillbilly band The Wilders first named themselves, they didn’t realize the moniker itself was a bit of old-time snake oil; less of a description, and more a prediction. The foursome also didn’t know they had the power to invoke a fifth paranormal band member now known as the Phantom Drummer.

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The Loved Ones

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) The Loved Ones were an Australian rock group of the 1960s, formed in the wake of the British Invasion. Although the band’s career lasted only two years, the group is now regarded as one of the most significant Australian bands of the 1960s. 2) The Loved Ones are a band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The band was founded in late 2003 by Dave Hause (formerly of The Curse and Paint It Black) on vocals and guitar, Michael Cotterman (formerly of Kid Dynamite) on bass and Mike Sneeringer (formerly of Trial By Fire) on drums.

Read more about The Loved Ones on Last.fm.

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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 Handsome Family

The Handsome Family are an alternative-country duo from the United States, the couple Brett and Rennie Sparks who live in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Brett writes the music while Rennie, who also is an author, writes the lyrics. Typical for the lyrics is a close connection to the literary genre American Gothic, and Gothic elements found in early country and folk songs. Their seventh CD, Last Days of Wonder (June.

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Lawrence Mackrell

Since 2006 his songs have been recorded by the band Streebeck and released on albums 'Without A Baedeker', 'Catch As Catch Can' and 'The Peacock'. Lawrence is an accomplished song writer and live artist performing alongside artists from Xavier Rudd to David Essex, Benjamin Francis Leftwich to Reef. His music has been playlisted on national radio, featured on surf films and performed at theatres and venues throughout the UK.

MRC publishes all of the compositions written by Lawrence Mackrell.

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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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