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Richard Buckner

Richard Buckner is an American singer songwriter born in California, resident in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada for a number of years, and currently living in Brooklyn, NY. A critically-acclaimed artist most often associated with the Alternative Country movement, Buckner has in recent albums eschewed his initial acoustic approach and displayed an increasing interest in more abstract music styles. Buckner began his career with the acoustic "Bloomed" (1994)...

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Sam Amidon

Singer-banjoist Sam Amidon's repertoire is made up of adapted American folk songs, but he puts a unique stamp on the material with his gentle, eerily deadpan voice and subtle arrangements. His first album (as Samamidon, together with Thomas Bartlett) was But This Chicken Proved Flasehearted and the followup album All is Well is out now on Bedroom Community. Albums:
- All Is Well (2008)
- But This Chicken Proved Falsehearted (2007)
- Home Alone Inside My Head (2003)
- Solo Fiddle (2000)

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Tim O'Brien

Tim O'Brien (b. March 16, 1954 in Wheeling, West Virginia) is an American bluegrass, old time and celtic musician. O'Brien plays guitar, fiddle, mandolin, bouzouki and mandocello and is an accomplished vocalist. He moved to Boulder, Colorado in the 1970s and became part of the music scene there. In 1978 he founded the bluegrass group Hot Rize. Hot Rize had its own offshoot band called Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers.

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Samamidon

Samamidon is a collaborative effort between Sam Amidon and Thomas Bartlet. Together they released one album called "But This Chicken Proved Falsehearted". Sam Amidon later released a second album under his own name ("All Is Well").
Both albums to date are modern interpretations of traditional folk songs (and one by Tears For Fears for good measure.)
Sam was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, June 3, 1981and currently lives near New York City.
www.samamidon.com

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Stormy Mondays

Stormy Mondays is a Spanish rock band whose music lives in the present but whose musical roots are firmly planted in the rock and roll tradition. With classic influences like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen or Neil Young, their sound comes close to bands like Counting Crows, REM, Jayhawks or Tom Petty

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Ora Cogan

Daughter to a Singer and a Photographer, Born and raised on a small island on the west coast of Canada, Ora's house was also a recording studio and her Family played host to a constant stream of musicians and travelers. Ora started writing songs and performing at
12. Now based in Vancouver, BC. Ora stitches old-time, blues and Americana into her unique sound. Only Magazine “Most folk artists face the difficult task of distinguishing themselves from the dime-a-dozen singer-songwriters and the bedroom floor recording-types.

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Sonny And The Sunsets

Hitting the laidback charm of Jonathan Richman square in the chest and mixing it up with a bit of his own carefree California beach pop sensibilities, Sonny Smith finds a way to make your problems melt away like the last rays of the setting sun. Carving out honest melodies but not without a curl of smirk in his lyrics, Sonny's both the wised elder sage imparting half a lifetime of wisdom and the constantly compelling student of life.

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