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John Hiatt

John Hiatt's sales have never quite matched his reputation. Hiatt's songs were covered successfully by everyone from Bonnie Raitt, Ronnie Milsap, and Dr. Feelgood to Iggy Pop, Three Dog Night, and the Neville Brothers, yet it took him 13 years to reach the charts himself. Of course, it nearly took him that long to find his own style. Hiatt began his solo career in 1974, and over the next decade he ran through a number of different styles from rock & roll to new wave pop before he finally settled on a rootsy fusion of rock & roll, country, blues, and folk with his 1987 album Bring the Family.

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The Wildes

The Wildes are an Australian country/rock and roll band, formed in 2008. Their debut album Ballad of a Young Married Man was released in Australia in April '09 and has received lots of support from the Australian music press and radio. The sound has been compared to artists such as The Bad Seeds, The Waterboys, Steve Earle and Tom Waits. The songs have a strong story-telling element. The album is due for release in the UK and USA later in 09. The current line-up includes Lachlan Bryan (lead singer, guitar), Mat Duniam (drums), Shaun Ryan (bass) and Andrew Wrigglesworth (lead guitar).

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Black Twig Pickers

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Felice Brothers

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Treecreeper

Treecreeper are an alt.country rock band formed in the small-town of Wendover, England, by brothers Will and Greg Burns.
Hailing from the kind of no-mark, factory-fuelled London satellite town prevalent in the areas surrounding the capital, Will began writing songs while at school, starting punk bands with varying degrees of seriousness, however it was after leaving school and working in the factories and bars of his hometown that Will began to find his songwriting evolve into something unique, it also began to elicite an increasingly positive response from whoever happened to be listening.

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Gillian Welch

Gillian Welch's musical style combines elements of bluegrass, neotraditional country, americana, old time string band music, and folk into a rustic style that she dubs "American Primitive". Her music is often described as haunting or soothing. Welch was born October 2, 1967 in New York City and was adopted when she was three days old. She moved to Los Angeles at the age of four. By the age of seven, she had learned to play the guitar. Studying at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Welch discovered bluegrass music through the "mountain soul" stylings of The Stanley Brothers.

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Danny And The Champions Of The World

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Dolly Varden

Dolly Varden is a Chicago-based band fronted by the singing / songwriting duo Steve Dawson and Diane Christiansen. Their music is equally influenced by folk and country harmony singing and pop-rock songwriting and instrumentation. They have been together for 13 years and have released 5 full length CD's. The full line-up includes guitarist Mark Balletto, bassist Mike Bradburn and drummer Matt Thobe

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Grant Lee Buffalo

Grant Lee Buffalo was a Los Angeles-based rock band, consisting of Grant-Lee Phillips (vocals and guitar), Paul Kimble (bass) and Joey Peters (drums). All three were previously members of another LA band, Shiva Burlesque. As GLB, they released four albums: Fuzzy (1993), Mighty Joe Moon (1994), Copperopolis (1996) and Jubilee (1998, without Kimble who had left the band the previous year). After the release of Jubilee, the band broke up and Phillips continues to pursue a successful solo career. In 2001, Storm Hymnal, a compilation of singles, album tracks and rarities was released.

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